"Azad Or" – The Educational and Cultural Society of Hamazkayin Greece, due to the long and consistent programmatic and organizational work of the Armenian Cause Committee in Greece and with the help of the local enthusiastic Armenians, established a new chapter on Rhodes Island bordering Turkey.
In fact, during the past months, the Armenian Cause Committee, in the frame of the Armenian Genocide Centennial, organized a public ceremony in a purely political content and series of lectures in three different schools about the Genocide and the Armenian Cause, as well as the presentation of a film about the Genocide. All of these events created a lot of interest in the Island, among the City, social, intellectual and university circles.
During the preparations of these public and local events, on December 12, in the consequence of long discussions during the last months, the first step, related to the establishment of an Armenian cultural movement and a structure of Hamazkayin Society, was taken at the local "Semiramis" Hotel.
On the first occasion, the Regional Executive Board approved the names of the Interim first Executive Board members, whose main duty will be to organize a constituent assembly and form the elected first Board by February 2016.
On the day of establishing a new chapter, the taped speech of a member of group arrived in Siros from Artsakh in summer was displayed and the audience received it with great enthusiasm.
The appointed Board consists of the following members:
Keoseyan Khara – Chair
Vassiliou – Bardizbanian Vasili – Secretary
Temelis – Harutyunian Mike - Treasurer
Manoogian Larisa - Advisor
Manoogian Stamatis - Advisor
Kelenchian Khristos -Hrant - Counselor (Jiu-Jitsu World Champion)