2023-06-25 19:03:32
A stele erected “in memory of the 1,500,000 Armenian victims of the 1915 genocide and the martyrs of Nagorno-Karabakh”, an autonomous territory under pressure from Azerbaijan, finally “in memory of the Armenians who died for France”. “Yes, the Armenian Genocide took place. Yes, it is a crime against humanity. No forger in history will be quiet as long as we tirelessly tell the facts,” recalls Pierre Hurmic.
The stele, erected, both in memory of the 1.5 million victims of the Ottoman genocide and of the “martyrs of Nagorno-Karabakh”, as well as “Armenians who died for France”.
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“Beyond Worship”
Consul General of Armenia in Lyon, Nariné Nikolyan welcomes a “highly symbolic gesture”, returning not only to the genocide but also the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, where “120,000 people including 30,000 children are taken hostage”, underlines- she gravely. She replaced at short notice the ambassador of Armenia, finally retained in Paris because of the visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs in France.
Other khachkars have been erected in “about thirty” cities, if only in Mont-de-Marsan, in 2022, and already in a park. But the free-thinking which ensures, with resounding, to drive out in front of the administrative courts the crosses and other religious signs of the public space, does not it risk melting on that of the public garden? “When you look, it’s a cross,” agrees Alain Nercessian, president of Acaba, the cultural association that worked on its installation.
Pairing in question?
“But it really fits into the Armenian culture, it’s a cornerstone of our Armenianness. It is beyond worship. And other ornaments are carved into it, such as the tree of life. “Father Krikor Khachatryan, primate of the Armenian diocese of France, also present in Bordeaux this Sunday morning, in fact refrained from making the slightest speech, it is noted in the ranks of the organization.
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