FLOWER-LAYING CEREMONY OVER ARMENIAN GENOCIDE TO BE HELD IN VENEZUELA
20:32, 20.04.2015
Region:World News, Armenia
Theme: Politics
Flowers will be laid on Armenian Genocide Memorial in Venezuela’s
capital Caracas on April 24, the Venezuelan newspaperEl Nacional
reports.
A day earlier, on April 23, Armenian St. Gregory the Illuminator Church
located in Venezuela will live stream the canonization ceremony of all
Armenian Genocide victims held in Armenia’s First-Throned Etchmiadzin.
A commemoration event will be held in Venezuela Conference Hall of
Eurobuilding hotel in Venezuela.
The events will continue in Caracas during the entire 2015.
“Many scientists – including some Turkish ones – consider these tragic
events as the first genocide of the 20th century. According to its
investigation degree, this is the second genocide in the world after
Holocaust,” the newspaper writes.
Venezuelan Parliament recognized the Armenian Genocide in 2005.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress