CILICIA DEPARTURE FESTIVAL
                          
The Vessel CILICIA, the Replica of an Ancient Armenian Merchant Vessel is scheduled to set sail on the final stage of its journey from London Docklands on Sunday May 28th

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    FESTIVE SENDING- OFF, AND ABOUT THE VESSEL

EASTER MESSAGE   The Message of His Holiness    Karekin II Supreme Patriarch    and Catholicos of All Armenians    on the Occasion of the Feast of  the Glorious Resurrection of Christ     PLEASE CLICK THIS LINK ===============================  Read Article:  "Reflection on the Theme of Easter "  by Dr. Harry Hagopian.       PLEASE CLICK THIS LINK

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     REGULAR COMMUNICATIONS
            RECEIVED  FROM THE
          MOTHER SEE OF HOLY
                 ETCHMIADZIN

            LITERARY COMPETITION
            FOR YOUNG ARMENIANS
           UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF
            MRS. BELLA KOCHARIAN
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HAMAINK The Newsletter for the U.K. Armenian Community  Published by the ACCC In Service to the Community                                                                        ISSUE No 6 OUT NOW  CLICK THIS LINK TO READ ONLINE IN .PDF   HAMAINK issue No.6 was posted FREE OF CHARGE to every address registered with the ACCC   To participate in community life and to receive all future community communications and news and so as to become eligible to take part in elections of the ACCC Council, every Armenian living in the U.K. should register with the ACCC.      Registration is FREE.    Please  e-mail your Name, Address, Phone No. and E-mail Address to:  REGISTRATIONS@ACCC.org.uk

 

CRAG      REPORT     CLICK HERE TO READ THE REPORT    OF THE ACCC's COMMITTEE FOR    RECOGNITION OF THE ARMENIAN                     GENOCIDE                    March 2006

 

K. TAHTA ARMENIAN
  COMMUNITY SUNDAY SCHOOL

  K. Tahta Armenian Community Sunday School Classes are held every Sunday from 10:30a.m. to 2:00p.m. at Twyford Church of England School, Twyford Crescent, Acton, London W3 9PP.

The Sunday School offers parallel classes both in Eastern and Western Armenian to pupils aged between 3 and 16 years old, and it is composed of the following three sections: (1) Nursery Section (two years); (2) Pre–academic Section (two years); and (3) Academic Section (nine years). Classes are also offered to adults wishing to learn either Eastern or Western Armenian.

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          TWO NEW WEBSITES:
   
        PANORAMA.am
       - Armenian News Portal -

       ARMENICA.Org
  Excellent and Highly Informative
Armenian History and General Info

 

  TERRORIST ATTACKS IN LONDON
   Transcript of letter by His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, sent to the Right Honourable Tony Blair M.P., The Prime Minister.
=  Statement from the Primate of the Armenian Church of the United Kingdom, Bishop Nathan Hovhannisian
=  Statement from the Armenian Community & Church Council of Great Britain.
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                  HUMOUR:
 
         " Drive-In Take-Away"
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     Operating System -
                  Highly Technical Advice

ARTICLES AND NEWS ITEMS OF INTEREST RECEIVED WITH THANKS FROM ARMENAG TOPALIAN: Turkey must relent - The Spectator Armenian Government Reports Further Rise In Foreign Investment No Karabakh Accord Announced After Armenian-Azeri Summit Argentine Operator To Boost Investments In Yerevan Airport AZERBAIJANI AUTHORITIES DECIDE TO HOLD ELECTIONS IN KARABAKH AGBU Builds Second Karabakh Village, Dozens Prepare to Move Into Border Region Aliev Sees Armenian Concessions After Azeri Military Buildup Church Restoration Raises Hopes For Turkish-Armenian Reconciliation Experts Warn Of IT Staff Shortage In Armenia  Armenian journalist faces three years jail for "insulting Turkish identity"

 

   About the ACCC
 and our Committees
    
 
  ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
       90th ANNIVERSARY
  COMMEMORATIVE EVENTS

   
   SCHEDULE OF EVENTS TO
    COMMEMORATE THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARMENIAN
 GENOCIDE

The Community's Official Petition launched by the Genocide 90th Anniv. Commemoration Committee


THE HOLY ARMENIAN
 APOSTOLIC CHURCH

CHURCH NEWS
Press Releases from Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin

THE ARMENIAN EMBASSY
Embassy News Bulletin


HOLY TRINITY ARMENIAN CHURCH OF MANCHESTER WEBSITE

 
UNITED KINGDOM:

Prominent Benefactor and member of U.K. Armenian Community,
Mr George Kurkjian OBE passes away


'Early Day Motion' tabled in previous Parliament (EDM642)

