A MEMORIAL DEDICATED TO THE VICTIMS OF GENOCIDE IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE WILL BE BUILT IN BERLIN

ARMENPRESS
12 October, 2012
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 12, ARMENPRESS. An ecumenical memorial dedicated to
more then 3, 5 million Christians martyred in the Ottoman Empire in
the beginning of the 20th century will be built in Berlin. The pre
anointment ceremony of the memorial will take place on October 13.

As a prominent German human rights defender, head of the committee
for the Genocide recognition Tessa Hoffman informed “Armenpress” they
are planning to build an ecumenical memorial dedicated to Christians
martyred in the Ottoman Empire in front of the main entrance of Louizen
Evangelical Church yard, in the territory of guarded memorials by
2015. There will be an attempt to turn this memorial into the public
place of sorrow.

Instead of the accepted ceremony of placing of the cornerstone a
pre anointment ceremony and representation of the memorial to the
public will be held and first of all to Berlin residents form Armenia,
Assyria, Asia Minor, Pontus and Greece on October 13 in 15:00 according
to German time. Holy Fathers form Armenian Apostolic Church, Syrian
Orthodox Church and Greek Orthodox Church together will say prayers
of anointment.

There will be an inscription in languages of all nations who suffered
the Genocide on the memorial: “In the Memory of the Martyrs”.

The building of the ecumenical memorial dedicated to more then 3,
5 million Christians martyred in the Ottoman Empire was initiated by
a charity public union founded in the beginning of 2012.

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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress