Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan made his first visit to Boston this week with stops in the North End. On Tuesday, there was a prayer service at Old North Church with Rev. Stephen T. Ayres, Vicar of Old North and Armenian clergy, Archbishop Khajag Barsamian and Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan.
Enjoyed welcoming #Armenia's President Sargsyan to Massachusetts & discussing our historic relationship. pic.twitter.com/VP0tourrxA
— Charlie Baker (@MAGovArchive) March 30, 2016
Old North Church – while the #Armenian flag being raised for the visit of #PresidentSargsyan #Boston #NorthEnd pic.twitter.com/ZwLDMoRYZp
— Armenian Heritage Park on The Greenway (@Heritage__Park) March 29, 2016
Sargsyan visited Armenian Heritage Park on the Rose Kennedy Greenway for a wreath laying ceremony. The abstract sculpture memorial remembers the Armenian genocide where 1.5 million were killed by Ottoman Turks from 1915 to 1922. The Boston visit also commemorates the 25th anniversary of Armenia as an independent country.
Video of #Armenian President Sargsyan attending prayer service at Old North Church in #Boston on his first #US visit https://t.co/sHnyTA8uXq
— Van Jabagjorian (@VanHJab) March 30, 2016
Welcoming #PresidentSargsyan to @Heritage__Park. pic.twitter.com/TrGtLdpwtu
— Peter J Koutoujian (@PeterKoutoujian) March 29, 2016
The Armenian President was accompanied by former Governor Deval Patrick who supported and opened the Armenian Heritage Park. Also speaking were James Kalustian, member of the executive committee of the Armenian Heritage Foundation and Sheriff of Middlesex County Peter Koutoujian.
Armenian flag/anthem at MA state house to welcome Prez Serzh Sargsyan pic.twitter.com/QvPiAJoXA1
— Joshua Miller (@jm_bos) March 30, 2016
https://twitter.com/PatrickUpdate/status/715113125125619712
On Wednesday, Governor Charlie Baker and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh greeted the Armenian President at the State House. Sargsyan was also set to give talks at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Harvard Kennedy School, and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.
A great moment today helping welcome #Armenian #PresidentSargsyan to the State House pic.twitter.com/psISir7ame
— Peter J Koutoujian (@PeterKoutoujian) March 31, 2016
In a display of respect, the Armenian President also stopped at the Jewish Holocaust Memorial.
President of #Armenia Sargsyan lays a rock from Mt Ararat at #Boston Holocaust Memorial-a shared history of genocide pic.twitter.com/yCHLRkJjjl
— Rev. Laura Everett (@RevEverett) March 29, 2016
