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DIVINE LITURGY AND REQUIEM SERVICE IN MEMORY OF SUMGAIT POGROM VICTIMS IN BEIRUT
21:12, 2 March, 2015
YEREVAN, 2 MARCH, ARMENPRESS. On March 1, the Surp Nshan Mother Church
of Beirut served a Divine Liturgy, which was followed by a Requiem
Service in memory of the Armenians who fell victim to the Sumgait
Pogrom that took place on 27-29 February 1988.
As the Department of Press, Information and Public Relations of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia reports to
"Armenpress", among those attending the event were Armenia's Ambassador
to Lebanon Ashot Kocharyan, Representative of the Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic in the Near East, members of the Armenian Genocide Centennial
Lebanon Central Committee, leaders of Armenian organizations and
national structures, as well as MPs, public and political figures
and journalists.
In his speech, Armenia's Ambassador to Lebanon Ashot Kocharyan
mentioned that the genocide perpetrated against the Armenians of
Sumgait 27 years ago was an example of the first manifestation of
the policy on ethnic cleansing in the territory of the Soviet Union.
Talking about the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the Ambassador emphasized
that the people of Nagorno-Karabakh were compelled to defend their
right to live freely in a war that was imposed.
On the same day, a Requiem Service was performed in memory of
the innocent victims of the Sumgait Pogrom under the direction of
Catholicos Aram I of the Great House of Cilicia at the Saint Gregory
the Illuminator Mother Temple of the Catholicosate of the Great House
of Cilicia.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/796133/divine-liturgy-and-requiem-service-in-memory-of-sumgait-pogrom-victims-in-beirut.html
21:12, 2 March, 2015
YEREVAN, 2 MARCH, ARMENPRESS. On March 1, the Surp Nshan Mother Church
of Beirut served a Divine Liturgy, which was followed by a Requiem
Service in memory of the Armenians who fell victim to the Sumgait
Pogrom that took place on 27-29 February 1988.
As the Department of Press, Information and Public Relations of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia reports to
"Armenpress", among those attending the event were Armenia's Ambassador
to Lebanon Ashot Kocharyan, Representative of the Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic in the Near East, members of the Armenian Genocide Centennial
Lebanon Central Committee, leaders of Armenian organizations and
national structures, as well as MPs, public and political figures
and journalists.
In his speech, Armenia's Ambassador to Lebanon Ashot Kocharyan
mentioned that the genocide perpetrated against the Armenians of
Sumgait 27 years ago was an example of the first manifestation of
the policy on ethnic cleansing in the territory of the Soviet Union.
Talking about the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the Ambassador emphasized
that the people of Nagorno-Karabakh were compelled to defend their
right to live freely in a war that was imposed.
On the same day, a Requiem Service was performed in memory of
the innocent victims of the Sumgait Pogrom under the direction of
Catholicos Aram I of the Great House of Cilicia at the Saint Gregory
the Illuminator Mother Temple of the Catholicosate of the Great House
of Cilicia.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/796133/divine-liturgy-and-requiem-service-in-memory-of-sumgait-pogrom-victims-in-beirut.html