St. James Monastery in the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem held a ceremony commemorating 101 years to the beginning of the Armenian Genocide on April 23, reports The Jerusalem Post.
Commemoration ceremony for memory of Genocide victims takes place in Jerusalem
STEPANAKERT, APRIL 24, ARTSAKHPRESS: The ceremony was held after a mass that was led by Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem Nourhan Manougian, and was attended by the leaders of Armenian community in Jerusalem.
Harut Baghamian, one of the organizers of the ceremony, a descendant of Armenian Genocide refugees, told The Jerusalem Post that the Armenian community is disappointed from the way Israel deals with the memory of the genocide. “It’s not that they are denying like some countries, they are just not talking about it. There were some Israeli politicians that have expressed their feelings about the genocide in the past, and we appreciate that. But we expect from the government to honor their values before politics. We understand that this is a political issue”, he said.
Baghamian stated that they receive a broad support from the Israeli public, however, they expect from the Jewish state to be the first to acknowledge and to speak out about the issue.
On April 24, members of the Armenian community and social activists will protest in front of the Turkish Consulate in Jerusalem and the Turkish Embassy in Tel Aviv.
