On April 12, at the Cathedral of St. Peter Catholic Church there was liturgy and ritual, which was attended by President Serj Sargsyan and Catholic of All Armenian Garegin II, Catholic of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I. The Pope Francis said that over the past century, humanity has survived the “three mass and unprecedented tragedies”. “First, it is widely considered to be” the first genocide of the 20th century” scourged your nation,” said Pope Francis, using Pope John Paul declaration formulation used in 2001. Pope Francis spoke of “the infliction of Nazism and Stalinism” crimes and said that these crimes were followed by other genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Burundi and Bosnia.
On April 6 “System of a Down” rock band started a series of concerts dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, which was named “Wake up the Souls”, which means “awake souls.” They are giving concerts in the USA and in European countries. Europe concert tour will end on April 23 in free concert in Yerevan at Republic Square. The owner of “Grammy” award, the worldwide famous band will perform in Armenia, the homeland of their ancestors for the first time. All members of the group were the children of survivors of the genocide. This group has 31 million CD sales all over the world.
«System of a Down» calls to Turkish authorities and US President Barack Obama officially recognize the Armenian Genocide. They even have fans in Turkey, but they failed to organize concerts, but they insist that a civic movement is being developed in Turkey; they have many friends in Turkey who are struggling for the recognition of the Genocide. Group members John Dolmayan stated.
-“When we started our tour in the USA, people really did not know who Armenians were. It was not long before the appearance of Kim Kardashyan. Armenian Genocide recognition and condemnation process didn`t have a huge number of supporters, especially since Turkey is a NATO member and USA ally. A training process should have started”.
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American popular TV star Kim Kardashyan and her family visit came to an end. For a week several prestigious international daily newspapers have been publishing the details of Kim’s visit and were not limited to just enlightening her visit. The capital of Armenia, Yerevan, other cities, attractions and, of course, the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide has also been in the center of attention. Kim Kardashyan “followers” numbers are as follows: Facebook: 24 million 380 thousand, Instagram: 29 million 700 thousand and Twitter: $ 31 million that is more than 85 million. If we add to this the number of Kim`s family members followers (for example, Chloe Kardashyan has 19 million 800 thousand followers in Instagram) we shall have more than 100 million people worldwide who are watching their every note and photos within minutes collecting a few hundred thousand, a million “like”-s. It is not that easy to become a part of American show business and for years not only to preserve, but also become more “powerful”. Kim Kardashyan’s father was a highly paid lawyer in the United States, her husband is a talented musician who received “Grammy” 21 times, but Kim conquered the USA and the world by her beauty. This is indisputable fact as the fact that she was able to find coverage for introducing the world in a proper way on the contrary to thousands of women in the United States and the world, but unlike these women, Kim`s fame or glory was not short. Kim Kardashyan’s visit made furious Azerbaijan and Turkish media because of the abundant material published, and even some Armenians, especially the “honorable” men who, for example, consider the appropriateness of Kim `swearing red clothes, while international prestigious publications consider the same dress as “solid”. Such color had the blood of the victims 100 years ago.
We, Armenians, need to come out of chronic emotional state named “complain” and if are not able to do any good for country, our city, our relatives and friends let us just quietly be proud for those who are for the sake of our country, if we do not put ourselves in a position to voice their usefulness and what is more important to distinguish important and unimportant. The fake “godly” if want, definitely will find a wealth of “materials “happening under their noses to discuss.
The Pope`s, ”System of a Down`s“ and Kardashyan`s steps if taken individually did for the international recognition of the Armenian Genocide more than the authorities of the newly independent Armenia and the combined efforts of the public sector. This is objectively so. People who worship these stars are completely different, even belong to opposing layers, but they all have united around the Armenian Genocide. Armenian rich people, who are in the world would have spent millions of dollars but want get even 1% of what have done the Pope, “System of a Down” and Kardashyan For the recognition of the Armenian Genocide.
Emma GABRIELYAN
Marie Balikian was my grandmother who enjoyed her own passing away 35 years ago in Lebanon.
She never smiled like all the genocide victims. She had lost her 4 brothers, her father and her husband to the massacre. Her two children died in Derzor. My grandmother started her long walk from Sebastia to Lebanon. Derzor was the other hell, she had tattoos on her face, all of you know the meaning of those tattoos. My grandmother would have given her blessings to Kim Kardashian . Kim’s visit to Armenia is like a hug to my grandmother during her stay in hell in the FLAMES of Derzor. Whoever is talking about Kim’s moral values, do you think my grandmother would have cared about it? Kim is giving her hand to my grandmother to save her from that hell. Do you think I care about her personal life? my grandmother would have hugged Kim Kardashian and never let her go. Moral value huh? So for this people my grandmother has no moral values too because she was used from several turk men? Thank you Emma Gabrielian for your article. I hope writers like yourself will be able to stop some Armenians to act like turks toward other Armenians, because their opinion about Kim is the same as the opinion in he turkish newspaper. Thank You Emma.
Тhanks 🙂