01/04/2015 09:06
Armenian church leaders to attend church Mass in Vatican
The spiritual leaders of the Armenian Christian churches will participate in the April church liturgy to be offered in the St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, reported La Stampa daily of Italy. Horizon Weekly reports.
Accordingly, Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I, and Patriarch Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni of the Armenian Catholic Church, will attend this mass.
The climax of the Armenian Genocide centennial memorial church events will be the genocide victims’ collective canonization ceremony, which will take place on April 23 in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. Representatives from 38 Christian churches and organizations have already confirmed their attendance to this event.