Service To Be Held To Commemorate Armenian Genocide |
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Local MPs to be present to mark 106th anniversary of ethnic cleansing
A commemoration service is to be held this Sunday (25 April) at the Armenian Genocide Memorial Tree at Ealing Green. The service will take place at 4pm and local Members of Parliament and representatives from London Borough of Ealing will be attending. Members of the large Armenian community in Ealing will be present to mark the commemoration of the 106th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. This was the systematic mass murder and ethnic cleansing of 1.5 million Armenians, as well as hundreds of thousands of Assyrians, Greeks, and other minorities living in the Ottoman Empire. There will be introductory remarks by a representative of Armenian Community Council UK followed by speeches from Ealing MPs. Then there will be poems from the K Tahta Sunday School and the Armenian Saturday School as well as a performance of Armenian folk music. Proceedings will be conclude with remembrance prayers by Bishop H Manukyan.
April 22, 2021 ![]() |