April 24, 2007 - Events Worldwide
Scheduled Events in Armenia
Scheduled Events in Canada
Scheduled Events in Cyprus
Scheduled Events in France
Scheduled Events in Georgia
Scheduled Events in Holland
Scheduled Events in Spain
Scheduled Events in US
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Go to TopScheduled Events in Armenia
April 24 2007
At 17:00 Commemorating the Armenian Genocide of 1915 Through the Spirit of Art Exhibition /paintings, sculpture, photography.
Where: AUA Hall 40 Bagramyan Ave.
Contact: 512526
 
April 24, 2007
When: 18:00
What: Concert Dedicated to the Victims of the 1915 Armenian Genocide - Arto Tunchboyaciyan “Speghani” Choir “Kantegh” Children Choir “Luys” Vocal Quintet “Sharakan” Ensemble “Paros” Choir John Hodian & Bet Williams /USA/ “Dle Yaman” Quartet /France/
Where: AUA Hall 40 Bagramyan Ave.
Contact: 512526
 
April 24, 2007
When: 19:00
What: Concert Dedicated to the Victims of the 1915 Armenian Genocide State Philharmonic Orchestra of Armenia Artistic Director and Principal Conductor: Eduard Topchjan
Where: Aram Khachatryan Concert Hall
Where: 46 Mashtots Ave.
Contact: 560645, 545742, 561460
 
April 24, 2007
When: 20:00
What: March with torches
Where: Azatutyan Square to Tsitsrnakabert
 
April 24, 2007
“No One and Nothing is Forgotten” Youth Orchestra Artistic Director: Yuri Davtyan Conductor: Sergey Smbatyan Armenian State Academic Choir Artistic Director: Ohannes Tchekidjian
Where: Alexander Spendiaryan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre 54 Tumanyan St.
Contact: 586311, 520241
 
 
 
Go to TopScheduled Events in Canada
April 21, 2007
Hamilton and St. Catharines Joint Commemoration:
7:00 pm, evening
Hamilton Armenian Community Centre
 
April 22, 2007
Montreal and Laval Joint Commemoration:
7:00 pm, evening
Montreal Armenian Community Centre
 
April 22, 2007
Cambridge Commemoration:
3:00 pm, afternoon
Armenian Community Centre
 
April 22, 2007
Toronto Commemoration:
3:00 pm, afternoon
Armenian Community Centre
 
April 22, 2007
Ottawa Commemoration:
Parliament Hill
1:00 pm, afternoon
 
April 23, 2007

Armenian Cultural Association of Ottawa
A Commemoration Ceremony
at 7:30 at St. George Anglican Church located at 125 Metcalf Street.

   
April 24, 2007
Ottawa Book Reading:
Sossi by Linda Ghan
7:30pm, evening
Ottawa Public Library
 
April 24, 2007
Vancouver Commemoration:
7:00 pm, evening
Armenian Community Centre
   
 
 
Go to TopScheduled Events in Cyprus
April 18, 2007
Press conference at the Journalist's Association at 10:00 am
 
April 23, 2007
Vigil and Memorial Service at Genocide Monument on Armenia street followed by keynote speaker by the Commemoration Committee
 
April 24, 2007
Youth commemoration at Eleftherias Square starting from 7:00 pm
 
April 25, 2007

Blood giving at Nareg School from 3-6 pm

Political Commemoration at the Conference Center at 8:00 pm
SPEAKER OF THE DAY: Member of Parliament and former President of the Greek Parliament Apostolos Kaklamanis

 
 
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21 & 22 avril 2007

12 h 00 à 19 h 00 : D'un génocide à l'autre : 1915 mains pour le Darfour.
Sur le Parvis de Notre-Dame de Paris, les stèles de la vigilance arménienne contre le négationnisme et la stèle en hommage à Hrant Dink feront face à une immense toile dressée pour témoigner votre solidarité aux Darfouris en y apposant l'empreinte de vos mains.

 
22 avril 2007

15 h 00 : Messe de Requiem en la Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris, sous la présidence de son Eminence le Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger, Archevêque émérite de Paris.

 
23 avril 2007

17 h 00 à 23 h 00 : Veillée organisée par les organisations de jeunesse arménienne sur le Parvis de Notre Dame de Paris. Quatre stands (culture, génocide, négationnisme, stand participatif) et animation artistique ; prises de paroles.

18 h 00 : Ravivage de la Flamme au Soldat Inconnu Arc de Triomphe, Place Charles de Gaulle Etoile - 75008 Paris.

