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    HOLY RELICS TO BE USED DURING THE CANONIZATION SERVICE OF THE MARTYRS OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

    15:24 * 23.04.15

    By Pontifical Order of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and
    Catholicos of All Armenians; the following 14 Holy Relics, out of the
    numerous Holy relics of the Armenian Church, will be used during the
    Service of Canonization of the Martyrs of the Armenian Genocide:

    1. Holy Lance 'Geghard'

    The Holy Lance is the tip of the metal spear which was used by the
    Roman soldier to pierce the side of our Lord Jesus Christ while he
    hung on the cross. According to historical tradition, the Apostle St.

    Thaddeus, one of the 12 disciples of Christ, brought this sacred relic
    of the Lord to the Armenian world in the first century. For centuries
    the Holy Christian relic has been kept at different monasteries in
    Western (historical) Armenia, and in Ayrivank since the 13th century,
    which later was renamed Geghardavanq (the Monastery of Holy Geghard)
    after the Holy Lance. In the second half of the 18th century the Holy
    Lance was brought to the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin and is still
    kept in the spiritual center of All Armenians. The Holy Lance is also
    one of the three Holy Relics used to bless and consecrate the Holy
    Chrism (Muron) of the Armenian Church.

    2. The Right Hand of St. Gregory the Illuminator

    The Right Hand of St. Gregory the Illuminator is the symbol of the
    highest spiritual authority of the Armenian Church, the Supreme
    Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians. The newer silver gilded
    reliquary was made in 1657, on which is depicted the twelve sufferings
    of the Illuminator. The Right Hand is also one of the three Holy
    Relics used to bless and consecrate the Holy Chrism (Muron) of the
    Armenian Church.

    3. Relic of the True Cross

    The Reliquary of the True Cross, made in 1651, contains a small piece
    of the life-giving wooden cross of our Lord Jesus. The Cross relic
    is one of the three Holy Relics used to bless and consecrate the Holy
    Chrism (Muron) of the Armenian Church.

    4. Reliquary of Skevra

    One of the priceless gems of Armenian ecclesiastical art is the
    reliquary of Skevra which was made in Cilician Armenia in 1293,
    and is kept in the State Hermitage in St. Petersburg. The reliquary
    contains the relics of 18 saints: the Apostles St. Paul, St. Peter, St.

    Thaddeus and St. Bartholomew; St. Gregory the Illuminator, Patriarch
    James of Nisibis, Saint John Chrysostom, St. Catherine, and others. In
    2000, during a Pontifical visit of the Catholicos of All Armenians
    to the Armenian Diocese of New Nakhichevan and Russia, the Hermitage
    returned the relics of the 18 saints to the Armenian Church, and they
    were placed in a duplicate reliquary that had been specially made.

    5. The Right Hand of St. Stephen the Proto-Deacon and First Martyr
    of the Church

    The silver Right Hand reliquary, from the XVII-XVIII centuries,
    contains the relic of St. Stephen the Proto-Deacon, the first
    Christian martyr.

    6. The Right Hand of the Virgin St. Hripsime

    The silver gilded Right Hand reliquary contains the relic of the
    virgin St. Hripsime. The relic dates back to the XVII-XVIII centuries.

    7. The Right Hand of the Apostle Ananias

    The Seventeenth century silver gilded Right Hand reliquary contains the
    relics of the Apostle Anania, one of the 72 disciples of Jesus Christ.

    8. The Right Hand of Catholicos St. Sahak I Parthev

    The XVII-XVIII centuries Right Hand reliquary contains the relic of
    the 10th Catholicos of All Armenians, St. Sahak I Parthev (387-428).

    The Right Hand of Catholicos Sahak Parthev was brought to the
    Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin from Western Armenia, Anapat Armenian
    íonastery, Lim Island, Lake Van , Turkey.

    9. The Right Hand of St. Sarkis the Warrior

    The Right Hand reliquary was commissioned in 2008 by His Holiness
    Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians. The
    silversmith is Mamikon Mkhitaryan. The reliquary contains the relics of
    St. Sarkis the Warrior, which were discovered during excavations of the
    St. Sarkis Monastery in Ushi, in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia.

    10. The Right Hand of St. Gevork the Warrior

    The reliquary contains the relics of St. Gevork the Warrior. The
    Right Hand reliquary was made in Kolkata, India in 1928, and is
    silver gilded.

    11. Cross-reliquary of St. Thaddeus and St. Virgin Sandukht

    The eighteenth century made cross-reliquary contains the relics of
    the Apostle St. Thaddeus, one of the Armenian first illuminators,
    and the relic of the first Armenian Martyr St. Sandukht the Princess.

    12. Cross-reliquary of St. John the Baptist

    The cross-reliquary, created in Cilician Armenia in the fourteenth
    century, contains the relics of St. John the Baptist.

    13. St. Gregory of Narek and other Saints

    Made in the nineteenth century, the octagon star-shaped reliquary
    contains the relics of St. Gregory of Narek and the relics of other
    Pan-Christian Saints. The relic was presented to the Catholicos of
    All Armenian in 2012 and given to the Armenian Church.

    14. Gospel of Zeytun

    The Gospel of Zeytun was written in Hromkla in 1256 by Toros Roslin,
    the most prominent Armenian manuscript illuminator in the High Middle
    Ages. It is one of numerous treasures kept in the The Mesrop Mashtots
    Institute of Ancient Manuscripts (Matenaderan). The manuscript was
    commisioned and received by the 69th Catholicos of All Armenians,
    Constantine I of Bartzrapert (1221-1267). The Holy Gospel was donated
    to the Matenadaran by the Catholicos of All Armenians Vazgen I.

    http://www.tert.am/en/news/2015/04/23/canonization/1655700

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