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ARMENIANS IN WESTERN UKRAINE HONOR GENOCIDE VICTIMS
PanARMENIAN.Net
April 24, 2012 - 10:10 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - During the past 15 years, the southwestern Ukrainian
city of Chernivtsi has been hosting mournful events on April 24,
the day of commemoration of the Armenian Genocide.
The Armenian people unite on that day, Victor Davidovich, head
of Armenian community in Ukrain'e Chernovitskaya region told
Analitika.at.ua.
"The tradition of bringing together representatives of the Armenian
Diaspora of Chernovitskaya, Khmelnitskaya, Ivano-Frankovskaya and
Ternopolskaya regions in the city of Chernovtsy comes to prove it,"
he said.
Memorial events started in Kyiv on April 13, with Ukrainian News
Agency's press center hosting a "The Armenian Genocide: Impunity
causes the crime to repeat" round table.
On April 24, all Armenian churches and chapels in Ukraine will serve
liturgies for the memory of innocent victims of the Armenian Genocide.
Kiev is going to mark the memorial day in a chapel located on a new
plot assigned by city administration to the Ukrainian Diocese of the
Armenian Apostolic Church for construction of a new cathedral.
PanARMENIAN.Net
April 24, 2012 - 10:10 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - During the past 15 years, the southwestern Ukrainian
city of Chernivtsi has been hosting mournful events on April 24,
the day of commemoration of the Armenian Genocide.
The Armenian people unite on that day, Victor Davidovich, head
of Armenian community in Ukrain'e Chernovitskaya region told
Analitika.at.ua.
"The tradition of bringing together representatives of the Armenian
Diaspora of Chernovitskaya, Khmelnitskaya, Ivano-Frankovskaya and
Ternopolskaya regions in the city of Chernovtsy comes to prove it,"
he said.
Memorial events started in Kyiv on April 13, with Ukrainian News
Agency's press center hosting a "The Armenian Genocide: Impunity
causes the crime to repeat" round table.
On April 24, all Armenian churches and chapels in Ukraine will serve
liturgies for the memory of innocent victims of the Armenian Genocide.
Kiev is going to mark the memorial day in a chapel located on a new
plot assigned by city administration to the Ukrainian Diocese of the
Armenian Apostolic Church for construction of a new cathedral.