Armenian Genocide

Armenian Genocide Survivors Honored by Gov. Deval Patrick

June 12, 2013 News

Tom Vartabedian - 12/6/13 BOSTON, Mass.—The Boston terrorist bombings may have taken a tragic toll on more than 300 victims and devastated the city’s metropolis in its wake. But it did little to deter the spirit behind the 98th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. True, a manhunt for the perpetrators resulted in the cancellation of a [...]

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Ambassador: Iranian archives about Armenian Genocide are open for historians

June 12, 2013 News

12/6/13 “I think, we should order the historians to study the Iranian archives. That means that they can take all the materials concerning the Genocide out,” Mohammad Raiesi, Iranian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Armenia said speaking about the possible opening of the archives about the Armenian Genocide. Diplomat also noted that he visits Tsitsernakaberd [...]

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Armenian Genocide Truth and Justice Act Introduced in U.S. House of Representatives

May 18, 2013 News

18/5/13 WASHINGTON– As Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Erdogan continues his official U.S. state visit, a bipartisan group of U.S. Representatives introduced the Armenian Genocide Truth and Justice Act, a new measure calling upon the President to build upon the U.S. record of having recognized the Armenian Genocide by working toward improved Armenian-Turkish relations based upon [...]

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Armenian Genocide 100th Anniversary Planning Commission Meeting Held at the Mother See

May 17, 2013 News

  On May 15, with the blessings of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of all Armenians, the Armenian Genocide 100th Anniversary Planning Commission, dedicated to organizing events for the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide met in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. The meeting was convened under the presidency of His [...]

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Another Armenian church destroyed in Turkey

May 3, 2013 Featured News

3/5/13 PanARMENIAN.Net – Saint Hovhannes Armenian church has been demolished in Turkey, with an Islamic school and a student hostel to be built on the site. Representatives of Siirt city’s branch of Turkey’s human rights union described the destruction of the Armenian church and construction of a new highway on the site of Armenian cemeteries [...]

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Protesters mark Armenian Genocide, demand compensation

April 25, 2013 Featured News

Stephen Dockery The Daily Star 24/4/13 BEIRUT: Thousands marched through Beirut Wednesday to call on Turkey to recognize the genocide that involved the systematic slaughter of 1.5 million Armenians nearly a century ago. Draped in the colors of the Armenian flag – red, blue and orange – over 10,000 people marched across east Beirut to Martyrs’ Square in Downtown. [...]

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His Holiness Karekin II and His Holiness Aram I urge Turkey to recognize Armenian Genocide and return Armenian Churches

April 24, 2013 Featured News

Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Information Services  24/4/13 In 2015, the Armenian people of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh and the diaspora will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire. In 1915, more than 1.5 million Armenians became victims of genocide. The survivors on the roads [...]

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Will Pope Francis repeat Cardinal Bergoglio’s words on the Genocide?

March 19, 2013 News

Harut Sassounian Publisher, The California Courier 19/3/13 Shortly after Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio became Pope Francis I, Armenian and Turkish media outlets rushed to inform their audiences that the Argentinean Archbishop had acknowledged the Armenian Genocide on a number of occasions. When Catholicos Karekin II visited Buenos Aires on April 23, 2004, Cardinal Bergoglio joined [...]

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Boyer Introduces New Genocide Denial Criminalization Law in France

January 5, 2013 Featured News

5/1/2013 PARIS, France—French Parliament Member Valerie Boyer, who spearheaded last year’s effort to pass a bill criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide, submitted a new draft of the bill last week. The bill stipulates the introduction of amendments to the 1881 law on freedom of press, setting legal foundation for countering racism and denial [...]

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The Armenian church in Kars is in the centre of the attention of tourists

November 23, 2012 Featured News

22/11/2012 YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 21, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian Church of the Twelve Disciples in Kars attracts the attention of both local and foreign tourists due to its historical construction and architecture. As reports “Armenpress” the Director of Culture and Tourism of Kars Hakan Doğanay stated this in a conversation with the reporter of “Anadolu” news agency. [...]

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Detroit Begins Fundraising for Syrian-Armenian Relief

November 16, 2012 News

By Georgi-Ann Oshagan – 16/11/2012 Greater Detroit’s Armenian community kicked off its ongoing fundraising program on Oct. 26 to support Syrian-Armenian relief efforts, as ongoing violence envelops the country’s major cities that have been home to Armenians for hundreds of years. Sponsored by the Greater Detroit United Committee for Syrian Armenian Relief Fund, the event [...]

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Catholicos Aram I: Der Zor Genocide Complex to be Restored

November 13, 2012 Featured News

12/11/2012 It appears that damage to the Armenian Genocide Memorial Complex in Der Zor, Syria, was the result of artillery clashes in the area and not from a targeted attack. Videos of the damage have been circulating on YouTube and other social media networks. In a statement released today by the Great House of Cilicia. [...]

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Armenian Genocide memorial severely damaged in Syria (video)

November 13, 2012 Featured News

12/11/2012 PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian Genocide Martyrs Memorial Church, also known as the Holy Martyrs Armenian Church, in Deir ez-Zor, Syria, has been severely damaged as a result of shelling, as revealed by video footage taken by locals and shared on YouTube, The Armenian Weekly reported. The lower level of the museum and memorial, where the [...]

