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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
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