For Armenians around the world, Easter Sunday on April 24, 2011 is also Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, the Ekklesia website reports today (April 19, 2011).
It is the first time since 1915 -- when the Remembrance Day began -- that April 24 falls on Easter Sunday in the Armenian church calendar.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) General Secretary, the Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, said, "It is truly a meaningful coincidence, as the existence of the Armenian nation and people itself is a special sign of the power of the resurrection in a world of death."
Some one and one-half million Armenians are believed to have been killed due to their Christian religion during World War I -- between 1914 and 1918 -- by Turks. Turkey -- to this very day -- denies that the Armenian Genocide ever occurred.
Turkey's denial of the Armenian Genocide reminds me of a clever pun: "Denial is not a river in Egypt."
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Quite amazing and appropriate for these days to coincide.
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