At the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, His Holiness Karekin II, the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, marked 105 years since the start of the Armenian Genocide on April 24, 2020, with solemn observances at several locations in Armenia.
Throughout the coming week (April 26-30), the Eastern Diocese will continue its online gatherings for young people. This marks the sixth week of the online fellowship initiative called #StayHome and #StayConnected.
He defied the injustices of worldly powers, to shine a light of Truth through his suffering. That’s one way to describe the ministry of Jesus. But it also describes the role of Christian martyrs through the ages—including our Armenian Martyrs of 1915.
Armenian Christians across the globe are commemorating this day, April 24, as the “Feast of the Holy Martyrs of the Armenian Genocide.”
Saints and martyrs loom large in Armenian Christian spirituality. We look up to them; but could we ever be like them? Is saintliness an unattainable ideal? Or something more ordinary?
