REQUIEM CEREMONY HELD IN ETCHMIADZIN AND ANTELIAS ON FEBRUARY 4 IN MEMORY OF WOODROW WILSON
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Feb 06 2007
ETCHMIADZIN, FEBRUARY 6, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. A requiem
ceremony dedicated to first U.S. President Woodrow Wilson was held
at the end of the Sunday Surb (Saint) Liturgy on February 4, at the
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. Noyan Tapan was informed about it
by priest Vahram Melikian, the Information System Responsible of the
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.
This decision was made in responce to the proposal of Rafayel
Hambardzumian, the Chairman of the "National Unity Oath" organization,
to annually hold a requiem ceremony in the Armenian people’s great
friend’s memory on the nearest Sunday of Woodrow Wilson’s death
(February 3, 1924). As Mr.Hambardzumian informed Noyan Tapan, his
same proposal was approved at the Catholicosate of the Great House
of Cilicia as well.
The "National Unity Oath" organization presented the same proposal
the last year: to implement events dedicated to Woodrow Wilson’s
memory in Armenia and Diaspora. President Wilson, particularly, is
the author of the map on territories to be returned to Armenia by the
Sevres Treaty. It was envisaged by the map that Turkey was to return
territory of about 90 thousand square km to Armenia.