{"id":12205,"date":"2017-04-22T23:20:12","date_gmt":"2017-04-22T23:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/?p=12205"},"modified":"2017-04-22T23:20:12","modified_gmt":"2017-04-22T23:20:12","slug":"armenian-genocide-commemorated-in-merrimack-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/?p=12205","title":{"rendered":"Armenian Genocide Commemorated in Merrimack Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">LOWELL, Mass.\u2014The 102nd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide was commemorated in Lowell on April 22, with a procession through downtown Lowell and the raising of the Armenian flag at Lowell City Hall.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The commemoration, organized by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ancofmv\/\">Armenian National Committee of the Merrimack Valley<\/a>, <!--more Continue reading \/ \u0531\u0574\u0562\u0578\u0572\u057b\u0568 \u2192--> enjoyed the participation of all the local Armenian Churches and Armenian organizations. The procession was led by the Honor Guard of the Armenian-American Veterans of Lowell Armenian-American Veterans.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fancofmv%2Fvideos%2F1379342332122672%2F&amp;show_text=1&amp;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"401\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rev. Father Khachatur Kesablyan from Sts. Vartanantz Armenian Church, Chelmsford, and Rev. Fr. Stepan Baljian of St. Gregory Armenian Church, North Andover, offered the invocation and benediction.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Messages were offered by Armenian Church Youth Organization of America (ACYOA) member, Jack Sarkisian from Sts. Vartanantz Armenian Church of Chelmsford and Armenian Youth Federation (AYF) member Lara Varjabedian.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Proclamations were presented by Lowell Mayor Edward Kennedy and Patrick Kenney, representing U.S. Congresswoman Niki Tsongas. Dr. Ara Jeknavorian, the Master of Ceremonies, expressed the gratitude of the Armenian Community: \u201cThe Armenian National Committee especially extends its heartfelt appreciation to the City of Lowell for once again providing the Armenian community the opportunity to proudly express its Armenian Heritage, and honor its holy Armenian Martyrs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The program concluded with the raising of the Armenian Flag at Lowell by AYF and ACYOA members during the singing of the Armenian National Anthem. A reception followed at the Lowell Mayor\u2019s Reception room hosted by the Armenian Relief Society (ARS) Lowell \u201cLousintak\u201d chapter and Sts. Vartanantz Women\u2019s Guild with a music interlude provided by Datev Gevorkian on the oud and Ara Jeknavorian on the clarinet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOWELL, Mass.\u2014The 102nd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide was commemorated in Lowell on April 22, with a procession through downtown Lowell and the raising of the Armenian flag at Lowell City Hall. The commemoration, organized by the Armenian National Committee of the Merrimack Valley,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12206,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[249],"class_list":["post-12205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-anca-merrimack-valley"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Armenian Genocide Commemorated in Merrimack Valley - Armenian National Committee - International\u2014 \u0540\u0561\u0575 \u0534\u0561\u057f\u056b \u053f\u0565\u0576\u057f\u0580\u0578\u0576\u0561\u056f\u0561\u0576 \u053d\u0578\u0580\u0570\u0578\u0582\u0580\u0564<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ancnews.info\/?p=12205\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Armenian Genocide Commemorated in Merrimack Valley - Armenian National Committee - International\u2014 \u0540\u0561\u0575 \u0534\u0561\u057f\u056b \u053f\u0565\u0576\u057f\u0580\u0578\u0576\u0561\u056f\u0561\u0576 \u053d\u0578\u0580\u0570\u0578\u0582\u0580\u0564\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LOWELL, Mass.\u2014The 102nd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide was commemorated in Lowell on April 22, with a procession through downtown Lowell and the raising of the Armenian flag at Lowell City Hall. The commemoration, organized by the Armenian National Committee of the Merrimack Valley,\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ancnews.info\/?p=12205\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Armenian National Committee - International\u2014 \u0540\u0561\u0575 \u0534\u0561\u057f\u056b \u053f\u0565\u0576\u057f\u0580\u0578\u0576\u0561\u056f\u0561\u0576 \u053d\u0578\u0580\u0570\u0578\u0582\u0580\u0564\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ArmenianNationalCommitteeInternational\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-04-22T23:20:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ancnews.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ANCA-Merrimack-Valley-Genocide-102.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"683\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@anc_intl\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@anc_intl\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ancnews.info\\\/?p=12205#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ancnews.info\\\/?p=12205\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ancnews.info\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c14ef278e0df508260e67353fe1b7aa0\"},\"headline\":\"Armenian Genocide Commemorated in Merrimack Valley\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-04-22T23:20:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ancnews.info\\\/?p=12205\"},\"wordCount\":268,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ancnews.info\\\/?p=12205#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ancnews.info\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/ANCA-Merrimack-Valley-Genocide-102.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"ANCA Merrimack Valley\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ancnews.info\\\/?p=12205\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ancnews.info\\\/?p=12205\",\"name\":\"Armenian Genocide Commemorated in Merrimack Valley - Armenian National Committee - International\u2014 \u0540\u0561\u0575 \u0534\u0561\u057f\u056b \u053f\u0565\u0576\u057f\u0580\u0578\u0576\u0561\u056f\u0561\u0576 \u053d\u0578\u0580\u0570\u0578\u0582\u0580\u0564\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ancnews.info\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ancnews.info\\\/?p=12205#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ancnews.info\\\/?p=12205#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ancnews.info\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/ANCA-Merrimack-Valley-Genocide-102.