Armenia to Hold Parallel Gathering to Remember Hrant Dink
Arsineh at Life in Armenia has just sent me a press release detailing an event to commemorate Hrant Dink to be staged in Yerevan tomorrow. Tirami Su says the event will be broadcast live on CNN and EuroNews although if it is set to be staged parallel with Dink’s funeral in Turkey which will be focus of the world media, I find that a little strange, but anyway.
Armenia to Hold Parallel Gathering to Remember Hrant Dink
On Tuesday, January 23, at 1 pm Yerevan time, a public rally will be held in Freedom Square to bid good-bye to Turkish-born Armenian Newspaper Editor Hrant Dink. The rally, scheduled to coincide with the funeral procession to take place in Istanbul, will offer those in Armenia an opportunity to publicly pay homage to their compatriot who was slain on Friday, January 19.
The organizers are calling on all those in the capital to join them to announce to the world that Armenians share Dink’s dream of dialogue and peace among peoples.
The site of the mass rally – Freedom Square – is appropriate, given Dink’s commitment to that basic human right.
Tirami Su also says that the event has been arranged by various groups in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, so the choice of venue is particularly interesting. That is, rather than hold the event at Tsitsernakaberd, it is being held at a less “politically-charged” location.
Wherever it is held, and regardless of whether it is broadcast live or not, the commemoration will make international news. I would imagine that people all over the world will also be mourning this most amazing of individuals who really set such an example for all of us.
PRESS RELEASE
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Information Services
Address: Vagharshapat, Republic of Armenia
Contact: Rev. Fr. Ktrij Devejian
Tel: +374-10-517163
Fax: +374-10-517301
E-Mail: ktrij@etchmiadzin.am
Website: www.armenianchurch.org
January 22, 2007
Requiem Service Offered in Holy Etchmiadzin for Hrant Dink
On Sunday, January 21, a solemn Repose of Souls service was offered in memory of slain journalist and human rights advocate Hrant Dink in the Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin by His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians. Dink, editor of the bilingual Agos weekly, was brutally assassinated in Istanbul, Turkey on Friday afternoon, January 19.
During the celebration of the Divine Liturgy, a special sermon was delivered by Very Rev. Fr. Sahak Mashalian, Assistant Dean of the Gevorkian Theological Seminary. Fr. Sahak, originally from Istanbul and a member of the Brotherhood of Holy Etchmiadzin, spoke on the value of truth and justice as well as the life and legacy of Hrant Dink.
Present for the Divine Liturgy and Requiem Service were Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Vartan Oskanian, members of the Istanbul Armenian community, high ranking clergymen and countless faithful.
The funeral service for Hrant Dink will take place in Istanbul at the St. Mary Mother of God Cathedral of the Armenian Patriarchate of
Constantinople. His Holiness Karekin II has appointed His Eminence Khajag Barsamian, Primate of the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern), to participate in the funeral and burial services, representing the Catholicosate of All Armenians and the Brotherhood of Holy Etchmiadzin.
Comment by Onnik — January 22, 2007 @ 5:08 pm
Well, one group will be staging something at Tsitsernakaberd tomorrow, but it appears not to be anything official.
Comment by Onnik — January 22, 2007 @ 6:37 pm
Thanks. I’ve been trying to post it on cilicia.com, but blogger is not treating me well. What timing.
Comment by Arsineh — January 22, 2007 @ 8:47 pm
LONG LIVE BROTHERHOOD, LONG LIVE PEACE!!! All the Turkish and Armenian people are sisters and brothers! We can not be the enemies… Never! We are the same, our music, our culture, our colour same! We have a bad story in history but it is not an obstacle to love now… I love
Comment by Emel Esendir — March 7, 2007 @ 3:32 pm