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Armenia: Century of Victories military parade kicks off in Sardarapat Memorial

May 28, 2018 By administrator

Sardarapat Memorial near a village in Armavir province.

YEREVAN, MAY 28,  The Century of Victories military parade dedicated to the centennial of the First Armenian Republic kicks off in the Sardarapat Memorial near a village in Armavir province.

Today, Armenia and Armenians around the globe are celebrating the centennial anniversary of establishment of the First Republic of Armenia and the historic victory in the Battle of Sardarapat. May 28 is celebrated as Republic Day in the Armenian calendar.

Numerous events and programs such as forums, conferences, cultural and public performances, are expected to take place nationwide. Celebrations will take place in Artsakh as well.

Government officials will pay a visit to the Sardarapat Memorial to pay tribute to the memory of the fallen heroes who gave their lives for independence and freedom.

A military parade will also take place in Sardarapat.

The holiday will be wrapped up with a concert in Yerevan’s Republic Square in the evening.

On May 28, 1918 the Armenian people restored their independence, which was lost nearly 9 centuries earlier, with the triumphant victories in the fierce battles of Karakilisa, Bash Abaran and Sardarapat.

The Battle of Sardarapat shaped the destiny of Armenia. The entire people, who survived the genocide, joined forces and entire families, including women, children and elderly, were fighting alongside soldiers.

With this victory, Armenian troops were able to stop the Turkish invasion to Transcaucasia and saved Armenia from total destruction.

On May 28, after the collapse of the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic in Tbilisi, the Armenian National Council declared the Republic of Armenia.

The first Prime Minister of the First Armenian Republic was Hovhannes Kajaznuni, and the last – Simon Vratsyan.

The short-lived First Republic of Armenia was subsequently invaded by the Red Army in 1920 and two years later the country became part of the USSR.

Filed Under: Events, News Tagged With: Memorial, Sardarapat

Tribute flowers at genocide memorial to gain second life

April 26, 2018 By administrator

flowers at genocide memorial

flowers at genocide memorial

YEREVAN, APRIL 24, ARMENPRESS. Thousands of flowers which were laid on April 24 at the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan will be collected on April 27. The petals will be used to make paper, gratitude letters, postcards and candles, while plant stems will be used as fertilizers for land cultivation at the Remembrance Park.

Council Chairman & Chief Scout Executive at AGBU Scout Yerevan Saro Tatios told ARMENPRESS that the candles which were made from petals last year weren’t sold, but were distributed as symbolic gifts.

“Just like last year, candles will be made from petals this year too. However, other interesting suggestions are also being considered”, he said.

Every year, AGBU Scout Yerevan organizes the flower collecting initiative in the genocide memorial after April 24 with assistance from the Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Flowers, Genocide, Memorial

New signs lead to Pasadena’s Armenian Genocide Memorial

April 12, 2018 By administrator

State Senator Anthony J. Portantino will be joining the Pasadena Armenian Genocide Memorial Committee for the official unveiling of the I-210 Freeway signs for the Pasadena Armenian Genocide Memorial on Saturday, April 21, Armenian news agency PanArmenian said in a report Wednesday, Pasadena Now reports.

The event at Memorial Park in Pasadena is open to the community.

The Pasadena Armenian Genocide Memorial is a solemn reminder of 1.5 million Armenians who were killed during the Armenian Genocide. It also serves as a religious and cultural celebration for the thousands of Armenian American descendants of survivors within the 25th Senate District and Los Angeles County.

Prior to his election to the State Senate, Senator Portantino served on the Board of the Pasadena Armenian Genocide Memorial Committee which constructed the memorial. After his election, Senator Portantino requested for informational signs to be installed to direct the public to the memorial.

Two freeway and two off-ramp signs have already been installed.

Senator Portantino currently represents Senate District 25, which is home to the largest Armenian-American community in the country.

Saturday’s unveiling ceremony will start with a march at 5 p.m. arriving at the Armenian Genocide Memorial, and will also include distinguished clergy and dignitaries, a Pasadena Armenian Genocide Memorial Committee announcement said.

Filed Under: Articles, Genocide Tagged With: armenian genocide, Memorial, Pasadena’s, sign

The Alevi Federations of France and Europe at the Dzidzernagapert Memorial

March 7, 2018 By administrator

The Alevi Federations of France and Europe at the Dzidzernagapert Memorial

A first day rich in emotions as in meetings

The Union-Union of Alevis in France, chaired by Erdal Kiliçkaya as well as members of the European Alevis Federation, who came from Austria and Germany, began this morning their two-day official visit to Armenia. As Michel Marian, a “common dream” collective, and Gorune Aprikian recount, the genesis of this visit goes back to their common desire to always work for more dialogue with the democratic elements of Turkey and the many actions and meetings they have been able to have these last years with the Alévis de France.

