The event organized by the Ghazaros Saryan Chapter of Hamazkayin Thessaloniki in cooperation with Soghomon Tehlirian Youth Union of ARF Greece took place on Saturday, May 6, 2017, at the Zakarian Hall in Thessaloniki.
The Dance Ensemble of the St. Sarkis Church and the Armenian Community of Bulgaria visited Thessaloniki at the invitation of the Executive Board to take part in the event. The enthusiasm of our community's children who attended the event was indescribable. Spiritual Shepherd of St. Mary Church of Thessaloniki, Smbat Sapunjian, as well as the chairs and members of all existing unions attended the event.
Member of Ghazaros Saryan Chapter, Lilit Shahnazarian delivered the opening speech of the event. In her speech, she spoke about the importance of preserving the Armenian culture. Then the Dance Ensemble from Bulgaria, Ghazaros Saryan Chapter’s Massis Dance Ensemble, and the Dance Ensemble of Malakian-Gasparian Saturday School started their performance, which lasted 1.5 hour and was full of surprises. The audience encouraged the dancers with warm applauses. The dancers presented one of the best treasures of Armenian culture – the Armenian dances.