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ARMENIAN GENOCIDE CENTENNIAL TO BE COMMEMORATED AT THE NATIONAL PRAYER BREAKFAST
15:29, 05 Feb 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan
The "National Prayer Breakfast"--a sixty-two year tradition in
Washington, held annually on the first Thursday in February--will
this year commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide,
accoridng to Eric Reeves, professor of English language and literature
at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts.
Bringing together a wide range of guests from all fifty states and
more than 100 countries, the event is hosted by the U.S. Congress
and is designed to facilitate engagement between various social and
religious groups. This year President Obama and the Dalai Lama are
headline guests.
Eric Reeve notes that "he Armenian genocide should be commemorated
at a National Prayer Breakfast; the refusal to recognize this
genocide--and the belated recognition by much of the world--is a
failure to acknowledge the terrible suffering and destruction of the
Armenian people a century ago--it remains a 'stain on our soul'."
Eric Reeves is professor of English language and literature at Smith
College in Northampton, Massachusetts. He has spent the past seven
years working full-time as a Sudan researcher and analyst, publishing
extensively both in the US and internationally.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2015/02/05/armenian-genocide-centennial-to-be-commemorated-at-the-national-prayer-breakfast/
http://sudanreeves.org/2015/02/04/the-armenian-genocide-the-khartoum-regime-and-the-national-prayer-breakfast-4-february-2015/
15:29, 05 Feb 2015
Siranush Ghazanchyan
The "National Prayer Breakfast"--a sixty-two year tradition in
Washington, held annually on the first Thursday in February--will
this year commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide,
accoridng to Eric Reeves, professor of English language and literature
at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts.
Bringing together a wide range of guests from all fifty states and
more than 100 countries, the event is hosted by the U.S. Congress
and is designed to facilitate engagement between various social and
religious groups. This year President Obama and the Dalai Lama are
headline guests.
Eric Reeve notes that "he Armenian genocide should be commemorated
at a National Prayer Breakfast; the refusal to recognize this
genocide--and the belated recognition by much of the world--is a
failure to acknowledge the terrible suffering and destruction of the
Armenian people a century ago--it remains a 'stain on our soul'."
Eric Reeves is professor of English language and literature at Smith
College in Northampton, Massachusetts. He has spent the past seven
years working full-time as a Sudan researcher and analyst, publishing
extensively both in the US and internationally.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2015/02/05/armenian-genocide-centennial-to-be-commemorated-at-the-national-prayer-breakfast/
http://sudanreeves.org/2015/02/04/the-armenian-genocide-the-khartoum-regime-and-the-national-prayer-breakfast-4-february-2015/