ARF Jerusalem Celebrates the 115th Anniversary of the Establishment of ARF

On Friday, the 27th of January 2006, the ARF Jerusalem Committee has celebrated the 115th anniversary of the party's establishment at Homenetmen Jerusalem's main hall, which took place under the auspices of the Armenian Patriarchate's Foreign Affairs representative Bishop Aris Shirvanian and His Excellency Tsolag Momjian the Honorary Consul of Armenia and with the presence of representatives of the community's various organizations and more than 80 attendees.

The event was opened by Armenia's National Anthem played by Homenetmen's Trumpet Troop. The opening speech was delivered by Eng. Serop Sahagian who was also the master of ceremonies. During the event, yeghp. Hrayr Yezegelian and yeghp. Apo Sahagian preformed with three songs ("Arazi Apin", "Karekin Njtehin" and "Lerner hayreni"). Ashod Sahagian a traditional 'duduk' player performed with two songs. Eng. Hagop Sevan delivered ARF-Jerusalem's message. The event's main speech was made by Eng. Levon Shirinian, member of Armenia's Reporters' Union. The event came to its close with the reciting of Agnuni's still relevant monologue "Tebi Yergir" by Yeghp. Harout Baghamian, which was followed by the closing words of Bishop Shirvanian, who brought his appreciation for ARF's great role in the nation's history for a period of more than a century.

The event was closed by a reception.