ArmRadio – Public Radio, Armenia
Oct 13 2007

His Holiness Garegin II blesses Armenian Genocide Museum and Memorial

13.10.2007 11:26

On a day that started with His Holiness Karekin II delivering the
opening prayer in the House of Representatives and ended with the
favorable vote in the House Foreign Affairs Committee which referred
the Armenian Genocide resolution to the floor, the Armenian
Catholicos also stopped at the landmark Washington building which is
being converted into the Armenian Genocide Museum and Memorial.

In remarks upon the conclusion of the blessing of the house service,
His Holiness said: "I bring my appreciation for your efforts to
memorialize the victims of the Armenian Genocide." Standing with the
Catholicos are Near East Foundation Board of Directors Chairman Shant
Mardirossian, Armenian Genocide Museum and Memorial Building and
Operations Committee member Zaven Tachdjian, His Eminence Archbishop
Khajak Barsamian of the Diocese of the Armenian Church, AGMM Board of
Trustees Chairman Hirair Hovnanian, AGMM Committee Chairman Van
Krikorian, former chairwoman of the Armenian Assembly of America
Board of Directors Annie Totah, and former chairman of the Armenian
Assembly of America Board of Directors Peter Vosbikian.