November 5, 2009 - 19:22 AMT
Days of Armenian Culture "Germany and the Armenians" to be held November 6 - 27 in Cologne
Days of Armenian Culture "Germany and the Armenians" will be held November 6 - 27 in Cologne (Germany) "Germany and the Armenians" the sixth year.

This year Days of Armenian Culture will be timed to 140th anniversary of Komitas. The leader of the Armenian Church in Germany Garegin Begjanian will take part in the opening ceremony, the Komitas Choir will perform.

Dogan Akanli, writer from Cologne will read a report on the events of 1915 and 1945 telling about parallels between the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust.
Days of Armenian Culture will be finalized with a literary evening, during which a new book about the Armenian writer Charents will be presented.

40 000 Armenians now live in Germany. The largest Armenian community is located in, the Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church is located in Cologne as well.