After suffering form illness for a long period of time, Mrs. Mariam Iprajian passed away on Friday 23rd of October. The funeral service took place on Sunday the 25th at 2:00pm in the Arm. Catholic Church, Anjar. Our deepest condolences to her family and relatives.

We congratulate our compatriots Mr. Kevork & Mrs. Marie Ghougasian, residents of Beirut for the birth of their fist son, Yeghig, on Monday 19th of October.

On Friday 16th of October, LOKH "Aghtamar" chapter has organized a garage sale in the "K.Guilbenkian" hall.

The hall was full of used goods, including old clothing, books, toys, household knickknacks, lawn and garden tools, sports equipment, and sacs. Although the organizers were our Lokh comrades, the bargain hunter were able to carry out their mission successfully and buy good stuff with reasonable prices.

They were also able to enjoy the delicious "Knefe Al Jbneh", (an Arabic sweet) sold by the Lokh comrades.

Mr. Bedros Kabakian (81 yrs.) passed away on Saturday 17th of October after suffering from illness for a long period of time.

The funeral service took place on Sunday 17th of October, at 2:00pm in the "St.Paul" Church.

With our deep sorrow we inform you the death of Mrs. Yeranouhi Kerteshian-Kjderian, residents of Beirut, that happened on Friday 16th of October.

The funeral service is going to take place on Saturday 17th of October, at 2:00pm in the "St.Paul" Church.

In response to the President Serj Sarksian's trip to Beirut, the Lebanese-Armenian community announced a strike and began marching, in thousands to Habtour Hotel, where the president was meeting community organizations on Tuesday 6th of October.     

The caravan of protesters, among them hundreds of our compatriots, holding signs and chanting "Stop To Protocols", "Votch", and the blood of Armenians not up for sale, arrived from Bourj Hammoud to the hotel, where His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House Of Cilicia addressed the crowd before entering the meeting.

The central committee of the 95th Anniversary Of Mousaler Heroic Battle & 70th Anniversary of Anjar Establishment announces that, it has organized and set the date for the celebration events to be held on both anniversaries, during August 2010.

The program of the celebrations and the details to be posted during the coming days.

Instead of the ordinary table With the Holy Bible with the candles above, the alter of the Armenian Evangelical Church was full of samples of this season’s Anjarian harvest, during this Sunday Prayer. All kinds of vegetables and fruit were piled on the ground starting from corn, apples, grapes, tomatoes, potatoes…and etc.

                               
The Women’s’ association of the Arm. Evan. Church was busy for the last two weeks getting ready for the harvest day, they have been gathering donations from Anjarian citizens and organizations. And as Rev. Raffi Mesrlian revealed this Sunday, a great amount of donations and a lot of fruit and vegetables were gathered, which was to be offered to “KAHL” the Armenian Organization for the aged and blind, which had also sent representatives to the Harvest day. The message of the day was conveyed by Mr. Kevork Karaboyajian, manager of "KAHL"

                               
The prayer was followed with a launch prepared by the women’s Association.

Given the community’s overwhelming opposition to the Armenia-Turkey protocols, by the organization of the Lebanese ARF Central Committee's Executive council has organized a protest demonstration in the yard of the "S. Zetlian" Center, on Friday 2nd of September.
The event was attended by ARF "Garmir Ler" committee, religious personnel,, representatives of the different associations beside hundreds of compatriots who were gathered to raise the voice of their heroic ancestors and say "No" for the Armenian-Turkish protocols". The opening words were made by Mr. Hagop Aintablian, chairman of the ARF "Garmir Ler" committee where he mentioned that deportation of our ancestors from Mousadagh was the result of the brutal and violent political policies of the Turkish government and therefore the Armenian people can never say yes to these protocols taking into consideration the criminal history of this government towards the Armenian nation. The "Bidi Inas" poem of Vahan Tekeian was gracefully recited by Naroy Atamian, after which the message of the day was conveyed by the member of ARF Bureau Mr. Aghvan Vartanian. Concerning the Karabagh issue Vartanian said: "If Russia recognizes territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, it doesn’t mean that it doesn’t recognize the right of nations to self-determination, for Karabakh has never been a part of independent Azerbaijan." he continued by saying: "We closely watch the developments in Karabakh, where a new model of statehood is being formed, the authorities enjoy public confidence and serious programs are being implemented." Commenting on the Armenian Turkish Protocol, Vardanyan said, “Armenian Genocide is an undisputable fact and the President knows that. Any official representing Armenia can’t have a different opinion. The fact of Genocide doesn’t belong to the past but is an issue of security of our nation.”

Mr. Aghvanian stated that as neighboring states, Armenia and Turkey are bound to take steps to normalize relations. However, good neighborly relations can be established between the two countries only when Turkey recognizes the Armenian Genocide and reestablishes the rights of the Armenian people. The establishment of relations without preconditions and the lifting of the blockade are merely first steps. He ended his message by calling on the Armenian people and the political forces in Armenia to properly assess the Armenia-Turkey relations process with its negative consequences and, in the most unified manner, deter the possible irreversible losses.

The event continued by a bunch of patriotic and national songs performed by Mrs. Sevan Metlian and a great bouquet of poems of "B.Sevag" recited by Mrs. Arpa Andonian.

Then, the second speaker of the day, Mr. Dikran Jinbashian, member of Central ARF Committee of Lebanon  was invited to make his speech. Mr. Jinbashian mentioned that one of the main aims of Turkey is to extend the gap between Armenian Diaspora and Armenia, which will have irreversible consequences. With these considerations, during this domestic deliberation stage, the ARF will utilize all means available to expose the existing dangers within the protocols in an effort to neutralize them.

         
Mrs. Salpie Tashjian-Kurkjian then read the announcement made by the ARF "Garmir Ler" Committee concerning the establishment of protocol and development of relations between the republics of Armenia and Turkey.

Worth mentioning that all our compatriots participated in the signature campaign which was organized by AYF LEM "Shavarsh Misakian" Chapter.