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ARMENIANS IN CYPRUS PREPARE TO COMMEMORATE THE 98TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
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Gibrahayer e-magazine - Nicosia 15 April 2013 - Nicosia - Armenians in
Cyprus are getting ready to mark the 98th anniversary of the Armenian
Genocide with a series of commemorative events, at the centre of which
will be the annual march in Nicosia.
The march will start at 6 pm from the parking lot on Makarios Avenue,
opposite BIDI (opposite Mondo Cafe) and pass through Themistocli
Dervi, across the Sfinakia traffic light towards Nikis Avenue, and
left onto Kennedy towards Limassol Avenue where at 7 pm it will take a
right from the traffic lights of Limassol Avenue to Armenias Street
and will conclude at The Armenian Genocide Memorial.
A commemorative gathering will be held at the Armenian Genocide
Memorial, which will be addressed by the Armenian MP Vartkes
Mahdessian and Archbishop Varoujan Hergelian. The event is under the
auspices of the Mayor of Strovolos Lazaros Savvides who will also
address the event.
Events begin on Saturday 20th of April, where community members will
donate blood to the blood bank of Cyprus General Hospital between 3:30
to 6:30 pm at a special facility that will be set up at Nareg school.
On Thursday 18th of April Armenian MP Vartkes Mahdessian will address
the Cyprus Parliament at a special commemorative session in the Cyprus
Parliament.
Photo above - Haroutiun Anmahouni archive of photos from the 60th
anniversary commemoration of the Armenian Genocide in Nicosia - Cyprus
(April 1975)
From: A. Papazian
http://www.gibrahayer.com/
Gibrahayer e-magazine - Nicosia 15 April 2013 - Nicosia - Armenians in
Cyprus are getting ready to mark the 98th anniversary of the Armenian
Genocide with a series of commemorative events, at the centre of which
will be the annual march in Nicosia.
The march will start at 6 pm from the parking lot on Makarios Avenue,
opposite BIDI (opposite Mondo Cafe) and pass through Themistocli
Dervi, across the Sfinakia traffic light towards Nikis Avenue, and
left onto Kennedy towards Limassol Avenue where at 7 pm it will take a
right from the traffic lights of Limassol Avenue to Armenias Street
and will conclude at The Armenian Genocide Memorial.
A commemorative gathering will be held at the Armenian Genocide
Memorial, which will be addressed by the Armenian MP Vartkes
Mahdessian and Archbishop Varoujan Hergelian. The event is under the
auspices of the Mayor of Strovolos Lazaros Savvides who will also
address the event.
Events begin on Saturday 20th of April, where community members will
donate blood to the blood bank of Cyprus General Hospital between 3:30
to 6:30 pm at a special facility that will be set up at Nareg school.
On Thursday 18th of April Armenian MP Vartkes Mahdessian will address
the Cyprus Parliament at a special commemorative session in the Cyprus
Parliament.
Photo above - Haroutiun Anmahouni archive of photos from the 60th
anniversary commemoration of the Armenian Genocide in Nicosia - Cyprus
(April 1975)
From: A. Papazian