Armenian Apostolic Church: canonization of 1.5 million genocide victims

April 23, 2015

On April 23, the Armenian Apostolic Church is canonizing all of the victims of the Armenian Genocide, a century after it began.

Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russian and Francois Hollande of France are attending the ceremony, Agence France-Presse reported.

The Armenian Apostolic Church ceased to be in full communion with the Holy See following the Ecumenical Council of Chalcedon in 451. It has six million members, while the Armenian Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic church in full communion with the Holy See, has 376,000 members.

 

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Further information:

• Armenian Apostolic Church
• Vigil Service at Holy Etchmiadzin in preparation for the canonization of Armenian Genocide victims (Armenian Public Radio)
• Armenian Church to canonize 1.5 million genocide victims (AFP)
• Armenian Genocide (Wikipedia)
• Pope laments Armenian genocide, proclaims 36th doctor of the Church (CWN, 4/13)