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GENOCIDE 100: CHURCH TO OFFER INTERCESSION SERVICE FOR VICTIMS OF OTTOMAN-ERA MASSACRES AFTER CANONIZATION
GENOCIDE | 09.04.15 | 14:16
Satenik Tovmasyan
ArmeniaNow intern
Canonization of more than 1.5 million victims of the Armenian
Genocide on April 23 will, among other things, mean that from now
on the Armenian Apostolic Church will conduct intercession ceremony
instead of the Martyrs' memorial, Archbishop Nathan Hovhannisian,
chairman of the organizing committee for the canonization ceremony
and Armenian Genocide commemoration events, has told media.
"The annual memorial ceremony will be replaced by commemoration order,
from now on, we, the generations of the survivors, ourselves will
ask for their intercession," he said.
After a 400-year break the Armenian Apostolic Church will for the
first time conduct the ceremony of canonization, confirming that the
first saints will be the victims of the massacres that were launched
by Ottoman Turks against Armenians still in the late 19th century
and resulted the annulations of more than 1.5 million Armenians.
Representatives from sister churches will be present at the
canonization ceremony as well.
Archbishop Nathan Hovhannisian also mentioned that an inspection
ceremony will take place on April 22, the day before the canonization,
when relics brought from Deir ez-Zor, a desert in Syria where
many Armenians died on notorious death marches from Turkey, will
be excavated.
The Canonization ceremony is due to finish at 7:15 pm, or 19:15 on
the 24-hour clock, which symbolizes the year 1915 when the massacres
of Armenians began.
http://armenianow.com/genocide/62188/armenia_genocide_canonization_victims_church
GENOCIDE | 09.04.15 | 14:16
Satenik Tovmasyan
ArmeniaNow intern
Canonization of more than 1.5 million victims of the Armenian
Genocide on April 23 will, among other things, mean that from now
on the Armenian Apostolic Church will conduct intercession ceremony
instead of the Martyrs' memorial, Archbishop Nathan Hovhannisian,
chairman of the organizing committee for the canonization ceremony
and Armenian Genocide commemoration events, has told media.
"The annual memorial ceremony will be replaced by commemoration order,
from now on, we, the generations of the survivors, ourselves will
ask for their intercession," he said.
After a 400-year break the Armenian Apostolic Church will for the
first time conduct the ceremony of canonization, confirming that the
first saints will be the victims of the massacres that were launched
by Ottoman Turks against Armenians still in the late 19th century
and resulted the annulations of more than 1.5 million Armenians.
Representatives from sister churches will be present at the
canonization ceremony as well.
Archbishop Nathan Hovhannisian also mentioned that an inspection
ceremony will take place on April 22, the day before the canonization,
when relics brought from Deir ez-Zor, a desert in Syria where
many Armenians died on notorious death marches from Turkey, will
be excavated.
The Canonization ceremony is due to finish at 7:15 pm, or 19:15 on
the 24-hour clock, which symbolizes the year 1915 when the massacres
of Armenians began.
http://armenianow.com/genocide/62188/armenia_genocide_canonization_victims_church