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Catholicos Aram I arrives in Armenia

September 22, 2012 News

22/9/2012 His Holiness Aram I arrives in Armenia to participate in the session of the state committee coordinating events devoted to the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide (20 September 2012). YEREVAN. – Catholicos Aram I of the Great House of Cilicia arrived in Armenia on Thursday to participate in the session of the state [...]

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THE HOUSHAMADYAN PROJECT OF THE CATHOLICOSATE OF CILICIA BEGINS

September 13, 2012 Featured News

13/9/2012 The Catholicosate of Cilicia continues preparations for the 100th Anniversary Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide. The printing and reprinting of books and documents on the history and culture of Armenians in the cities and towns of Western Armenia and Cilicia during the Ottoman Empire has begun. The Catholicosate of Cilicia has already published the [...]

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Pasadena officials speak out against denial of Armenian Genocide after Turkish official’s visit

September 1, 2012 News

His Holiness Aram I, of the Armenian Apostolic Church, visits the Armenian Martyrs Memorial Monument in Bicknell Park in Montebello Saturday, October 8, 2011. (SGVN/Staff Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz) 1/9/2012 Brenda Gazzar, SGVN twitter.com/bgazzar PASADENA – When Councilman Terry Tornek learned about the Holocaust as a boy, his mother gave him the novel “The Forty [...]

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Discussions on Armenian Genocide started in Knesset

June 17, 2012 News

YEREVAN, JUNE 12, ARMENPRESS: In Israeli Parliament –Knesset on June 12 have been organized discussions relating to Armenian Genocide issue. Armenpress reports citing Izrus news portal that during the discussions deputy Dov Hanin who represents “Khadash” party has mentioned that in the context of Armenian Genocide any numbers or state security issues must not be [...]

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Sassounian: Armenians in Egypt: Dwindling Yet Resilient in a Country in Turmoil

May 18, 2012 News
The Church of St. Gregory the Illuminator is one of two Armenian churches in Cairo and the only Armenian Apostolic Church in the city. The church was erected in 1928, after four years of construction, by prominent Armenian architect Levon Nafilian. The church embodies the two archetypes of classical Armenian architecture: employing stone materials and topped with a conical dome.

Harut Sassounian 16/5/2012 I just returned from a fascinating trip to Egypt. The Primate of the Armenian Church had invited me on behalf of the Diocesan Council to deliver the keynote address at the annual commemoration of the Armenian Genocide. I accepted the invitation with some trepidation given the ongoing turmoil in Egypt since the [...]

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Frontpage coverage of the Armenian Genocide in the foreign media opens in Beirut

May 3, 2012 News

2/5/2012 A temporary exhibition on “The Armenian Genocide: Frontpage Coverage in the Foreign Media” opened at the Capuchin Church in Beirut. The exhibition was organized by Central Body of Lebanon on the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute with the support of the Beirut City Hall. The exhibition presents about [...]

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A Letter to Etchmiadzin and Cilicia Catholicos

April 27, 2012 News

Nilay VARDAR nilay@bianet.org İstanbul – BİA Haber Merkezi 25/4/2012 The defenders of human rights sent a letter to Etchmiadzin and Cilicia Catholicos and declared that “Only after the recognition of the Genocide and the restitution of and/or compensation for the confiscated property of Armenians, that justice can be established.” The defenders of human rights sent [...]

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“I CALL UPON OUR PEOPLE TO DEMAND THEIR STOLEN RIGHTS FROM TURKEY” Said His Holiness Aram I

April 25, 2012 Featured News

The summary of the message of His Holiness Aram I delivered on 24th April 2012 in Antelias to thousands of Armenian people who were gathered to commemorate the Armenian Genocide. We are gathered today in front of the Martyrs Chapel, where the remains of some of the victims of the Armenian Genocide were buried in [...]

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123 Armenian Genocide survivors live in Armenia

April 24, 2012 Featured News

24/4/2012 123 people, who survived the Armenian Genocide organized in Ottoman Turkey in 1915-1922, are currently living in Armenia, the head of social statistics and National Statistics Service of Armenia Nelly Baghdasaryan told Armenian News-NEWS.am. As of July 1, 2011, 123 survivors of the Armenian Genocide currently live in Armenia, while as of July 1, [...]

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Remembering Genocide

April 24, 2012 Featured News
Nora Nalbandian discusses exhibits at the Ararat-Eskijian Museum, which remembers victims of Armenian genocide. (Dean Musgrove / Staff Photographer)

By Susan Abram, Staff Writer 23/4/2012 They held their children in their arms and carried whatever else they could into the desert. Bibles that had been in families for centuries. Handmade lace handkerchiefs made for weddings and baptisms. Documents that listed their names and where they were born. Nearly 100 years after the Armenian Genocide [...]

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5,000 to protest on 97 anniversary of Armenian Genocide

April 24, 2012 News

The Daily Star 23/4/2012 BEIRUT: On the 97 anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, 5,000 people are expected to protest Tuesday in front of the Turkish Embassy in Beirut against Ankara’s refusal to recognize the mass killings as genocide. The commemoration will kick off with a Mass at the Armenian Orthodox Catholicosate in Antelias, north of [...]

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ANCA-Orange County to host commemorative Armenian Genocide event featuring a screening of “Bolis”

April 19, 2012 News

18.04.2012 The Armenian National Committee of America-Orange County will be hosting an Armenian Genocide Commemoration event featuring a screening of “Bolis” by Award winning Director Eric Nazarian. The event will be held on April 22, 2012 in the Gugasian Hall at Forty Martyr’s Armenian Church. “We are looking forward to this year’s commemoration as a [...]

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