Is this the same Catholicosate who seeks the return of Sis? Not the best of PR!
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Hraïr Abdalian
11 years ago
«A Private Beach Resort» Quelle honte. Inacceptable.
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Varoujan Torikian
11 years ago
Speechless
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Rim Chehab
11 years ago
this is outrageous and unacceptable !
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Sabine Sebaali
11 years ago
let the souls rest in peace
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Bshara atallah
11 years ago
we dont need more private beaches on any piece of the lebanese natural public beaches especially when it does this unethical dig ....
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Mayda Najarian Piloyan
11 years ago
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Mon père a passé deux ans dans cet orphelinat, j'ai ses deux cahiers de classe que je garde comme un trésor.Vous ne pouvez pas détruire tout un passé, détruire les preuves du premier génocide du XXem siècle.
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Anonymous
11 years ago
We should prevent this.
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Elizabeth aghajanian
11 years ago
let the souls of the Orphan's of the Genocide rest in Peace !
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Karayan
11 years ago
Don't erase history
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Karayan
11 years ago
Don't erase history
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Victor bresse
11 years ago
I can't believe we need to do that for a historical place..
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Diran Harmandayan
11 years ago
Mass graves or common graves bear always negative connotations. They occur when unidentified or ownerless human remains or bodies are found resulting from mass murder or massacres and memorials are erected for remembrance like Deir El Zor and Auschwitz, or criminals who attempt to hide their crime in massacres, what the Turk genocide perpetrators did in 1915 and what ISIS is committing nowadays to cover their crimes. Very rare if any occurrences exist outside these kinds of circumstances.
The cemeteries in the Bird’s Nest are not ownerless or unidentified. They belong in the first place to the Armenian community in Lebanon and to the Lebanese at large as a heritage, and constitute authentic witnesses of the Armenian’s calvary who found refuge in Lebanon.
In their modest condition their symbolic potency cannot be weighed against any artificial sepulcher or shrine, be it from basalt or marble or covered with gold.
Actually they occupy a small area of around 200 m2 that could be properly landscaped with an adequate passage linking to the projected museum, which will not be affected but will be tremendously enriched by the presence of such genuine and tangible witnesses adding value to the museum collected artifacts.
It is the right of every Armenian and Lebanese at large to question the proposed project of eradicating these cemeteries. The responsible bodies have not come with a single convincing argument to justify this act. Their assertion that they are neglected is an accusation to their neglect of the site so far, their intolerance to differing views and annoyance that the social media provides a free means of expression is the way act all authoritarian entities.
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Daniel Drescher
11 years ago
Let's keep the Cemetery in tact!
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Joann janjigian
11 years ago
Please protect the genocide cemetery!
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Elza
11 years ago
Dont turn it into a fancy beach resort..it will be a huge mistake
This is disturbing to say the least!
Is this the same Catholicosate who seeks the return of Sis? Not the best of PR!
«A Private Beach Resort» Quelle honte. Inacceptable.
Speechless
this is outrageous and unacceptable !
let the souls rest in peace
we dont need more private beaches on any piece of the lebanese natural public beaches especially when it does this unethical dig ....
Mon père a passé deux ans dans cet orphelinat, j'ai ses deux cahiers de classe que je garde comme un trésor.Vous ne pouvez pas détruire tout un passé, détruire les preuves du premier génocide du XXem siècle.
We should prevent this.
let the souls of the Orphan's of the Genocide rest in Peace !
Don't erase history
Don't erase history
I can't believe we need to do that for a historical place..
Mass graves or common graves bear always negative connotations. They occur when unidentified or ownerless human remains or bodies are found resulting from mass murder or massacres and memorials are erected for remembrance like Deir El Zor and Auschwitz, or criminals who attempt to hide their crime in massacres, what the Turk genocide perpetrators did in 1915 and what ISIS is committing nowadays to cover their crimes. Very rare if any occurrences exist outside these kinds of circumstances. The cemeteries in the Bird’s Nest are not ownerless or unidentified. They belong in the first place to the Armenian community in Lebanon and to the Lebanese at large as a heritage, and constitute authentic witnesses of the Armenian’s calvary who found refuge in Lebanon. In their modest condition their symbolic potency cannot be weighed against any artificial sepulcher or shrine, be it from basalt or marble or covered with gold. Actually they occupy a small area of around 200 m2 that could be properly landscaped with an adequate passage linking to the projected museum, which will not be affected but will be tremendously enriched by the presence of such genuine and tangible witnesses adding value to the museum collected artifacts. It is the right of every Armenian and Lebanese at large to question the proposed project of eradicating these cemeteries. The responsible bodies have not come with a single convincing argument to justify this act. Their assertion that they are neglected is an accusation to their neglect of the site so far, their intolerance to differing views and annoyance that the social media provides a free means of expression is the way act all authoritarian entities.
Let's keep the Cemetery in tact!
Please protect the genocide cemetery!
Dont turn it into a fancy beach resort..it will be a huge mistake
For saving the historical heritage of the country
This is unbelievable and must be stopped.
My was at the orphanage right after the genocide