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THE IRAQI ARMENIAN COMMUNITY COMMEMORATES THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS
By Ara S. Ashjian Baghdad, Iraq For KarabakhOpen
KarabakhOpen
23-04-2007 13:53:03
The Iraqi Armenian community observed April 24th memorial on Saturday,
April 21st in Baghdad.
The Primate of the Iraqi Armenian Diocese, H.E. Archbishop Avak
Asadourian celebrated the divine literagy during which the faithful
were asked to observe a minute of silence in commemoration of the
Armenian Genocide victims in 1915.
A special program followed the literagy. It consisted of proper poems
and songs in the participation of the Armenian Primary School students,
Church Youth Group students and Zvartnots Choir group.
At the conclusion of the program H.E. Archbishop Avak Asadourian
addressed the faithful on the occasion. Afterwards, the faithful
headed for the memorial dedicated to the Armenian martyrs in the
courtyard of the diocesean complex.
H.E. Archbishop Asadourian inaugurated an exhibition for oil paintings
dedicated to the Armenian Genocide in the Gulbenkian Hall in the
Armenian Primary School which lasts for three days.
By Ara S. Ashjian Baghdad, Iraq For KarabakhOpen
KarabakhOpen
23-04-2007 13:53:03
The Iraqi Armenian community observed April 24th memorial on Saturday,
April 21st in Baghdad.
The Primate of the Iraqi Armenian Diocese, H.E. Archbishop Avak
Asadourian celebrated the divine literagy during which the faithful
were asked to observe a minute of silence in commemoration of the
Armenian Genocide victims in 1915.
A special program followed the literagy. It consisted of proper poems
and songs in the participation of the Armenian Primary School students,
Church Youth Group students and Zvartnots Choir group.
At the conclusion of the program H.E. Archbishop Avak Asadourian
addressed the faithful on the occasion. Afterwards, the faithful
headed for the memorial dedicated to the Armenian martyrs in the
courtyard of the diocesean complex.
H.E. Archbishop Asadourian inaugurated an exhibition for oil paintings
dedicated to the Armenian Genocide in the Gulbenkian Hall in the
Armenian Primary School which lasts for three days.