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ARMENIAN GENOCIDE COMMEMORATED IN INDIA
PanARMENIAN.Net
April 24, 2012 - 11:19 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - On April 24, the Armenian community of India, Church
Committee Members, students, teachers and staff of Armenian College
and Philanthropic Academy assembled at the Armenian Holy Church of
Nazareth, Kolkata, India, to commemorate the 97th anniversary of the
Armenian Genocide, when 1.5 million innocent victims were massacred.
Very Rev. Fr. Khoren Hovhannisyan, Pastor of Armenians in India and
Manager of Armenian College and Philanthropic Academy presided over
the requiem service which was offered for the 'repose of souls'
of the martyrs of the Genocide, at the marble memorial erected in
memory of the genocide victims in the churchyard.
The faithful prayed for the peace of the souls of myriads of martyrs
and bowed to lay flowers at the memorial, which was erected in India
in 1965 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Armenian
PanARMENIAN.Net
April 24, 2012 - 11:19 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - On April 24, the Armenian community of India, Church
Committee Members, students, teachers and staff of Armenian College
and Philanthropic Academy assembled at the Armenian Holy Church of
Nazareth, Kolkata, India, to commemorate the 97th anniversary of the
Armenian Genocide, when 1.5 million innocent victims were massacred.
Very Rev. Fr. Khoren Hovhannisyan, Pastor of Armenians in India and
Manager of Armenian College and Philanthropic Academy presided over
the requiem service which was offered for the 'repose of souls'
of the martyrs of the Genocide, at the marble memorial erected in
memory of the genocide victims in the churchyard.
The faithful prayed for the peace of the souls of myriads of martyrs
and bowed to lay flowers at the memorial, which was erected in India
in 1965 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Armenian