 Rallies in Warsaw, Brussels pay tribute to Genocide victims April 25, 2016 - 11:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenians and Poles, as well as Kurdish young people from around Poland gathered in Warsaw on Sunday, April 24 to participate in the Armenian Genocide commemorative events. On Sunday, chief pastor of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Poland Fr. Tachat Tsaturyan served a liturgy at the church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and of St. Joseph in the Polish capital. The attendees then processed to the 1944 Warsaw Uprising Monument to launch a rally through the joint efforts of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Poland and the local Armenian Youth Union, A1plus reports. The march then progressed to the Armenian Park, where Fr. Tachat prayed for the victims of the Armenian Genocide. A candlelight vigil was organized afterwards. Another protest campaign against Turkey's denialist policy was organized in the Belgian capital city, Brussels, where some 1000 demonstrators gathered to honor the memory of Genocide victims. The Armenian Genocide was on Sunday commemorated in a number of major cities around the globe, including Los Angeles, Istanbul, Moscow, Washington, New York, Tehran, Amsterdam to name a few.    The Armenian Genocide The Armenian Genocide (1915-23) was the deliberate and systematic destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during and just after World War I. It was characterized by massacres and deportations, involving forced marches under conditions designed to lead to the death of the deportees, with the total number of deaths reaching 1.5 million.  Top stories 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. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says.   Partner news |  Topic Latest news Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates  Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements.Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of ArmeniaHenrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan.Armenia not going to war over Karabakh, says Pashinyan Armenia is not preparing to fight a war for Nagorno Karabakh, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in an interview. |
