Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II has released a message on the occasion of the day of remembrance of the holy martyrs of the Armenian Genocide. The message runs as follows, in particular:
“A hundred and more years ago, one and a half million Armenians testified their loyalty to our God-given homeland and faith at the cost of their lives, rejecting apostasy and assimilation. They kept alive their faith and hope for the revival of our people. The [Armenian Genocide] Tsitsernakaberd Memorial [in Yerevan] symbolizes that revival, which became a reality with the re-establishment of independent statehood in a small part of the homeland, as well as with the re-sprouting of a new life for Armenians who survived the genocide in different countries of the world.
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