From: Fr Ktrij Devejian <ktrij@etchmiadzin.am>
Subject: April 24 Commemorated in Holy Etchmiadzin

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Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Information Services
Address:  Vagharshapat, Republic of Armenia
Contact:  Rev. Fr. Ktrij Devejian
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April 27, 2006

April 24 Commemorated in Holy Etchmiadzin

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.