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SAO PAULO SEES LARGEST GENOCIDE COMMEMORATION OVER PAST DECADES
PanARMENIAN.Net
April 24, 2012 - 12:41 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - On April 21, Brazil's Sao Paulo downtown saw
hundreds of people marching on the occasion of 97th anniversary of
the Armenian Genocide.
According to Armenian Foreign Ministry's press service, the procession
brought together heads and representative of all Armenian organizations
and unions in Brazil, as well as youth and scout organizations totaling
to 500 people.
Participants carried over 30 three-meter-long posters depicting
Genocide scenes and words of condemnation addressed to Genocide
organizers, Armenian flags, as well as 3000 placards and thousands
of leaflets they distributed to passers-by.
Prior to the event, hundreds of posters on the Genocide were spread
in offices, shopping malls and other institutions located on the
procession way.
The two-hour event featured speeches and statements, as well as
Armenian anthem and national songs.
According to local media estimates, this was the largest ever event
organized in Brazil over the past several decades to condemn the
Armenian Genocide.
Armenian St. Gregory Church in Sao Paulo served a mournful mass on
April 22, attended by Armenian ambassador Ashot Yeghiazaryan, Honorary
ambassador of Armenia in Sao Paulo Hilda Burmayan, Sao Paulo MPs and
other high-ranking officials.
Hai Katoghike and Armenian Evangelical Central Church of Sao Paolo
served liturgies, following which people went to the newly established
memorial to the Genocide victims on Armenia square to lay wreaths
there.
PanARMENIAN.Net
April 24, 2012 - 12:41 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - On April 21, Brazil's Sao Paulo downtown saw
hundreds of people marching on the occasion of 97th anniversary of
the Armenian Genocide.
According to Armenian Foreign Ministry's press service, the procession
brought together heads and representative of all Armenian organizations
and unions in Brazil, as well as youth and scout organizations totaling
to 500 people.
Participants carried over 30 three-meter-long posters depicting
Genocide scenes and words of condemnation addressed to Genocide
organizers, Armenian flags, as well as 3000 placards and thousands
of leaflets they distributed to passers-by.
Prior to the event, hundreds of posters on the Genocide were spread
in offices, shopping malls and other institutions located on the
procession way.
The two-hour event featured speeches and statements, as well as
Armenian anthem and national songs.
According to local media estimates, this was the largest ever event
organized in Brazil over the past several decades to condemn the
Armenian Genocide.
Armenian St. Gregory Church in Sao Paulo served a mournful mass on
April 22, attended by Armenian ambassador Ashot Yeghiazaryan, Honorary
ambassador of Armenia in Sao Paulo Hilda Burmayan, Sao Paulo MPs and
other high-ranking officials.
Hai Katoghike and Armenian Evangelical Central Church of Sao Paolo
served liturgies, following which people went to the newly established
memorial to the Genocide victims on Armenia square to lay wreaths
there.