A joint Cyprus-Armenia stamp commemorating 100 years since the Armenian genocide is to be launched next week as part of a series of events to mark the anniversary, the Cyprus Mail reported.

The representative of the Armenian Community in the Cypriot House of Representatives, Vartkes Mahdessian, has organized an event for next week presenting the stamp in both countries simultaneously.

The event in Cyprus will also be attended by Armenian National Assembly President Galust Sahakyan, who is due to visit Cyprus.

The stamp will depict the well-known but closed Armenian educational institute, the Melkonian in Nicosia.  The school originally functioned as an orphanage for children who survived the genocide and managed to make it to Cyprus.

The Armenian Genocide centenary will be marked in Cyprus, too.

Mahdessian told the Cyprus News Agency that the goal was remembrance for the 1.5 million Armenians who died at the hands of Turkey during the 1915 genocide, and to push for recognition of the genocide by Turkey.

“At the same time it is an appeal to humanity to prevent similar tragedies in the future,” he said.

The commemoration events will include art exhibitions, theatre, lectures, documentaries, and cultural performances.

In addition, a book is published in Greek and English that includes articles on the Armenian Genocide, and which appeared in the Greek Cypriot press between 1914 and 1923.