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ABU DHABI ARMENIANS PLAN TO JOINTLY COMMEMORATE 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
DUBAI, APRIL 12, NOYAN TAPAN. For the first time in many years the
Armenians of Abu Dhabi have agreed on a united program for Genocide
commemoration, involving the Embassy, the Council of Armenian
Community and the Armenian Cultural Association, "Azad-Hye" newspaper
of Dubai reported. This year coincides with the 90th Anniversary of
the Genocide committed by the Ottoman Turks. Thus on Sunday morning,
24th April, Armenian Genocide Commemoration will take place in
St. Andrew's Church Hall, in Abu Dhabi Church Area. Mr. Aghvan
Vartanian (specially invited from Armenia) will deliver a lecture,
analyzing the event that led to the planning of the first genocide of
the 20th century, which is still waiting for formal recognition from
the perpetuating Turkish authorities and their modern-day heirs. The
National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia, under the baton of Maestro Aram
Gharabekian, as well as the students of the Armenian Community Weekly
School will present a cultural program. On the same day, the Embassy
of Armenia in Abu Dhabi would be opening a condolences book for the
memory of the one million and half victims of the Armenian
Genocide. Armenians and foreigners are invited to record their
thoughts on this significant event in the modern Armenian history.
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
DUBAI, APRIL 12, NOYAN TAPAN. For the first time in many years the
Armenians of Abu Dhabi have agreed on a united program for Genocide
commemoration, involving the Embassy, the Council of Armenian
Community and the Armenian Cultural Association, "Azad-Hye" newspaper
of Dubai reported. This year coincides with the 90th Anniversary of
the Genocide committed by the Ottoman Turks. Thus on Sunday morning,
24th April, Armenian Genocide Commemoration will take place in
St. Andrew's Church Hall, in Abu Dhabi Church Area. Mr. Aghvan
Vartanian (specially invited from Armenia) will deliver a lecture,
analyzing the event that led to the planning of the first genocide of
the 20th century, which is still waiting for formal recognition from
the perpetuating Turkish authorities and their modern-day heirs. The
National Chamber Orchestra of Armenia, under the baton of Maestro Aram
Gharabekian, as well as the students of the Armenian Community Weekly
School will present a cultural program. On the same day, the Embassy
of Armenia in Abu Dhabi would be opening a condolences book for the
memory of the one million and half victims of the Armenian
Genocide. Armenians and foreigners are invited to record their
thoughts on this significant event in the modern Armenian history.