This first day allowed the official delegation to meet the Deputy Speaker of the Armenian Parliament and Republican Party spokesman Eduard Sharmazanov, accompanied by deputies representing the Kurdish and Assyrian minorities of Armenia. During this exchange, Eduard Sharmazanov recalled that the Armenians themselves had become, following the genocide, minorities throughout the world, and that it was their duty to always work alongside all those who “all days, like us, face the denial of the Turkish state. “ With a strong minority of at least fifteen million members in Turkey, the Alevi people are both a people with strong roots planted in the Anatolian lands, neighbors of Armenians for centuries, and a particular faith, which came at the origin of a a specific interpretation of Shi’ite Islam, but incorporating above all many non-Islamic elements, above all a stamp of tolerance and open-mindedness.

After this official meeting, the delegation went to the Genocide Memorial to bow down to the eternal flame and visit the Museum. The Alevi of France and Europe came here with a strong will – that of highlighting the common suffering endured alongside the Armenians. The terrible massacres of Dersim that struck them in 1938 are still the subject of a strong denial of the current Turkish state and the Alevis have suffered and are still subject to persecution and multiple discrimination in Turkey. Above all, in the beautiful text written by Erdal Kiliçkaya and printed in the official brochure of the Federation, the Alevi of France and Europe, who did not participate in the genocide, ask in fact “forgiveness” – but a specific forgiveness , that of not being able to do more in 1915 to come to the rescue of the Armenian brothers and sisters persecuted and driven from their lands … An additional testimony, if it were necessary, of the proximity between Alevis and Armenians further reinforced by this visit to Armenia itself.

With the support of the international association of parliamentarians of Armenia chaired by Aragats Akhoyan, also president of the foundation “Veradarts” (return), the delegation will continue tomorrow its exchanges with the Armenian civil society. As Michel Marian and Gorune Aprikian point out, the idea is to make this Alevi minority better known both to the Armenians of France and those of Armenia, knowing that in France and in Europe, the Alevi are at least two million. As a young girl from the student delegation in Bordeaux points out, the Alevi identity in Europe and in France must also be recomposed, debate and perspective familiar to the Armenians, between its real modernity and its attachment to its culture.

Laurence Ritter

Filed Under: Articles, Genocide Tagged With: Alevi Federations, Dzidzernagapert, France and Europe, Memorial

Armenian Genocide memorial desecrated in France’s Vienne

November 6, 2017 By administrator

A memorial erected in the French town of Vienne to pay tribute to the victims of the Armenian Genocide was desecrated Saturday, November 4, French media and several Twitter users reported.

The Coordination Council of the Armenian Organizations of France (CCAF) denounced “with the greatest firmness the profanation” and said that “the insulting stains covering the monument constitute a new attack on the human dignity and the memory the victims”.

Meanwhile, Vienne County Councilor Erwann Binet was one of the firsts to react on social networks, saying he was “shocked and dismayed”.

This new attack comes as France has no legal means to penalize the deniers of Armenian Genocide.

Some three dozen countries, hundreds of local government bodies and international organizations have so far recognized the killings of 1.5 million Armenian in the Ottoman Empire as genocide. Turkey denies to this day.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: armenian genocide, desecrated, France, Memorial

Armenian Holocaust Memorial in Deir ez-Zor liberated by Syrian Army

November 6, 2017 By administrator

The Armenian Genocide memorial in the Deir ez-Zor Governorate has been liberated by the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) after being occupied by Islamic State forces for several years, Al-Masdar News reports.

Prior to its liberation, the memorial had been badly damaged by various groups, including the Islamic State, the source says.

While no immediate plans have been announced by the Syrian government to fix the memorial, its restoration will likely happen during the reconstruction of Deir ez-Zor.

Pictures of the memorial released by the Syrian army reveal the extent of damage that the conflict has caused over the years.

The memorial complex served as church, museum, monument, archive centre and exhibition. It was under the direct administration of the Armenian Prelacy, Diocese of Aleppo. Every year, on 24 April, tens of thousands of Armenian pilgrims from all over the world visited the Der Zor complex to commemorate the genocide victims, with the presence of their religious leaders.

On September 21, 2014, the memorial complex was blown up, reportedly by IS members.

