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From: Fr Ktrij Devejian <[email protected]>
Subject: HH Karekin II Presides During April 24 Commemoration in Armenia
PRESS RELEASE
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Information Services
Address: Vagharshapat, Republic of Armenia
Contact: Rev. Fr. Ktrij Devejian
Tel: (374 10) 517 163
Fax: (374 10) 517 301
E-Mail: [email protected]
Website: www.armenianchurch.org
April 27, 2006
His Holiness Karekin II Presides During April 24 Commemoration in Armenia
On the morning of April 24, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and
Catholicos of All Armenians, visited the National Memorial to the Armenian
Genocide, located on Tsitsernakaberd Hill in Yerevan. His Holiness was
accompanied by high-ranking members of the Brotherhood of Holy Etchmiadzin.
After the laying of floral wreaths before the eternal flame of the monument,
His Holiness presided during a solemn Requiem Service offered in memory of
the 1.5 million innocent victims of the first genocide of the 20th century.
Present for the service were President of the Republic of Armenia Robert
Kocharian, Prime Minister Andranik Margarian, President of the
Constitutional Court Gagik Haroutiunian, Government Ministers and Members of
the National Assembly (Parliament).
Although a steady rain was falling throughout the day and well into the
evening, hundreds of thousands of people visited the Armenian Genocide
Memorial to bring their noble participation to the 91st commemoration of the
events of 1915.
Subject: HH Karekin II Presides During April 24 Commemoration in Armenia
PRESS RELEASE
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Information Services
Address: Vagharshapat, Republic of Armenia
Contact: Rev. Fr. Ktrij Devejian
Tel: (374 10) 517 163
Fax: (374 10) 517 301
E-Mail: [email protected]
Website: www.armenianchurch.org
April 27, 2006
His Holiness Karekin II Presides During April 24 Commemoration in Armenia
On the morning of April 24, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and
Catholicos of All Armenians, visited the National Memorial to the Armenian
Genocide, located on Tsitsernakaberd Hill in Yerevan. His Holiness was
accompanied by high-ranking members of the Brotherhood of Holy Etchmiadzin.
After the laying of floral wreaths before the eternal flame of the monument,
His Holiness presided during a solemn Requiem Service offered in memory of
the 1.5 million innocent victims of the first genocide of the 20th century.
Present for the service were President of the Republic of Armenia Robert
Kocharian, Prime Minister Andranik Margarian, President of the
Constitutional Court Gagik Haroutiunian, Government Ministers and Members of
the National Assembly (Parliament).
Although a steady rain was falling throughout the day and well into the
evening, hundreds of thousands of people visited the Armenian Genocide
Memorial to bring their noble participation to the 91st commemoration of the
events of 1915.