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Fresno Bee, CA
May 27 2014
Armenian martyrs honored in Fresno services (video)
By Ron Orozco
The Fresno BeeMay
The Armenian community gathered at a pair of cemeteries for requiem
services to honor the dead.
The day began with a traditional Hokehankist service at Ararat
Cemetery at the flagpole site where the remains of an unknown Armenian
martyred by the Turks in the Armenian Genocide of 1915 are buried.
About 25 people attended the service, led mainly in Armenian by the
Rev. Vahan Gosdanian, pastor of Holy Trinity Armenian Apostolic Church
in downtown Fresno. The service featured a Gospel reading from the
book of John, the chanting of requiem prayers and the reciting of
Hokehankist prayers for the repose of souls.
After the service, many people drove a short distance to Masis Ararat
Cemetery for the same requiem service.
It was held at the Soghomon Tehlirian Monument, which was erected in
memory of the national hero who brought justice upon the Turkish
perpetrator of the Armenian Genocide.
Gosdanian asked at both services for God to bless all those who gave
their lives for their country, as well as the Armenians who died for
the freedom of Armenia.
Watch video at http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/05/26/3945956/armenian-martyrs-honored-in-fresno.html?sp=/99/406/
May 27 2014
Armenian martyrs honored in Fresno services (video)
By Ron Orozco
The Fresno BeeMay
The Armenian community gathered at a pair of cemeteries for requiem
services to honor the dead.
The day began with a traditional Hokehankist service at Ararat
Cemetery at the flagpole site where the remains of an unknown Armenian
martyred by the Turks in the Armenian Genocide of 1915 are buried.
About 25 people attended the service, led mainly in Armenian by the
Rev. Vahan Gosdanian, pastor of Holy Trinity Armenian Apostolic Church
in downtown Fresno. The service featured a Gospel reading from the
book of John, the chanting of requiem prayers and the reciting of
Hokehankist prayers for the repose of souls.
After the service, many people drove a short distance to Masis Ararat
Cemetery for the same requiem service.
It was held at the Soghomon Tehlirian Monument, which was erected in
memory of the national hero who brought justice upon the Turkish
perpetrator of the Armenian Genocide.
Gosdanian asked at both services for God to bless all those who gave
their lives for their country, as well as the Armenians who died for
the freedom of Armenia.
Watch video at http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/05/26/3945956/armenian-martyrs-honored-in-fresno.html?sp=/99/406/