PRESS RELEASE
Diocese of the Armenian Church of Australia & New Zealand
10 Macquarie Street
Chatswood NSW 2067
AUSTRALIA
Contact: Laura Artinian
Tel: (02) 9419-8056
Fax: (02) 9904-8446
Email: [email protected]
28 April 2005
DR NORAYR BOB DER KEVORKIAN ENTERS ETERNAL REST
Sydney, Australia – It is with grave sadness that we report of the sudden
passing of Dr Norayr Bob Der Kevorkian in Bangkok, Thailand on Tuesday, 26
April, 2005 at age 62 years.
Dr Der Kevorkian was the Honorary Consul of Armenia in Thailand, the
representative of His Holiness Karekin II Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos
of All Armenians in Singapore and President of the Board of Trustees of St
Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Church in Singapore, the first church in
the country. He was the benefactor of one of two chapels at St Gregory the
Illuminator Cathedral in Yerevan consecrated in 2001 on the 1700th
anniversary of Armenian Christendom.
A memorial service will be held in Bangkok on Friday, 29 April at 10.30 a.m.
presided by His Eminence Archbishop Aghan Baliozian, Primate of the Diocese
of the Armenian Church of Australia and New Zealand. The funeral service
will take place as St Gayane Church in Etchmiadzin, Armenia on Monday, 2
May, 2005 where the deceased will be laid to rest.
Dr Norayr Der Kevorkian was an instrumental force in his representation of
Armenia and Armenians in the South-East Asia region. His dynamic
contribution and high profile will remain a legacy that will be honoured by
those who were privileged to know him.