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TRANSBAIKALIA PRIESTS REFUSED TO PRAY FOR ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS
24.04.2005 03:50
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenians of Chita region of Russia commemorated the
victims of the Armenian Genocide today, reported the Yerkramas newspaper of
Armenians of Russia. Some 150 representatives of the Armenian Diaspora of
Transbaikalia lit candles in the memory of the victims in the Cathedral of
Kazan icon of the Blessed Virgin. In the words of the Diaspora leader
Vladimir Markosian, Transbaikalia priests of the Russian Orthodox Church
have refused to chant a liturgy in the memory of the victims referring to
discord between the Armenian and Russian Churches. The mourning procession
of Transbaikalia Armenians finished with a funeral repast in Ani café.
TRANSBAIKALIA PRIESTS REFUSED TO PRAY FOR ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS
24.04.2005 03:50
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenians of Chita region of Russia commemorated the
victims of the Armenian Genocide today, reported the Yerkramas newspaper of
Armenians of Russia. Some 150 representatives of the Armenian Diaspora of
Transbaikalia lit candles in the memory of the victims in the Cathedral of
Kazan icon of the Blessed Virgin. In the words of the Diaspora leader
Vladimir Markosian, Transbaikalia priests of the Russian Orthodox Church
have refused to chant a liturgy in the memory of the victims referring to
discord between the Armenian and Russian Churches. The mourning procession
of Transbaikalia Armenians finished with a funeral repast in Ani café.