Related links:

Al-Masdar News. In pictures: Armenian Holocaust Memorial liberated by Syrian Army

Filed Under: Genocide, News Tagged With: Armenian Holocaust, deir ez-zor, Memorial, Syria

Journalists from Egypt visit Tsitsernakaberd Memorial complex

June 25, 2017 By administrator

egyptian journalist visit Tsitsernakaberd MemorialFive Egyptian journalists who visited Armenia on the first regular flight of “Air Cairo” Airlines, visited number of Armenia’s sightseeing, Garni, Geghard, Lake Sevan, Tsakhkadzor, Echmiadzin, and Matenadaran Scientific Research Institute of Ancient Manuscripts named after Mesrop Mashtots.
The Egyptian journalists also visited Tsitsernakaberd Memorial complex to pay tribute to the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide.

Hakob Berberyan, who accompanied the foreigners, told Panorama.am the journalist themselves wished to visit the Memorial complex.

“They knew well the story of the Armenian Genocide,” Berberyan added.

Filed Under: Articles, Genocide Tagged With: Egyptian, Journalist, Memorial, Tsitsernakaberd, visit

Armenia’s highest leadership attending Tsitsernakaberd memorial complex

April 24, 2017 By administrator

On the 102nd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, Armenia’s highest leadership headed by President Serzh Sargsyan along with the First Lady of Armenia Rita Sargsyan and His Holiness Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II attended on Monday the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex to pay tribute to the memory of the victims of the Armenian genocide.
Speaker of the National Assembly Galust Sahakyan, Armenia’s Prime Minister Karen karapetyan, Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Armenia Gagik Harutyunyan, Chief of Staff of the President’s Office Armen Gevorgyan and other high-level officilas accompanied the President, placed flowers near the eternal fire which perpetuates the memory of the innocent victims.

 

Filed Under: Genocide, News Tagged With: Armenian, complex, leadership, Memorial

Armenian Genocide Memorial ‘Forest of Hope’ Unveiled in Canada

September 26, 2016 By administrator

armenian-memorial-canadaMARKHAM, Canada—The unveiling of the Armenian Genocide Forest of Hope took place on Sept. 24 in the City of Markham. Markham Mayor, His Worship Mr. Frank Scarpitti was joined by the Ambassador of Armenia to Canada, H.E. Mr. Armen Yeganian, as well as the Chairs of the Armenian Genocide Centennial Committees of Canada and Ontario Mr. Mher Karakashian and Mr. Krikor Chitlian for the official ribbon cutting ceremony.

Amongst the more than 600 attendees from across the Greater Toronto Area, were representatives from all levels of government. Representing the Prime Minister of Canada, the Right Honorable Justin Trudeau, was Member of Parliament and Chair of the Canadian Armenian Parliamentary Friendship Group, Arnold Chan. Representing the Premier of Ontario, the Honorable Kathleen Wynne, were the Honorable Dr. Helena Jaczek, Minister of Community and Social Services and Honorable Michael Chan, Minister of International Trade.

Dr. Jaczek presented the Premier’s message on this memorable occasion, which can be read below.

From the City of Markham, Markham Deputy Mayor Jack Heath, York Regional Councillor Joe Li, and Markham City Councillors Alan Ho, Logan Kanapathi, and Amanda Colluci joined Mayor Scarpitti.

“We know the meaning of genocide, its history and the importance of education,” said Armen Yeganian, ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to Canada. “We have to continue to educate, not just today, tomorrow or the first 100 years. But always, because unfortunately it still continues to happen.”

The Forest of Hope Project was launched by the City of Markham on Dec. 19 2015, on the occasion of the Centennial of the Armenian Genocide, which was commemorated throughout 2015.

“Despite being displaced, the Armenian community is determined,” said Mayor Scarpitti. “The next generation of Armenians will be just as proud as the first Armenians who came to Canada. That’s a wonderful thing.”

The project involved planting a small forest in the confines of the Ashton Meadows Park, in memory of the 1.5 million victims of this first genocide of the 20th century. The forest will serve as a permanent reminder of this dark period of human history and will remind us of our collective responsibility to ensure such crimes are never repeated again. The specially designed forest, designed by renowned landscape architect Haig Seferian, will feature 100 trees of varying species, to celebrate the survival and rebirth of humanity from the ashes of Genocide.

Marianne Davitjan, who presented the Armenian National Committee of Canada’s message, outlined the importance of memorials such as the Forest of Hope. “The places in present day Turkey and Syria, where the Armenian Genocide took place, had the potential to serve as sites of memory and education, much like how the concentration camps in Europe served for the Holocaust,” she explained. “Due to denial and continued violence however, those sites have been destroyed and forgotten. Hence why it is important for Armenians around the world to build genocide memorials in their home cities, in order to promote collective commemoration and education.”

