Armenian Genocide memorial cross placed underwater in Lebanese coast

Armenian Genocide memorial cross placed underwater in Lebanese coast –

Under the patronage of the Embassy of the Republic of Armenia in Lebanon, and the Armenian Genocide Centenary Central Committee of Lebanon, and His Holiness Nercess Bedros 19th Patriarch of the Armenian Catholic Church in Beirut Lebanon, Octopus Team diving club owned by Antranig Haddad a descent of the Armenian Genocide survivor, organized The placement of An Armenian Genocide Memorial Cross beneath the sea, dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide on Sunday the 10th of May, at 10 am, near Green beach resort in Beirut.

The Armenian cross has been placed 35 meters deep in the Mediterranean Sea, dedicated to the Memory of those Armenians who perished drowning in rivers and seas during the Armenian Genocide, escaping rape, abduction and torturous death by Turkish soldiers in 1915.