PASADENA ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MEMORIAL COMMITTEE
A California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation
272 South Los Robles Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91101
Telephone: (626) 795-1750
Fax:(626) 584-6524
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Pasadena Armenian Genocide Memorial Committee
April 14, 2014
Media Contact:
Anthony Portantino
(818) 454-3603
[email protected]
GROUND TO BE CONSECRATED APRIL 27 FOR **PASADENA ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MEMORIAL
The ground at the site for the Pasadena Armenian Genocide Memorial will be
blessed Sunday, April 27, during a 6 p.m. public ceremony at Memorial Park.
Retired U.S. District Court Judge Dickran M. Tevrizian will serve as Master
of Ceremonies and the consecration will be performed by Hovnan Derderian,
Archbishop of the Western Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, and
Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian of the Western Prelacy of the Armenian
Apostolic Church.
Choirs from the Sahag Mesrob Armenian Christian School in Altadena and the
Armenian General Benevolent Union High School in Pasadena will sing.
`I encourage the greater Pasadena community to attend this important
event,’ said former California Assemblyman Anthony Portantino, who
serves on the Pasadena Armenian Genocide Committee. `This Memorial
will offer a place for reflection, hope and inspiration.’
Pasadena Mayor Bill Bogaard and California Assemblyman Chris Holden will be
among the elected officials at the event.
The Memorial, approved by the Pasadena City Council in September 2013, will
be completed and dedicated at the north side of Memorial Park in April 2015
to mark the 100th anniversary of the killing of 1.5 million Armenians over
a three-year period beginning in 1915. It will commemorate the Armenian
Genocide and condemn all crimes against humanity
For more information about the Pasadena Armenian Genocide Memorial visit
or PASAGMC on Facebook or call (626)
795-1750.
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Ann Erdman
(626) 375-2742