Ten thousand people in Moscow remember Armenian genocide victims

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24.04.2015, 16:42

Over 10,000 people in Moscow, mainly ethnic Armenians living in the Russian capital and its suburbs, took part Friday in ceremonies commemorating the centenary of the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire, according to Interfax.

Ten thousand people in Moscow remember Armenian genocide victims

YEREVAN, April 24. / ARKA /. Over 10,000 people in Moscow, mainly ethnic Armenians living in the Russian capital and its suburbs, took part Friday in ceremonies commemorating the centenary of the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire, according to Interfax.

A liturgy was served in the main cathedral of the Armenian Apostolic Church on Olympic Avenue in Moscow in memory of 1.5 million Armenians killed in the hands of the Ottoman Turkey. The liturgy was served by the head of the Russian Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Bishop Ezras.

A marble memory stele was inaugurated near the cathedral. Deputy Russian foreign minister Grigory Karasin spoke at the ceremony on behalf of the Russian government reading the messages from Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill.

On the same day an exhibition of documents and various photographs related to the Armenian genocide a century ago opened in the cultural center of the temple.—0--

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