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STOCKHOLM COMMEMORATES GENOCIDE VICTIMS
PanARMENIAN.Net
April 24, 2012 - 18:04 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - On April 24, Sweden's Armenian Diaspora marched
the streets of Stockholm in commemoration of Armenian Genocide victims.
As the speaker of the Union of Armenian Associations in Sweden
Vahagn Avedian told PanARMENIAN.Net an Armenian church in Stockholm
is hosting a liturgy for innocent victims of Genocide, to be followed
by a photo exhibit.
"The exhibit will feature works of Scandinavian artists who witnessed
the Genocide in 1915. The event highlights letters and other materials
carrying eyewitness accounts of the massacres. The historic documents
were showcased in Yerevan's Genocide Museum in 2011, with Stockholm
exhibit to last through April 27," Avedian said.
In the evening of April 24, a special event, hosting 300 people,
will take place. Suzanne Khardalian's "Grandma's Tattoos" centering
on Genocide survivors will be screened.
PanARMENIAN.Net
April 24, 2012 - 18:04 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - On April 24, Sweden's Armenian Diaspora marched
the streets of Stockholm in commemoration of Armenian Genocide victims.
As the speaker of the Union of Armenian Associations in Sweden
Vahagn Avedian told PanARMENIAN.Net an Armenian church in Stockholm
is hosting a liturgy for innocent victims of Genocide, to be followed
by a photo exhibit.
"The exhibit will feature works of Scandinavian artists who witnessed
the Genocide in 1915. The event highlights letters and other materials
carrying eyewitness accounts of the massacres. The historic documents
were showcased in Yerevan's Genocide Museum in 2011, with Stockholm
exhibit to last through April 27," Avedian said.
In the evening of April 24, a special event, hosting 300 people,
will take place. Suzanne Khardalian's "Grandma's Tattoos" centering
on Genocide survivors will be screened.