A special Divine Liturgy was celebrated in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin on April 24, the annual commemoration day of the Armenian Genocide. His Eminence Archbishop Nerses Bozabalian celebrated the Liturgy.
Following the Liturgy, the procession of clergy escorted His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, to the Memorial of the Armenian Genocide located on the grounds of the Mother See. Standing near the monument of Khatchkars (Stone-crosses), His Holiness presided during a special Repose of Souls service offered in memory of the 1.5 million victims of the Genocide of the Armenians from 1915-1923.
24.04.2006