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-04-22T23:20:12+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ancnews.info\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c14ef278e0df508260e67353fe1b7aa0\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ancnews.info\\\/?p=12205#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ancnews.info\\\/?p=12205\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ancnews.info\\\/?p=12205#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ancnews.info\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/ANCA-Merrimack-Valley-Genocide-102.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ancnews.info\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/ANCA-Merrimack-Valley-Genocide-102.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":683,\"caption\":\"The commemoration included a procession through downtown Lowell and the raising of the Armenian flag at Lowell City Hall.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ancnews.info\\\/?p=12205#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ancnews.info\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Armenian Genocide Commemorated in Merrimack Valley\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ancnews.info\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ancnews.info\\\/\",\"name\":\"Armenian National Committee - International\u2014 \u0540\u0561\u0575 \u0534\u0561\u057f\u056b \u053f\u0565\u0576\u057f\u0580\u0578\u0576\u0561\u056f\u0561\u0576 \u053d\u0578\u0580\u0570\u0578\u0582\u0580\u0564\",\"description\":\"All the ANC News \\\/ \u0540\u0561\u0575 \u0534\u0561\u057f\u056b \u056f\u0561\u057c\u0578\u0575\u0581\u0576\u0565\u0580\u0578\u0582 \u0562\u0578\u056c\u0578\u0580 \u056c\u0578\u0582\u0580\u0565\u0580\u0568\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ancnews.info\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ancnews.info\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c14ef278e0df508260e67353fe1b7aa0\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/hay.digipanda.ru\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ancnews.info\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Armenian Genocide Commemorated in Merrimack Valley - Armenian National Committee - International\u2014 \u0540\u0561\u0575 \u0534\u0561\u057f\u056b \u053f\u0565\u0576\u057f\u0580\u0578\u0576\u0561\u056f\u0561\u0576 \u053d\u0578\u0580\u0570\u0578\u0582\u0580\u0564","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ancnews.info\/?p=12205","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Armenian Genocide Commemorated in Merrimack Valley - Armenian National Committee - International\u2014 \u0540\u0561\u0575 \u0534\u0561\u057f\u056b \u053f\u0565\u0576\u057f\u0580\u0578\u0576\u0561\u056f\u0561\u0576 \u053d\u0578\u0580\u0570\u0578\u0582\u0580\u0564","og_description":"LOWELL, Mass.\u2014The 102nd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide was commemorated in Lowell on April 22, with a procession through downtown Lowell and the raising of the Armenian flag at Lowell City Hall. The commemoration, organized by the Armenian National Committee of the Merrimack Valley,","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ancnews.info\/?p=12205","og_site_name":"Armenian National Committee - International\u2014 \u0540\u0561\u0575 \u0534\u0561\u057f\u056b \u053f\u0565\u0576\u057f\u0580\u0578\u0576\u0561\u056f\u0561\u0576 \u053d\u0578\u0580\u0570\u0578\u0582\u0580\u0564","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ArmenianNationalCommitteeInternational","article_published_time":"2017-04-22T23:20:12+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":683,"url":"https:\/\/www.ancnews.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ANCA-Merrimack-Valley-Genocide-102.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@anc_intl","twitter_site":"@anc_intl","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ancnews.info\/?p=12205#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ancnews.info\/?p=12205"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.ancnews.info\/#\/schema\/person\/c14ef278e0df508260e67353fe1b7aa0"},"headline":"Armenian Genocide Commemorated in Merrimack Valley","datePublished":"2017-04-22T23:20:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ancnews.info\/?p=12205"},"wordCount":268,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ancnews.info\/?p=12205#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ANCA-Merrimack-Valley-Genocide-102.jpg","keywords":["ANCA Merrimack Valley"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ancnews.info\/?p=12205","url":"https:\/\/www.ancnews.info\/?p=12205","name":"Armenian Genocide Commemorated in Merrimack Valley - Armenian National Committee - International\u2014 \u0540\u0561\u0575 \u0534\u0561\u057f\u056b \u053f\u0565\u0576\u057f\u0580\u0578\u0576\u0561\u056f\u0561\u0576 \u053d\u0578\u0580\u0570\u0578\u0582\u0580\u0564","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ancnews.info\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ancnews.info\/?p=12205#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ancnews.info\/?p=12205#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ANCA-Merrimack-Valley-Genocide-102.jpg","datePublished":"2017-04-22T23:20:12+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ancnews.info\/#\/schema\/person\/c14ef278e0df508260e67353fe1b7aa0"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ancnews.info\/?p=12205#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ancnews.info\/?p=12205"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ancnews.info\/?p=12205#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ANCA-Merrimack-Valley-Genocide-102.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ANCA-Merrimack-Valley-Genocide-102.jpg","width":1024,"height":683,"caption":"The commemoration included a procession through downtown Lowell and the raising of the Armenian flag at Lowell City Hall."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ancnews.info\/?p=12205#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ancnews.info\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Armenian Genocide Commemorated in Merrimack Valley"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ancnews.info\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ancnews.info\/","name":"Armenian National Committee - International\u2014 \u0540\u0561\u0575 \u0534\u0561\u057f\u056b \u053f\u0565\u0576\u057f\u0580\u0578\u0576\u0561\u056f\u0561\u0576 \u053d\u0578\u0580\u0570\u0578\u0582\u0580\u0564","description":"All the ANC News \/ \u0540\u0561\u0575 \u0534\u0561\u057f\u056b \u056f\u0561\u057c\u0578\u0575\u0581\u0576\u0565\u0580\u0578\u0582 \u0562\u0578\u056c\u0578\u0580 \u056c\u0578\u0582\u0580\u0565\u0580\u0568","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ancnews.info\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ancnews.info\/#\/schema\/person\/c14ef278e0df508260e67353fe1b7aa0","name":"admin","sameAs":["http:\/\/hay.digipanda.ru"],"url":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}