His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, accompanied by members of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, visited the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial to commemorate the holy martyrs of the Armenian Genocide.
A memorial service for the holy martyrs of the Armenian Genocide was held at the memorial near the eternal fire, chaired by His Holiness.
On April 23, 2015, when the consecration ceremony of the innocent victims of the Armenian Genocide was held in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, April 24 was proclaimed “Commemoration of the Holy Martyrs of the Armenian Genocide for the Faith and for the Patriots.”