Professor Hovhannisian - Lecture in London

Talk given by Professor Tessa Hofann at University of London

Statement by Baroness Cox of Queensbury

Armenian Genocide and Jewish Holocaust Commemorated in Wales

Mayor of London Ken Livingstone speaks of Armenian Genocide

Archbishop Y. Gizirian visits London

Community members receive Pontifical Honours

TURKEY:

Erdogan-Hurriyet Interview:

Pastor shocks Turkish TV viewers by bold remarks on Genocide


Turkish Publisher charged for publishing book by Armenian author

Ancient Armenian Church in danger of collapse

GENOCIDE:

Turkey's Memory Lapse -
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE PLAGUES ANKARA 90YEARS ON
By Bernhard Zand
Article published in Spiegel Online

Link to "Turkish Crimes of Our Century - chronology - details

French MEP calls on Turkish Deputies to recognise Armenian Genocide
 

GENERAL:
' Lessons of Genocide: 1915, 1994 & 2005' Click this link to read an edited version of a recent academic presentation dated 25 May 2005 by Dr Harry Hagopian.  The article examines his views on many salient points in the genocide discourse.


Israel is among the holocaust deniers :  Editorial in HAARETZ By Yossi Sarid


TEN YEARS SHY OF A CENTURY!
The Armenian Genocide 1915
BY DR HARRY HAGOPIAN
  " It is my contention today that no genocide can be unique since all genocides are reprehensible. This is why I believe it is in the Turkish national interest to come clean and recognise this genocide . . ."
" I believe Turkey cannot find inner peace so long as it denies the genocide. Nor can Armenians for that matter, which is why the souls of Armenian victims still cry out for justice today. . ."CLICK THIS LINK TO READ ARTICLE

"WAITING FOR THE DENIAL TO END"
By Dalia Shehori
Published in HAARETZ.com


Hovanness Badalian Music Fund

GROONG - Armenian News
Extensive Collection of News Items Updated Daily




ARMENIA:

President Robert Kocharian replies to P.M. Erdogan of Turkey

1,500,000 CANDLES

Armenian Jews celebrate Purim in Yerevan

OSCE Report on Mountainous Karabagh Strikes down Azeri Allegations of Resettlement

 His Eminence Archbishop Shahé Ajemian Enters Eternal Rest
 


UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS Available to Students from Armenia


 

BOOKS

BLUE BOOK - British Parliamentary Report - New Uncensored Version


Balakian: The Burning Tigris


Galichian: Historic Maps of Armenia

U.K. -  CAIA:

ACCC Organise and Conduct CAIA AGM and Elections - Report

JOB VACANCIES

     SPECIAL EVENT IN WALES TO COMMEMORATE THE
    ARMENIAN GENOCIDE  and  JEWISH HOLOCAUST

                                      Holocaust Memorial Day Joint Event in Wales   
         

A Holocaust Memorial Day event entitled 'A Commemoration of the Jewish and Armenian Holocausts' took place at the Temple of Peace in Cardiff, Wales, on the evening of Wednesday, 26 January 2005.

The event started with an insightful introduction by Professor Rabbi Dan Cohn-Sherbok and was followed by invocations from Welsh Christian and cultural representatives.

The major talk by the journalist, researcher and playwright Mike Joseph from Wales focused on the theme " Left to History " and underlined the reality of the Armenian Genocide and its inter-relationship with the Jewish Holocaust and with his own research over the past years.

There were then observations by different political party representatives in Wales as well as musical interludes from the 50-member Cor Aelwyd Hamdden Caerdydd.


 

Jenny Randerson, a senior figure in the Welsh Liberal Democrats and a former minister in the Assembly government conveyed that since speaking out on the Genocide issue in 2001, she was astonished at the sustained pressure to which she had been subjected by persons and groups who were intent on denying the Genocide.  Ms. Randerson asserted with pride that she would not succomb to pressure.

The Armenian contribution, sponsored by CRAG, included Hymns from the Armenian Church sung by Deacon Ararat Terteryan, who was accompanied on the keyboard by Deacon Arthur Bobikyan.  
A Prayer followed this for the victims of the Armenian Genocide, Jewish Holocaust and all crimes against humanity by Revd Father Shnork Baghdassarian, pastor of the Armenian community in London. Then, there was a reading by Zara Poghosyan from Wales of the English translation of the poem entitled "We are few, but we are Armenians" by the famous Armenian poet Paruyr Sevag .

                    The 90-minute HMD event ended with a Reflection by Rhodri Morgan AM, First Minister,
                 Welsh Assembly Government whose focus  was the liberation of Auschwitz,

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM CRAG