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The Bird’s Nest: From a Genocide Memorial Site to a Beach Resort
Special for the Armenian Weekly
More than a year ago, the Bird’s Nest (Trchnots Pooyn) Orphanage Board of Trustees announced in a radio interview to Voice of Van that plans to move the graves of the orphans’ cemetery have been indefinitely suspended. In her interview, Seta Khedeshian, chair of the Board stated that His Holiness Catholicos Aram I has ordered the suspension of the project “to provide a more comprehensive explanation to the public, and to create a calmer atmosphere so that
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This is a shame! Shame on the people who are selling everything pertaining to our culture and heritage for their personal gain, including and headed by the church and its leaders! Shame indeed.
This is a very sad situation and shame for us. I hope some good people will do some thing in order to respect for the memories of our orphans.
Has anyone thought about what will be done with the money? Only negative comments… How many more kids will go to school from the revenues? How many of our youth might go to university from the revenues? How many Armenian families will receive social services… No one talks about it, hence I found all these articles biased and flawed. Ask the right questions before jumping to conclusions.
This is absolutely wrong and horrific in every measure. Destroying a piece of our history and replacing it with a commercial building to make money!!!!!!!!!! It is a shame. I hope that they come to their senses and will not go forward with it.
Quel honte