ARMENIAN GENOCIDE COMMEMORATED IN PYATIGORSK
PanARMENIAN.Net
April 24, 2012 – 19:34 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – Armenian community in Russian city of Pyatigorsk
paid tribute to the Armenian Genocide victims. As adviser to Armenian
community chairman in Pyatigorsk on youth affairs Ruzanna Makaryan
told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, a liturgy was served in Saint Sarkis
Church, followed by a mourning rally, with several members of Council
of Deputies of Pyatigorsk participating.
“We always remember the date, despite being far from motherland,”
Makaryan said, adding that the rally launched with a moment of silence,
followed by a community representatives’ speeches.
She further said that on the eve of Armenian Genocide Remembered Day,
on April 19-20, an international conference was held at Pyatigorsk
State Linguistic University on the problem of Armenian national
identity maintenance in Russia.
From: Baghdasarian
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