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CANONIZATION OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE VICTIMS DUE ON APRIL 23
15:00 03/02/2015 >> SOCIETY
After an interval of about 400 years, for the first time, the Armenian
Apostolic Church will conduct a canonization ceremony on April 23,
2015, in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, for the victims of the
Armenian Genocide, Director of the Office for Conceptual Issues of
the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Bishop Bagrat Galstanyan, told
reporters on Tuesday.
He said that it will be collective canonization. Special rites have
been developed for the ceremony.
The ceremony will start at 4:30 pm or 5:00 pm and will end at 7:15
pm, symbolizing the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Bells
will ring one hundred times in all Armenian churches all across the
world, and the attendees will observe one minute's silence for the
Genocide victims.
Invitations have been sent to various churches throughout the world.
http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2015/02/03/galstanyan/
From: A. Papazian
15:00 03/02/2015 >> SOCIETY
After an interval of about 400 years, for the first time, the Armenian
Apostolic Church will conduct a canonization ceremony on April 23,
2015, in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, for the victims of the
Armenian Genocide, Director of the Office for Conceptual Issues of
the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Bishop Bagrat Galstanyan, told
reporters on Tuesday.
He said that it will be collective canonization. Special rites have
been developed for the ceremony.
The ceremony will start at 4:30 pm or 5:00 pm and will end at 7:15
pm, symbolizing the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Bells
will ring one hundred times in all Armenian churches all across the
world, and the attendees will observe one minute's silence for the
Genocide victims.
Invitations have been sent to various churches throughout the world.
http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2015/02/03/galstanyan/
From: A. Papazian