The commemorative ceremony organized by the Literary Committee of Hamazkayin "Gladzor" Chapter took place on Sunday, February 28, 2016, at the Armenian Center of Toronto.
The event started with Snabian’s simple but enigmatic reading of his story "The Dance", which was enjoyed by 200 Armenian young people present at the event. Then the Literary Committee Chair Tamar Donabedian Guzuean assumed and skillfully carried out the conduction of the event.
She presented Snabian’s brief biography. The writer was born in the Musa Dagh Bitias village. He was the grandchild of the ARF freedom-loving hero with valiant spirit Mark Snabian. Snabian was enchanted by Mashtots, and his source of inspiration was Hakob Oshakan. The land of Armenia, its language and people were the most sacred treasures for Poghos Snabian. The impartial, inexorable and true intellectual did literary, educational, critical and editorial titanic work for more than six decades.
Tamar Donabedian Guzuean also spoke about the tight connections between the author and the Armenian community of Toronto.
Then, Tamar Donabedian Guzuean invited to the stage the ARS school’s seventh grade student and recitation contest winner Lori Aramian, which has recently resettled in Toronto from Aleppo. She perfectly recited Rosa Bedrossian’s poem "Map".
Then, Tamar Donabedian Guzuean read Poghos Snabian’s writing "The Last Saint". The writer had dedicated it to the 100th birth anniversary of the genius composer Gomidas. After that, cellist Lusine Amirkhanyan from Yerevan Conservatoire masterly performed the composer’s classical pieces such as "Kele" and "Eli yerkinkn ampela".