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24 NEW MEMBERS JOIN ARF RANKS
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Monday, June 24th, 2013
The ARF
GLENDALE-Ahead of a community celebration of the 95th anniversary of
Armenian Independence on Saturday, 24 new members joined the ranks
of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation.
Ahead of the oath ceremony, Harut Megrdichian of the ARF Western US
Central Committee's Education Committee welcomed the soon to be new
members and reported that 38 individuals applied to join the ranks of
the party, of whom 26 successfully completed the four-month intensive
novice educational program. On Saturday, 24 took their oath, while
another two members were unable to take part in the ceremony because
they were out of country.
Veteran ARF member Khatoun Pakradouni was invited to administer the
oath, following which she presented her brief yet moving remarks to
the new members of the 123-year-old party.
She recalled her own swearing in ceremony in 1952 as a young student
in Beirut and revealed that legendary ARF leader General Dro was on
hand to administer her oath to membership in the ranks.
Pakrdouni then told the new members that to serve the mission of the
ARF is to serve the entire Armenian nation, adding that along the
way there will be challenges to overcome, but in the end the sacred
mission to advance the Armenian Cause was the ultimate goal.
She also announced that this crop of new members will be called the
"Simon Zavarian Generation," named after the ARF founder, who was
known as being the conscience of the party. This year marks the 100th
anniversary of Zavarian's death.
Pakradouni concluded her remarks by quoting Zavarian who said,
"without real work, words are meaningless."
In his remarks, ARF Western US Central Committee chairman Dr. Viken
Hovsepian told the new members that although they had completed the
educational program, the true education in the party began when they
took the ARF membership oath, stressing that each day, as an ARF
member, is an education.
The more than 200 fellow ARF members who had gathered to witness the
solemn ceremony, one-by-one congratulated the new members and welcomed
them to the ranks.
http://asbarez.com/110820/24-new-members-join-arf-ranks/
Monday, June 24th, 2013
The ARF
GLENDALE-Ahead of a community celebration of the 95th anniversary of
Armenian Independence on Saturday, 24 new members joined the ranks
of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation.
Ahead of the oath ceremony, Harut Megrdichian of the ARF Western US
Central Committee's Education Committee welcomed the soon to be new
members and reported that 38 individuals applied to join the ranks of
the party, of whom 26 successfully completed the four-month intensive
novice educational program. On Saturday, 24 took their oath, while
another two members were unable to take part in the ceremony because
they were out of country.
Veteran ARF member Khatoun Pakradouni was invited to administer the
oath, following which she presented her brief yet moving remarks to
the new members of the 123-year-old party.
She recalled her own swearing in ceremony in 1952 as a young student
in Beirut and revealed that legendary ARF leader General Dro was on
hand to administer her oath to membership in the ranks.
Pakrdouni then told the new members that to serve the mission of the
ARF is to serve the entire Armenian nation, adding that along the
way there will be challenges to overcome, but in the end the sacred
mission to advance the Armenian Cause was the ultimate goal.
She also announced that this crop of new members will be called the
"Simon Zavarian Generation," named after the ARF founder, who was
known as being the conscience of the party. This year marks the 100th
anniversary of Zavarian's death.
Pakradouni concluded her remarks by quoting Zavarian who said,
"without real work, words are meaningless."
In his remarks, ARF Western US Central Committee chairman Dr. Viken
Hovsepian told the new members that although they had completed the
educational program, the true education in the party began when they
took the ARF membership oath, stressing that each day, as an ARF
member, is an education.
The more than 200 fellow ARF members who had gathered to witness the
solemn ceremony, one-by-one congratulated the new members and welcomed
them to the ranks.