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    ARMENIAN COMMUNITY OF TEHRAN MARKS REPUBLIC DAY

    Noyan Tapan
    Armenians Today
    May 31 2006

    TEHRAN, MAY 31, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The Surb Liturgy was
    celebrated and requiem ceremony was held to the memory of the Armenian
    nations' sons perished in the 1918 May battles in all churches of
    the Tehran Armenian Diocese on May 28, the Day of First Republic of
    Armenia. Archbishop Sepuh Sargsian presided the liturgy celebrated at
    the Surb Sargis church. RA Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    to Iran Karen Nazarian and the Embassy officials, representatives of
    the Tehran Armenian Diocese Deputies' Council, Diocesan Council and
    "Alik" institution were present at the liturgy. His Holiness Sepuh
    preached during the liturgy. "Our people carried on a cherished
    struggle 88 years ago, in the name of keeping the Fatherland and its
    existence. And today historic prohibitions have been liquidated in
    Armenia, Artsakh and in four sides of the world, and May 28 reality
    shines like sunbeams in land battles of the Armenian people's
    history. Not only the firmament of Armenia shines today, but also
    of all those countries in which Armenia has its presence at the
    Embassy's level," His Holiness particularly said. A reguiem ceremony
    was held at the end of the liturgy. Then a reception took place in
    the National primacy hall. After His Holiness Sepuh's congratulations
    on the occasion of the holiday, RA Ambassador Extraordinary and
    Plenipotentiary to Iran Karen Nazarian made a speech who mentioned
    that today's Republic of Armenia is continuation of the statehood
    gained by the May 28. According to the Ambassador, Diaspora has kept
    for many years the idea of the Armenian independence and the Armenian
    Tricoloured, and today RA Embassies are defenders of the Tricoloured
    out of borders of the Republic of Armenia. According to information
    of the Tehran "Alik" daily, a ceremony dedicated to the Republic Day
    took place in the "Ararat" sports complex on the initiative of the
    Armenian cultural "Ararat" organization as well.
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