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April 14, 2005
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GENOCIDE COMMEMORATION BEGINS WITH MORNING DIVINE LITURGY AT ST. VARTAN
CATHEDRAL

As part of a day-long commemoration of the 90th anniversary of the
Armenian Genocide, New York City’s St. Vartan Cathedral will hold a
special Divine Liturgy from 9 to 11 a.m. on Sunday, April 24, 2005.

The Divine Liturgy, requiem service, and blessing of madagh will be
followed by a gathering at Times Square (Broadway and 43rd St.) from
noon to 1:30 p.m. and a solemn ecumenical requiem service at St.
Patrick’s Roman Catholic Cathedral (5th Ave. at 50th St.) from 2:30 to
4:30 p.m.

“We will come together as a community and give our voices to those who
lost theirs to the violence of the Genocide,” said Archbishop Khajag
Barsamian, who will celebrate the Divine Liturgy at St. Vartan
Cathedral. “Our Christian faith was the light of hope for those who
survived the violence, so it is essential that we remember their legacy
with a Divine Liturgy.”

Delivering the sermon during the badarak will be Dr. Robert Edgar,
general secretary of the National Council of Churches.

The keynote address at the ecumenical service at St. Patrick’s Cathedral
will be delivered by the Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr., senior minister
at New York City’s Riverside Church.

For more information on the day’s events visit
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The day’s events are being organized by the Joint Committee to
Commemorate the 90th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.

— 4/14/05