The 1.5 million or so victims of the Armenian genocide in Ottoman Turkey were collectively declared saints by the Armenian Apostolic Church on Thursday, with CatholicosGaregin II saying that they died for their Christian faith.
The canonization took place at the church headquarters in Echmiadzin in front of thousands of people one day before the main official events in Armenia that will mark the 100th anniversary of the genocide. It was also attended by President Serzh Sarkisian as well as the visiting heads of the Coptic, Syriac and Indian Orthodox Churches and senior representatives of other Christian denominations.
Armenian News
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