The Iraqi Armenian community observed April 24th memorial on Saturday, April 21st in Baghdad. The Primate of the Iraqi Armenian Diocese, H.E. Archbishop Avak Asadourian celebrated the divine literagy during which the faithful were asked to observe a minute of silence in commemoration of the Armenian Genocide victims in 1915. A special program followed the literagy. It consisted of proper poems and songs in the participation of the Armenian Primary School students, Church Youth Group students and Zvartnots Choir group. At the conclusion of the program H.E. Archbishop Avak Asadourian addressed the faithful on the occasion. Afterwards, the faithful headed for the memorial dedicated to the Armenian martyrs in the courtyard of the diocesean complex. H.E. Archbishop Asadourian inaugurated an exhibition for oil paintings dedicated to the Armenian Genocide in the Gulbenkian Hall in the Armenian Primary School which lasts for three days. P.S. Attached images from the ceremony.
By Ara S. Ashjian Baghdad, Iraq
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