His Holiness Karekin II Presides During April 24 Commemoration in Armenia
24.04.2006
On the morning of April 24, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, visited the National Memorial to the Armenian Genocide, located on Tsitsernakaberd Hill in Yerevan. His Holiness was accompanied by high-ranking members of the Brotherhood of Holy Etchmiadzin.
After the laying of floral wreaths before the eternal flame of the monument, His Holiness presided during a solemn Requiem Service offered in memory of the 1.5 million innocent victims of the first genocide of the 20th century.
Present for the service were President of the Republic of Armenia Robert Kocharian, Prime Minister Andranik Margarian, President of the Constitutional Court Gagik Haroutiunian, Government Ministers and Members of the National Assembly (Parliament).
Although a steady rain was falling throughout the day and well into the evening, hundreds of thousands of people visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial to bring their noble participation to the 91st commemoration of the events of 1915.
After the laying of floral wreaths before the eternal flame of the monument, His Holiness presided during a solemn Requiem Service offered in memory of the 1.5 million innocent victims of the first genocide of the 20th century.
Present for the service were President of the Republic of Armenia Robert Kocharian, Prime Minister Andranik Margarian, President of the Constitutional Court Gagik Haroutiunian, Government Ministers and Members of the National Assembly (Parliament).
Although a steady rain was falling throughout the day and well into the evening, hundreds of thousands of people visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial to bring their noble participation to the 91st commemoration of the events of 1915.
