{"id":37976,"date":"2015-04-27T11:16:53","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T08:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sana.sy\/en\/?p=37976"},"modified":"2015-04-30T16:39:13","modified_gmt":"2015-04-30T13:39:13","slug":"candle-march-in-damascus-marking-centennial-of-armenian-genocide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/?p=37976","title":{"rendered":"Candle March in Damascus marking centennial of\u00a0Armenian Genocide"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Damascus, SANA Thousands of Syrian Armenians\u00a0participated on Sunday evening in a candle march from al-Zablatani area to St. Mar Sarkis\u00a0Armenian Orthodox Church in Bab Sharki, Damascus, under the motto Remember and Demand,\u00a0marking centennial anniversary of Armenian Genocide perpetrated by Ottomans.<\/p>\n

The Armenian Genocide, included acts of killing,\u00a0slaughtering and genocide of more than two million people at the hands of the Ottomans,\u00a0happened between 1915 and 1923.<\/p>\n

Participants lit candles and raised placards\u00a0stressing their commitment to the rights of the Armenian people.<\/p>\n

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The candles were laid down near the cornerstone of\u00a0the memorial of the Saints Martyrs of the Armenian genocide at the Square which carries\u00a0their names in Damascus.<\/p>\n

A statement was recited, on behalf of the Armenian\u00a0people, through which they called upon the future generation to maintain the national\u00a0heritage of the Armenian people and to struggle for restoring their legitimate rights.
\nThe statement urged the UN member-states and the\u00a0international organizations to restore the historical justice and to respect the memory\u00a0of the victims of the Armenian Genocide, calling on Turkey to admit and condemn the\u00a0genocide carried out by the Ottoman Empire.<\/p>\n

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The participation of thousands of people in the\u00a0march reflects a unified national stance against terrorism, killing and criminal acts,\u00a0Armash Nalbandian, Armenian Archbishop of Damascus in the diocesan headquarters in Damascus\u00a0told SANA, asserting that through his support to the terrorist organizations in Syria,\u00a0Erdogan repeats what his antecedents had done a hundred years ago.<\/p>\n

For his part, Armenian Ambassador in Damascus\u00a0Arshak Poladian said that the centennial opens a new stage of struggle to reach justice,\u00a0asserting that the right of the Armenian people has no status of limitations.<\/p>\n

In a relevant context, priest Gabriel David of the\u00a0Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate, pointed out that Erdogan’s regime repeats the same\u00a0massacres through his offensive against Syria, indicating that the armed terrorist groups which\u00a0perpetrated the Armenian genocide, were supported by Erdogan’s ancestors, are the same\u00a0which are perpetrating massacres against the Syrian people.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, the cornerstone of a memorial of the\u00a0saints of the martyrs of the Armenian Genocide was laid in Bab Touma square which\u00a0carries their names in Damascus.<\/p>\n

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A Mass was held at St. Mar Sarkis Armenian\u00a0Orthodox Church in Bab Sharki, Damascus in commemoration of the centennial of the Genocide\u00a0headed by archbishop Nalbandian.
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