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Arab, Indian and Persian students also recited Armenian poems
16:39 | February 21,2015 | Official
On February 21, the employees of the RA Ministry of Diaspora, under
the leadership of RA Deputy Minister of Diaspora Serzh Srapionyan,
visited Oshakan and laid flowers at the tomb of Mesrop Mashtots. The
visit was organized as part of the events dedicated to International
Mother Language Day held at the initiative of the RA Ministry of
Diaspora. Among those attending the event were Governor of Aragatsotn
Province Sargis Sahakyan, Director of the Hrachya Atcharyan Institute
of Language at the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of
Armenia (NAS RA) Victor Katvalyan, Head of the State Language
Inspectorate adjunct to the Government of the Republic of Armenia
Sergo Yeritsyan, as well as linguists, teachers and others.
A concert dedicated to International Mother Language Day was held at
the theological seminary adjunct to the local church. Greeting the
gathered, RA Deputy Minister of Diaspora Serzh Srapionyan mentioned
that this year's events dedicated to International Mother Language Day
are unique in that all the efforts that Armenians have been making to
preserve the Armenian national identity for the past century are being
reinterpreted. In his speech, Srapionyan particularly said: `Ottoman
Turkey's plan to eliminate the Armenian people and their culture a
century ago, failed because the only pillar for the Armenians deprived
of their homeland was the powerful pillar that they were able to use,
and that is our mother language. It was with that awareness that one
of our great Armenians, French-Armenian writer Shahan Shahnour sounded
the alarm, saying, `The language is declining, the language is
declining, the language is declining, pardon, Ararat'. His concern was
justified because Armenians named Petros became Pierre, and the `Hair
Mer' (Lord's Prayer) was said in French. Today, thanks to Minister of
Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan and the Ministry of Diaspora, a movement has
been launched for the preservation and eternity of the Mother
Language. Speak in Armenian! Pray in Armenian! Sing in Armenian! That
is the guarantee for our eternity and is the duty of every Armenian to
respect the memory of the innocent victims of the Armenian Genocide.'
Sergo Yeritsyan also greeted the gathered and expressed his gratitude
to those who are devoted to the preservation and the dissemination of
the Armenian language. The head of the State Language Inspectorate
praised the events dedicated to International Mother Language Day that
are organized by the Ministry of Diaspora and have already become a
tradition, as well as the several programs and events that have been
carried out in Armenia and in the Armenian Diaspora, contributing to
the preservation and the dissemination of the mother language.
The attendees were especially impressed by the Arab, Indian and
Persian students of Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar
Heratsi who recited Armenian poems.
Syrian-Armenian boys and girls recited poems and sang songs devoted to
the Armenian language. The event included performances by students of
Khrimyan Hairik Middle School in the Voskehat village of Aragatsotn
Province.
Afterwards, the participants of the event visited the Mesrop Mashtots
Institute of Ancient Manuscripts (Matendaran) and laid flowers near
the statue of Mesrop Mashtots, after which members of the Mesrop
Mashtots Speech Culture Center recited poems devoted to the Armenian
alphabet.
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From: Baghdasarian
16:39 | February 21,2015 | Official
On February 21, the employees of the RA Ministry of Diaspora, under
the leadership of RA Deputy Minister of Diaspora Serzh Srapionyan,
visited Oshakan and laid flowers at the tomb of Mesrop Mashtots. The
visit was organized as part of the events dedicated to International
Mother Language Day held at the initiative of the RA Ministry of
Diaspora. Among those attending the event were Governor of Aragatsotn
Province Sargis Sahakyan, Director of the Hrachya Atcharyan Institute
of Language at the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of
Armenia (NAS RA) Victor Katvalyan, Head of the State Language
Inspectorate adjunct to the Government of the Republic of Armenia
Sergo Yeritsyan, as well as linguists, teachers and others.
A concert dedicated to International Mother Language Day was held at
the theological seminary adjunct to the local church. Greeting the
gathered, RA Deputy Minister of Diaspora Serzh Srapionyan mentioned
that this year's events dedicated to International Mother Language Day
are unique in that all the efforts that Armenians have been making to
preserve the Armenian national identity for the past century are being
reinterpreted. In his speech, Srapionyan particularly said: `Ottoman
Turkey's plan to eliminate the Armenian people and their culture a
century ago, failed because the only pillar for the Armenians deprived
of their homeland was the powerful pillar that they were able to use,
and that is our mother language. It was with that awareness that one
of our great Armenians, French-Armenian writer Shahan Shahnour sounded
the alarm, saying, `The language is declining, the language is
declining, the language is declining, pardon, Ararat'. His concern was
justified because Armenians named Petros became Pierre, and the `Hair
Mer' (Lord's Prayer) was said in French. Today, thanks to Minister of
Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan and the Ministry of Diaspora, a movement has
been launched for the preservation and eternity of the Mother
Language. Speak in Armenian! Pray in Armenian! Sing in Armenian! That
is the guarantee for our eternity and is the duty of every Armenian to
respect the memory of the innocent victims of the Armenian Genocide.'
Sergo Yeritsyan also greeted the gathered and expressed his gratitude
to those who are devoted to the preservation and the dissemination of
the Armenian language. The head of the State Language Inspectorate
praised the events dedicated to International Mother Language Day that
are organized by the Ministry of Diaspora and have already become a
tradition, as well as the several programs and events that have been
carried out in Armenia and in the Armenian Diaspora, contributing to
the preservation and the dissemination of the mother language.
The attendees were especially impressed by the Arab, Indian and
Persian students of Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar
Heratsi who recited Armenian poems.
Syrian-Armenian boys and girls recited poems and sang songs devoted to
the Armenian language. The event included performances by students of
Khrimyan Hairik Middle School in the Voskehat village of Aragatsotn
Province.
Afterwards, the participants of the event visited the Mesrop Mashtots
Institute of Ancient Manuscripts (Matendaran) and laid flowers near
the statue of Mesrop Mashtots, after which members of the Mesrop
Mashtots Speech Culture Center recited poems devoted to the Armenian
alphabet.
http://en.a1plus.am/1206559.html
From: Baghdasarian