ENCYCLICAL COMMEMORATED VICTIMS OF THE ADANA MASSACRES

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April 20, 2009

On 19 April, the Encyclical of His Holiness Karekin II, issued
in commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Adana Massacres,
was read during the Divine Liturgy, in the Mother Cathedral of Holy
Etchmiadzin and in all the dioceses of the Armenian Apostolic Church.

Upon the instruction of His Holiness Karekin II, Repose of Souls
(Hogehangist) services were offered in churches following the
conclusion of the Divine Liturgy, in memory of the victims of the
Adana Massacres.

"Dear faithful sons and daughters, as we commemorate the 100th
anniversary of the Armenian massacres in Adana and Cilicia, we
once again call for the recognition of the Armenian Genocide for
the sake of a world free of violence, at peace and in prosperity,"
reads the Encyclical.