ARMENIAN GENOCIDE TIMES SQUARE COMMEMORATION ON APRIL 26
By MassisPost
Updated: March 9, 2015
NEW YORK, NY–The 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide will
be held in Times Square (43rd St. & Broadway) on Sunday, April 26
from 1:45 – 4 pm. This historic event will pay tribute to the 1.5
million Armenians who were massacred by the Young Turk Government
of the Ottoman Empire and to the millions of victims of subsequent
genocides worldwide.
The Divine Liturgy and Times Square program will begin with church
services at 10 am at St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral, located at 630
Second Avenue at 34th Street. His Eminence Archbishop Khajag Barsamian
will serve as celebrant and His Eminence Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan
as homilist. The procession to Times Square will start at 12:00 pm
and the program, which will feature speakers from the political,
media and scholarly fields, will begin at 1:45 pm. Guest artist is
acclaimed musician Sebu Simonian from the Los Angeles-based indie
pop band Capital Cities. Dr. Stephen Smith, Executive Director of
the USC Shoah Foundation, will serve as keynote speaker. The Areni
Choir will be singing the Armenian and American national anthems as
well as God Bless America.
For parishes organizing transportation to New York, buses should drop
off passengers at Second Avenue and park on 35th Street (between First
and Second Avenues). Buses will depart for Times Square following
services and park on 42nd Street (between 6th Avenue and Broadway).
Passengers will be picked up from Times Square (at 43rd Street and
Broadway, between 4:30 pm and 5 pm). Sandwiches will be available
after services. All events will move forward, rain or shine.
For more information on the procession, buses, floats and volunteers,
please contact: Edward Barsamian (procession), 347-556-2666, Leo
Manuelian (buses), 917-418-3940, Sona Manuelian (buses), 551-427-8763,
Edward Boladian (floats) 917-885- 0221, Tigran Sahakyan (volunteers)
212-444-8003
The 2015 Genocide Commemoration in Times Square is organized by the
Mid-Atlantic Knights and Daughters of Vartan in affiliation with the
Armenian Genocide Centennial Committee of America (Eastern Region).
This event is free and open to the public. For more information
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