Noubar Afeyan a keynote speaker at Massachusetts Commemoration April 10, 2019 - 18:12 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The 104th Anniversary Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide at the Massachusetts State House is just a few days away, and there is an exciting program prepared as well as a wonderful luncheon to follow on this Friday, April 12, The Armenian Mirror Spectator reports. Starting off with the elected officials, with Governor Charles Baker, Speaker Robert DeLeo, Sheriff Peter Koutoujian, state Sen. William Brownsberger, state Rep. Jonathan Hecht, state Rep. David Muradian, state Rep. Dave Rogers, and state Rep. David Robertson all set to participate. Many local church clergy are also set to be in attendance, with the benediction led by Rev. Dr. Avedis Boynerian of the Armenian Memorial Church, and a group-led Order of Intercessory Prayer by fellow local church pastors to lead guests into the reception. As usual, local Armenian students from St. Stephen’s Armenian Elementary School will open the program with the singing of the American and Armenian anthems. A musical interlude will be provided by Narek Arutyunian of New York, an accomplished recent graduate of the Juilliard School, playing the clarinet. The keynote speaker will be Dr. Noubar Afeyan, a local entrepreneur and philanthropist with many formidable achievements on a global level, most notably the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative founded on behalf of the survivors of the Armenian Genocide and in gratitude to their saviors. Aurelian and Anahid Mardiros will be honored for their decades of work in the Boston Armenian community as philanthropists and activists, and more particularly for the contribution of their family firm, A&A Industries, in the construction of the Abstract Sculpture of Armenian Heritage Park. Buses will depart from St. Stephen’s and St. James Churches promptly at 9 a.m. It is not too late to register to fill up the buses generously provided by the Knights of Vartan Ararat Lodge. There will also be a bus sponsored by the Knights of Vartan Arakadz Lodge of Merrimack Valley. Please email BostonAGCC@gmail.com for bus reservations or inquiries.  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 |  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. |
