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    "Don't Lend Us Our Own Church:" Symbolic liturgy served in Yerevan

    13:57 - 19.09.10


    Local Armenian movement Miasin (Together), in coordination with the
    Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute, held today a symbolic liturgy at
    the hilltop genocide memorial Tsitsernakaberd in Yerevan.

    Held simultaneously with the mass served in Sourb Khach Church (Saint
    Cross) in Van, Eastern Turkey, this event organized by the Miasin
    movement is meant to be an alternative to the Sourb Khach mass.

    The participants went to the eternal fire in Tsitsernakaberd where a
    service for the dead was delivered. Then they placed flowers on the
    memorial. Many were holding posters that read `Turkey, Be Committed To
    Your International Obligations,' `Don't Lend Us Our Own Church.'

    `Today we have not gathered here to complain; we are strong. Today we
    have come here to show the Turkish and the international community
    that we stand up to our [cultural heritage], and that no power can any
    longer alienate us from our memory, our cultural heritage and our
    history,' Director of the Genocide Museum-Institute Hayk Demoyan said
    in his speech.

    Mr Demoyan at the same time mentioned that all the borders currently
    demarked around Armenia are conventional.

    `Being here today is a symbolic message: we will never tolerate that
    our cultural heritage, memory be subject to political speculation,' he
    added, representing the symbolism of the day: `Never Forget: Remember
    Forever.'


    Tert.am




    From: A. Papazian
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