Source: http://armenianweekly.com/2016/09/26/forest-of-hope/

Filed Under: Genocide, News Tagged With: armenian genocide, Canada, markham, Memorial

LEBANON: The Bird’s Nest: Site of a Genocide memorial in a seaside resort

September 11, 2016 By administrator

bird-nestThere are more than a year, the Board of Directors of the orphanage the Bird’s Nest (Trchnotz Pooyn) announced in an interview with Voice of Van [Voice of Van] that projects move graves a cemetery of orphans had been permanently suspended. In his interview, Khedeshian Seta, president of the Board, said that His Holiness Catholicos Aram Premier had ordered the suspension of the project “to provide a more understandable explanation to the public and to create a calmer atmosphere more conducive to a broader consideration of the matter. “ This last interview was organized following a public protest and an online campaign that criticized the plan to develop a private resort on 2.5 hectares of land leased by the Nest. The campaign developed several justifications for this objection, stressing the need to exhume the remains of Genocide survivors new body and allocation of Nico Hall (a building of 1921) with its church Sainte Gayaneh in a restaurant. (*)

The decision to stop the destruction of the cemetery was important for two reasons.

First, regardless of the controversial nature of the proposed project, the danger of the destruction of graves was pushed back in time. Second, Caholicossat has shown its willingness to consult the public by opening an opportunity for dialogue between the various stakeholders.

Unfortunately, a year later, no effort was made to give an explanation on the decisions taken by the Governing Council, to organize a public meeting so that the project scope is clearly stated, and to hear the professionals were critical to the project. Instead, documents of the resort architecture folder called “The Diplomatic Club” [The Diplomatic Club circulated in public. In addition, a section of the proposed budget was published in an architectural site of the Internet [1].

Although the developers have not obtained the building permit [2] necessary for the progress of the project, they have recently emptied the church of St. Gayane, removing the altar and exposing the shell of the building. Deliberately placing illegally to Lebanese law, developers have started changing the destination of the building, ending its religious dimension and paving the way for future recreation.

In short, the desirable relationship of dialogue and transparency between the Church and the community have not been established. Moreover, efforts to achieve the proposed resort continues – silently. [3]

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The Bird’s Nest, a testament to survival and humanitarian assistance

The collective Nid D’Oiseau, a group of people working for the conservation of the historic site of the Bird’s Nest, campaigned against the project exclusive resort “The Diplomatic Club”. The site is important for Armenians in general and for the Lebanese, who served as a refuge for survivors of the Armenian Genocide in Lebanon and giving a great example of humanitarian aid. Divert such a place loaded symbol – a tangible testimony Genocide – to turn it into a seaside leisure place would conflict with the history and legacy of the site.

The exhumation and removal of Genocide survivors body are unjustifiable

While in France, the bodies of 130,000 unidentified soldiers dead on the battlefield of Verdun during the First World War individually rest in the ossuary of Douaumont, the Armenian Church is planning to exhume the remains of thirty individual -Three Genocide survivors and move them in a mass grave. Ironically, the idea of mass grave associated with the massacres, a tragedy that thirty-three individuals escaped during the Genocide.

Policymakers need to recognize the JPEG - 88 kbsignificance and importance of mass graves, and the reason [4] of their displacement is unjustifiable.

In addition, the online campaign to stop the destruction of the cemetery has collected more than a thousand signatures in only two weeks. In addition, one of the families has officially filed a complaint against moving the remains of their great grandfather of where it finally rests. “What seems to be an insignificant burial is in fact a unique symbol of the vitality of our national memory, which must be kept in its original place and in its original form,” wrote Mr. Garo Armenian in his article “It’s the Orphans’ Cemetery, People!” [Moving! This is the cemetery Orphan]

Contrary to what the Board of Directors, which denies that a church was in the rented area, St. Gayane church served as a unique place of worship for the Armenian Byblos since the 1920s in fact certificates cadastral property report of its official registration as a church. [7] Moreover, Raffi Gergian book of architect and archaeologist, “The Armenian Churches of Lebanon” [The Lebanese Armenian churches], mentions the church Ste Gayaneh as the only Armenian Apostolic Church in Byblos. Built by Armenian orphans Nicol Hall, which today surrounds the St. Gayane church; is the only historic structure that remains today of the complex Bird’s Nest original. “Is there not a moral gap in the fact that it is the Church – an authority that should embody the ideal in that world that decides the conversion of such a place in restaurant” application architect and urban planner Diran Harmandayan.

Filed Under: Articles, Genocide Tagged With: bird's, Genocide, Lebanon, Memorial, nest, site

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