Encyclical commemorated victims of the Adana Massacres
Support A1+!On 19 April, the Encyclical of His Holiness Karekin II, issued in commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Adana Massacres, was read during the Divine Liturgy, in the Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin and in all the dioceses of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
Upon the instruction of His Holiness Karekin II, Repose of Souls (Hogehangist) services were offered in churches following the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy, in memory of the victims of the Adana Massacres.
"Dear faithful sons and daughters, as we commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian massacres in Adana and Cilicia, we once again call for the recognition of the Armenian Genocide for the sake of a world free of violence, at peace and in prosperity," reads the Encyclical.
