House commemoration of Armenian Genocide due April 20 April 6, 2012 - 10:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Each April members of the Armenian community fill the State House to commemorate the Armenian Genocide. This year’s event will take place on Friday, April 20, at 10:30 am, The Armenian Mirror-Spectator reported. Delivering the keynote address will be Khatchig Mouradian, the editor of the Armenian Weekly newspaper and a PhD candidate at Clark University. Joint House/Senate Resolutions will be awarded to playwright Joyce Van Dyke, whose recent play, “Deported/A Dream Play,” is the story of her own grandmother, and to former state Sen. Steven Tolman. Performers include students of the Armenian Sisters’ Academy and St. Stephen’s Armenian Elementary School, and Haig Hovsepian on violin accompanied by Ani Hovsepian. Coordinating the event is Tsoleen Sarian, working with state Rep. Jonathan Hecht (D-Watertown), state Rep. John Lawn (D-Watertown) and state Sen. William Brownsberger (D-Belmont) who host the day. “The energy put into this event demonstrates the devotion of the entire Armenian-American community, and the many friends of that community, to the commemoration and recognition of the Genocide,” said Brownsberger.   Top stories The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, have arrived in Washington. The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats.Balance of attached cards in the Idram&IDBank app From now on, users will be able to view the online balances of cards issued by ArCa system banks and attached to the app. |
