From Victims to Victors

Next Thursday, April 23, at the Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin, the martyrs of the Armenian Genocide of 1915 will be canonized as saints of the Armenian Church, in a history-making Divine Liturgy. His Holiness Karekin II, the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, and His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House Cilicia, will preside. Bishops from across the diaspora—including our Primate Archbishop Khajag Barsamian and Diocesan Ecumenical Director Archbishop Vicken Aykazian—will take part in the service.

 (St. Gregory Hand)

The service will be broadcast live in Armenia and abroad. The Armenian General Benevolent Union will sponsor the broadcast. Viewers worldwide are invited to watch the live-stream at www.agbu.org or at www.armeniangenocide100.org at the times below:

Yerevan: 5 p.m.

New York: 9 a.m.

Chicago: 8 a.m.

Los Angeles: 6 a.m.

Click here to read an essay on the significance of this historic canonization by the Very Rev. Fr. Daniel Findikyan, titled “From Victims to Victors: The Holy Martyrs of the Armenian Genocide.” https://gallery.mailchimp.com/727aaae8ea56658ecf4a092d5/files/MartyrdomSynopsis_01.pdf?utm_source=Eastern+Diocese+E-Newsletter&utm_campaign=edd192f633-&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3f0172fcf2-edd192f633-159715649