 
24 avril 2007

11 h 30 : Cérémonie à l'Hôtel de Ville : Monsieur Bertrand Delanoë, Maire de Paris, rendra hommage aux victimes du génocide arménien de 1915, dans les salons de l'Hôtel de Ville (sur invitation uniquement).

15 h 00 : Messe de Requiem en la Cathédrale Apostolique Arménienne, 15 rue Jean Goujon - 75008 Paris.

17 h 00 : Rassemblement devant la Statue de Komitas,
Place du Canada - Cours Albert 1er - 75008 Paris.

A l'occasion de ce rassemblement dédié au million et demi de victimes du génocide arménien de 1915, le CCAF rendra hommage à Hrant Dink, journaliste arménien de citoyenneté turque, assassiné par les ultranationalistes à Istanbul le 19 janvier 2007. Seront également dénoncés le racisme dont fait preuve l'Etat turc à l'égard de sa minorité arménienne sur son propre sol, et le négationnisme qui en est le corollaire, qu'il tente de développer sur le sol français et européen. Le CCAF rappellera, en outre, que toute candidature à l'Union européenne doit être examinée à la lumière des valeurs européennes fondamentales et dans la reconnaissance et le respect que les nations se doivent entre elles.

 
Go to TopScheduled Events in Georgia
 
April 23, 2007

At 8:00 PM a peaceful protest with torches entitled “Flames of remembrance and struggle”. The protest will be held at the Turkish Embassy in Tbilisi, Georgia. Organized by Armenian Cooperation Center of Georgia (ACCG)

April 24, 2007
At 11.00 a.m., the Diocese of Armenian Apostolic Church in Georgia will hold ecumenical memorial service in honor of the victims of the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Empire in 1915 – 1923.
April 24, 2007
At 2.00 p.m., by the initiative of ACCG a peaceful demonstration at the Turkish Embassy in Tbilisi will demand recognition of Armenian Genocide.
April 24, 2007
At 4.00 p.m., in Tbilisi State Armenian Drama Theater after Petros Adamyan, a mourning evening dedicated to the memory of the victims of Armenian Genocide will be organized by the administration of the theater and the Union of Armenians of Georgia. During this event ACCG will hold an exhibition of documentary photos on Armenian Genocide. Also, an exhibition of children paintings entitled “We remember and we fight for peace” with participation of all Armenian and some Russian schools of Tbilisi will be displayed.
 
Go to TopScheduled Events in Holland
 
April 24, 2007

Time: 1 p.m.
Place: Cemetery "De Boskamp" in Assen ( www.boskamp.nl)
Boskamp 5 - Assen
Programme: Laying of wreaths at the Armenian Genocide monument, Commemorative
Ceremony followed by a meeting in the auditorium of the cemetery
with artistic performances and speeches by, among others, Mr. Joel
Voordewind, Dutch MP of Christian Union Faction, Prof. Jan van der
Dussen, author of several publications on the Armenian Genocide,
Mr. Eildert Mulder, journalist of Dutch daily newspaper Trouw,
Mr. Viguen Tchitetchian, the ambassador of Armenia and Mr. Agit
Queyner, the chairman of Kurdish Federation in the Netherlands.

 

 
Scheduled Events in Spain
 
April 24, 2007

At 7:30 pm: Commemoration of the 92nd Aniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Conferences in charge of Prof. Agustí Colomines i Companys, UNESCO Centre of Catalonia, Prof. David Bondia García, Human Rights Institute of Catalonia, and Mr. José Antonio Gurriarán, journalist and author of the book “La Bomba”, 1980.

April 24th to May 24th
From 10am to 10pm: Commemorative exhibition about the Armenian Genocide.

The whole event will take place at the Ateneu Barcelonès (Carrer de la Canuda 6, 08002, Barcelona, Spain) and is free and open to the public.

Organised by the Associació Cultural Armènia de Barcelona
 
Scheduled Events in United States
 
April 24, 2007

At 7:30 PM Armenian Cultural and Educational Center
47 Nichols Avenue, Watertown
Event Open to the Public
Program to Include: Ecumenical Memorial Service by the Armenian Clergy of the Greater Boston Area
Video Presentation: "Voices" (Short Version) by Apo Torosyan
Panel Discussion: "The Armenian Genocide: Intersections of Scholarship, Human Rights, and Politics"

Panelists: Dr. Eric Weitz, University of Minnesota Ragip Zarakolu, Owner, Belge Publishing House Dr. Henry Theriault, Worcester State College Discussant: Steve Kurkjian, The Boston Globe Moderator: Khatchig Mouradian, The Armenian Weekly
Organized by: The Greater Boston Committee to Commemorate the Armenian Genocide For more information, please visit www.weremember1915.org