300th Anniversary Celebrations of theArmenian Churches in India
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Armenian Churches in India 300th Anniversary Celebrations 8-16 November 2008 Schedule
Saturday 8th November Guests invited to the re-consecration at Chennai, should arrive today. Sunday 9th November Re-consecration of the Armenian Church at Chennai will be conducted by His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos and Supreme Patriarch of all Armenians. Monday 10th November Guests invited for the celebrations should arrive in Kolkata by today. In the evening there will be a welcome Hrashapar service starting the celebration the 300th anniversary at the Holy Nazareth Church. Tuesday 11th November Opening ceremony of the newly constructed Tangra Community Welcome ceremony of the 300th anniversary celebration Guests will return to Kolkata via St. Gregory’s so that they can see that church as well. Wednesday 12th November Guests will attend a seminar at Tangra. Guests will be transported back to Kolkata. Casual evening function Thursday 13thth November All guests will visit the Armenian College today. The school will put on a show/exhibition for visitors and guests will be able to tour the school buildings and see how the renovation programme is progressing. There will also be the ground breaking ceremony for the new sports complex. Friday 14th November All guests will visit Saidabad today. This is a long journey of 5 (five) hours each way. Return late evening to Kolkata. Saturday 15th November All guests to visit Chinsurah and Bandel churches. Formal banquet in the evening. Sunday 16th November 10.00 Pontifical Mass at the Holy Nazareth Church will bring the celebrations to a close. Now that the programme is finalized, it would be greatly appreciated and extremely helpful, if anyone with a serious intention of coming to Kolkata to share this experience with us and participate, could let us know as soon as possible so that we can have an idea of numbers, both at the Chennai service and then the various events in Kolkata We have made arrangements with some local hotels for discounted room rates. To take advantage of these, as they are offered on a first come first serve basis, please get in touch at the earliest. Lastly, if you have any old photographs or memorabilia relating to the Armenians in India we would very much like you to bring them along. With your permission, we would like to photograph or scan the items and see if we can put together a book containing all such historical memorabilia supplied and send out as a commemoration book after the celebrations are over. If you need any further advice regarding your travel or accommodation, do not hesitate to contact the Church office office@armenianchurch.in or either of our two co-ordinators, Helena Cray ram0414@msn.com. for US based people and Liz Chater liz@chater-genealogy.com for the UK and other locations. We are all very excited about this wonderful historic occasion and do hope that we will see as many of you in Kolkata as possible. [The programme is subject to change and alteration without prior notice]
Armenian Church Kolkata 2nd September 2008
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Saturday 8th November Guests invited to the re-consecration at Chennai, should arrive today. Sunday 9th November Re-consecration of the Armenian Church at Chennai will be conducted by His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos and Supreme Patriarch of all Armenians. Monday 10th November Guests invited for the celebrations should arrive in Kolkata by today. In the evening there will be a welcome Hrashapar service starting the celebration the 300th anniversary at the Holy Nazareth Church. Tuesday 11th November Opening ceremony of the newly constructed Tangra Community Welcome ceremony of the 300th anniversary celebration Guests will return to Kolkata via St. Gregory’s so that they can see that church as well. Wednesday 12th November Guests will attend a seminar at Tangra. Guests will be transported back to Kolkata. Casual evening function Thursday 13thth November All guests will visit the Armenian College today. The school will put on a show/exhibition for visitors and guests will be able to tour the school buildings and see how the renovation programme is progressing. There will also be the ground breaking ceremony for the new sports complex. Friday 14th November All guests will visit Saidabad today. This is a long journey of 5 (five) hours each way. Return late evening to Kolkata. Saturday 15th November All guests to visit Chinsurah and Bandel churches. Formal banquet in the evening. Sunday 16th November 10.00 Pontifical Mass at the Holy Nazareth Church will bring the celebrations to a close. Now that the programme is finalized, it would be greatly appreciated and extremely helpful, if anyone with a serious intention of coming to Kolkata to share this experience with us and participate, could let us know as soon as possible so that we can have an idea of numbers, both at the Chennai service and then the various events in Kolkata We have made arrangements with some local hotels for discounted room rates. To take advantage of these, as they are offered on a first come first serve basis, please get in touch at the earliest. Lastly, if you have any old photographs or memorabilia relating to the Armenians in India we would very much like you to bring them along. With your permission, we would like to photograph or scan the items and see if we can put together a book containing all such historical memorabilia supplied and send out as a commemoration book after the celebrations are over. If you need any further advice regarding your travel or accommodation, do not hesitate to contact the Church office office@armenianchurch.in or either of our two co-ordinators, Helena Cray ram0414@msn.com. for US based people and Liz Chater liz@chater-genealogy.com for the UK and other locations. We are all very excited about this wonderful historic occasion and do hope that we will see as many of you in Kolkata as possible. [The programme is subject to change and alteration without prior notice]
Armenian Church Kolkata 2nd September 2008
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