Requiem Service in Memory of Victims of the Armenian Genocide
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On the morning of 27 September, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, visited the National Memorial to the Armenian Genocide, located on Tsitsernakaberd Hill in Yerevan. His Holiness was accompanied by Church leaders and representatives who had travelled to Armenia to witness the Blessing of the Holy Muron. Attending the memorial service were: His Eminence, Metropolitan Valentine of the Diocese of Orenburg and Buzuluk, of the Russian Orthodox Church; Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, who led the delegation for the Roman Catholic Church; His Grace Bishop Benjamin of Menoufeya from the Coptic Orthodox Church; His Eminence Metropolitan Mor Eustathius Matta Roham of Jazirah and Euphrates of the Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East; His Grace H.G. Dr. Thomas Mar Athanasios, Metropolitan of the Chengannur Diocese who led the delegation of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church of India; The Right Reverend Geoffrey Rowell, Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe of the Anglican Church, His Excellency Mgr. Vartan Ashkarian, General Representative of the Patriarchal Eparchy of the Armenian Catholic Church; Very Reverend Father Yeghia Kilaghbian, Abbot of the Armenian Mkhitarist Congregation of San Lazzaro; as well as representeatives from the World Council of Churches, and the organization "World Conference of Religions for Peace".
His Holiness presided over a memorial service for the victims of the Armenian Genocide. Prior to the start of the service, a wreath was laid at the memorial. During the service the members of Sister Churches offered prayers to God in their own languages for the victims of the Genocide. Clergymen from Armenian Dioceses, benefactors, and pilgrims took part in the memorial service. Following the service, members of the delegations visited the Genocide Museum.
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