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    ARMENIAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH TO CANONIZE VICTIMS OF 1915 GENOCIDE

    Catholic Culture
    Feb 4 2015

    Catholic World News - February 04, 2015

    The Armenian Apostolic Church will recognize the victims of the
    Armenian genocide as saints, the Fides news service reports.

    Patriarch Karekin, the leader of the Armenian Apostolic Church, will
    preside at a solemn liturgy on April 23 to canonize the genocide
    victims, who have already been recognized by the Armenian Church as
    martyrs for their faith.

    Patriarch Karekin said that the Armenian Church, in canonizing saints,
    recognizes the holiness of people already revered for their virtue.

    "The Church only recognizes what happened: that is, the genocide,"
    he said.

    An estimated 1 to 1.5 million Armenians died in a brutal campaign
    begun by government of Turkey in 1915.

    http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=23928

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