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ARMENIANS OF BALTIC STATES COMMEMORATE GENOCIDE
10:16 â~@¢ 25.04.14
The Armenian communities of the Baltic States (Latvia, Lithuania and
Estonia) on Thursday organized a joint commemoration event in Vilnius
to pay tribute to the Armenian Genocide victims.
Tert.am's correspondent reported from the Lithuanian capital that
the ceremony had brought together around 200 people from the three
countries, including lawmakers and intellectuals.
The participants have laid a flower wreath at a memorial adjacent to
the Museum of Genocide Victims. A candlelight vigil followed.
A presentation event was later held in the museum's hall to introduce
the Lithuanian translation of Franz Werfel's novel, The Forty Days
of Musa Dagh (which features events that took place in the WWI era
and the beginning of the Armenian Genocide). Different intellectuals
delivered speeches at the ceremony. The participants also heard Ara
Ayvazyan, Armenia's ambassador to Latvia
The local Armenian Catholic and Apostolic churches later served a
joint liturgy, an exceptional event that saw Priest Khosrov Stepanyan,
the spiritual leader of Nor Nakhicevan's Armenian Apostolic Church
in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, deliver a prayer in old Armenian
(Grabar). The clergymen and the parishioners prayed together for the
peace of the victims' souls.
Next year, they are planning a liturgy in the Lithuanian cathedral.
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: Baghdasarian
10:16 â~@¢ 25.04.14
The Armenian communities of the Baltic States (Latvia, Lithuania and
Estonia) on Thursday organized a joint commemoration event in Vilnius
to pay tribute to the Armenian Genocide victims.
Tert.am's correspondent reported from the Lithuanian capital that
the ceremony had brought together around 200 people from the three
countries, including lawmakers and intellectuals.
The participants have laid a flower wreath at a memorial adjacent to
the Museum of Genocide Victims. A candlelight vigil followed.
A presentation event was later held in the museum's hall to introduce
the Lithuanian translation of Franz Werfel's novel, The Forty Days
of Musa Dagh (which features events that took place in the WWI era
and the beginning of the Armenian Genocide). Different intellectuals
delivered speeches at the ceremony. The participants also heard Ara
Ayvazyan, Armenia's ambassador to Latvia
The local Armenian Catholic and Apostolic churches later served a
joint liturgy, an exceptional event that saw Priest Khosrov Stepanyan,
the spiritual leader of Nor Nakhicevan's Armenian Apostolic Church
in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, deliver a prayer in old Armenian
(Grabar). The clergymen and the parishioners prayed together for the
peace of the victims' souls.
Next year, they are planning a liturgy in the Lithuanian cathedral.
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: Baghdasarian