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LOS ANGELES PRAYER SERVICE COMMEMORATES ARMENIAN KILLINGS
Paradise Post
April 15 2015
Posted: 04/14/15, 6:44 AM PDT | Updated: 11 hrs ago
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- More than 3,000 people were in attendance at
a multi-denominational prayer service in Los Angeles hosted by the
archdiocese to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the killings of
an estimated 1.5 million Armenians under the Ottoman Empire.
Roman Catholic Archbishop Jose Gomez hosted the Tuesday night service
at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels that included church
leaders from around the state.
LA Mayor Eric Garcetti served as keynote speaker.
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.paradisepost.com/general-news/20150414/los-angeles-prayer-service-commemorates-armenian-killings
Paradise Post
April 15 2015
Posted: 04/14/15, 6:44 AM PDT | Updated: 11 hrs ago
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- More than 3,000 people were in attendance at
a multi-denominational prayer service in Los Angeles hosted by the
archdiocese to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the killings of
an estimated 1.5 million Armenians under the Ottoman Empire.
Roman Catholic Archbishop Jose Gomez hosted the Tuesday night service
at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels that included church
leaders from around the state.
LA Mayor Eric Garcetti served as keynote speaker.
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.paradisepost.com/general-news/20150414/los-angeles-prayer-service-commemorates-armenian-killings