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FIRST ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MONUMENT IN CANADA INAUGURATED
10:52 22.10.2013
Armenian Genocide, Canada
The Canadian-Armenian community gathered on Sunday for the unveiling
ceremony of an Armenian Genocide monument here, the third largest
city in Quebec and the first Armenian Genocide monument in Canada,
Asbarez reports.
With this unveiling, the Canadian-Armenian community renewed its
dedication and commitment to our national demands and to the Armenian
Cause.
Leaders of all Armenian denominations gathered at the monument, called
"Crucifixion, Resurrection, Rebirth," and performed the religious
blessing ceremony, while community leaders, among them the chairman of
the Joing Monument Committee, Sako Yacoubian, committee member, Hovig
Tufenkndjian and chairman of Canada's Genocide Centennial Committee,
Mher Karakashian all expressed the Canadian-Armenian community's
commitment to justice.
The monument's creator, sculptor Arto Tchakmakdjian, said the meaning
of the monument is hope.
Also speaking at the event was Armenia's Ambassador to Canada Armen
Yeganian who called on the international community to recognize the
Armenian Genocide.
Local, regional and federal officials, past and present, were in
attendance at the event and spoke about the need for the recognition
of the Armenian Genocide and condemned the government of Turkey for
its continued denial of the crime.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/10/22/first-armenian-genocide-monument-in-canada-inaugurated/
10:52 22.10.2013
Armenian Genocide, Canada
The Canadian-Armenian community gathered on Sunday for the unveiling
ceremony of an Armenian Genocide monument here, the third largest
city in Quebec and the first Armenian Genocide monument in Canada,
Asbarez reports.
With this unveiling, the Canadian-Armenian community renewed its
dedication and commitment to our national demands and to the Armenian
Cause.
Leaders of all Armenian denominations gathered at the monument, called
"Crucifixion, Resurrection, Rebirth," and performed the religious
blessing ceremony, while community leaders, among them the chairman of
the Joing Monument Committee, Sako Yacoubian, committee member, Hovig
Tufenkndjian and chairman of Canada's Genocide Centennial Committee,
Mher Karakashian all expressed the Canadian-Armenian community's
commitment to justice.
The monument's creator, sculptor Arto Tchakmakdjian, said the meaning
of the monument is hope.
Also speaking at the event was Armenia's Ambassador to Canada Armen
Yeganian who called on the international community to recognize the
Armenian Genocide.
Local, regional and federal officials, past and present, were in
attendance at the event and spoke about the need for the recognition
of the Armenian Genocide and condemned the government of Turkey for
its continued denial of the crime.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/10/22/first-armenian-genocide-monument-in-canada-inaugurated/