Armenian Apostolic Holy Church The Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin

On April 24, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians; accompanied by the Members of the Brotherhood of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, visited the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex for the commemoration of the Holy Martyrs of the Armenian Genocide. The Pontiff of All Armenians offered an intercession service for the Holy Martyrs of the Armenian Genocide, in front of the eternal flame, in the Memorial Complex. On 23 April 2015, when the Canonization of the Martyrs of the Armenian Genocide was held in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, the 24th of April was proclaimed as the “Remembrance Day of the Holy Martyrs who were martyred for their Faith and Homeland during the Armenian Genocide”.