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NIAGARA FALLS TO HOST ARMENIAN GENOCIDE COMMEMORATION EVENT
PanARMENIAN.Net
April 16, 2012 - 14:43 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - On April 29, the local Armenian community of Niagara
Falls and members of the St. Hagop and St. Sarkis Armenian Apostolic
Churches will commemorate the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide
beginning at the Cenotaph at Wright's Park at Pine and Main followed by
a Divine Liturgy at St. Sarkis and concluding at the Oakwood Cemetery
on Portage Road at Cedar.
"An estimated one and a half million Armenians perished during the
years between 1915 and 1923 by means of mass burnings, drowning,
starvation, poisoning and drugs," Norma Higgs says in a column in
Niagara Gazette.
"Oakwood provides historical significance to the families and members
of the Armenian community. The early Armenian arrivals settled on
the east side of the city and most of their children turned out to
be well educated and well placed in life. Many of these of the first
generation have become well known and recognized for outstanding
service to the community in various ways," she says.
PanARMENIAN.Net
April 16, 2012 - 14:43 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - On April 29, the local Armenian community of Niagara
Falls and members of the St. Hagop and St. Sarkis Armenian Apostolic
Churches will commemorate the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide
beginning at the Cenotaph at Wright's Park at Pine and Main followed by
a Divine Liturgy at St. Sarkis and concluding at the Oakwood Cemetery
on Portage Road at Cedar.
"An estimated one and a half million Armenians perished during the
years between 1915 and 1923 by means of mass burnings, drowning,
starvation, poisoning and drugs," Norma Higgs says in a column in
Niagara Gazette.
"Oakwood provides historical significance to the families and members
of the Armenian community. The early Armenian arrivals settled on
the east side of the city and most of their children turned out to
be well educated and well placed in life. Many of these of the first
generation have become well known and recognized for outstanding
service to the community in various ways," she says.