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LOS ANGELES PRAYER SERVICE TO COMMEMORATE ARMENIAN KILLINGS
Oroville Mercury Register
April 14 2015
Posted: 04/14/15, 6:44 AM PDT |
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Roman Catholic Archbishop Jose Gomez will host
a multi-denominational prayer service in Los Angeles to commemorate
the 100th anniversary of the killings of an estimated 1.5 million
Armenians under the Ottoman Empire.
The Los Angeles archdiocese says Mayor Eric Garcetti will be the
keynote speaker at the service Tuesday evening at the Cathedral of
Our Lady of the Angels.
The service will include church leaders from around the state and
feature a procession of Armenian children carrying a lantern into
the cathedral.
The event comes days after Pope Francis described the killings a
century ago as "the first genocide of the 20th century."
Turkey denies the killings were genocide and contends those who died
were victims of civil war and unrest. Turkey also insists the death
toll has been inflated.
http://www.orovillemr.com/general-news/20150414/los-angeles-prayer-service-to-commemorate-armenian-killings
Oroville Mercury Register
April 14 2015
Posted: 04/14/15, 6:44 AM PDT |
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Roman Catholic Archbishop Jose Gomez will host
a multi-denominational prayer service in Los Angeles to commemorate
the 100th anniversary of the killings of an estimated 1.5 million
Armenians under the Ottoman Empire.
The Los Angeles archdiocese says Mayor Eric Garcetti will be the
keynote speaker at the service Tuesday evening at the Cathedral of
Our Lady of the Angels.
The service will include church leaders from around the state and
feature a procession of Armenian children carrying a lantern into
the cathedral.
The event comes days after Pope Francis described the killings a
century ago as "the first genocide of the 20th century."
Turkey denies the killings were genocide and contends those who died
were victims of civil war and unrest. Turkey also insists the death
toll has been inflated.
http://www.orovillemr.com/general-news/20150414/los-angeles-prayer-service-to-commemorate-armenian-killings