TURKS TRIED TO UPSET INAUGURATION OF KHACHKAR IN CARDIFF
PanARMENIAN.Net
05.11.2007 17:11 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The unveiling ceremony of memorial to the Armenian
Genocide victims took place in Cardiff, Wales, on November 3.
Wales-Armenia Solidarity told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter that the
stone is Welsh, the design is Armenian, the stonemason is Welsh and
the inscription is by the hand of a Bishop of the Armenian Apostolic
Church. The commemorative words are in Welsh, Armenian and English.
The memorial in the gardens of the Temple of Peace in Cardiff has been
erected by the Wales-Armenian Society with the financial assistance
of the Armenian community of Wales. It was consecrated in a service
conducted by His Grace Bishop Nathan Hovhannisian, Primate of the
Armenian Apostolic Church of Great Britain in the presence of Lard
Dafydd Elis-Thomas – Presiding Officer of the National Assembly
of Wales.
Also in attendance was His Grace David Yeoman, the Assistant Bishop
of Llandaff, and Dr Vahe Gabrielyan, Armenian Ambassador to the UK.
The consecration service was a tranquil, reflective, religious and
cultural ceremony attended by over 300 members and friends of the
Armenian communities of England and Wales. Attempts by protestors to
disrupt the service were controlled by the South Wales Police.
On the same say some 100 Turkey from various regions of Great Britain
organized a protest action against the monument inauguration. Some
protesters pretending journalists tried to penetrate into the site
but were stopped by the police.