Today, on April 24, in the courtyard of the Holy Cross Presbyterian Church of Akhalkalaki, an intercessory order of Holy Martyrs was performed in honor of the 111th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in 1915 in the Ottoman Empire.
Jnews:According to the report, the residents of Akhalkalak laid flowers on the khachkar memorializing the victims of the genocide and lit a candle for the memory of the holy martyrs. The ceremony was performed by the spiritual pastor of Akhalkalak Holy Cross Presbyterian Church, Father Narek Tigranyan, and Reverend Father Nshan, vicar of Samtskhe-Javakhk and Tsalka. Hmayakyan. Parliament member Samvel Manukyan, Akhalkalak mayor Melkon Makaryan, Sakrebulo president Ruben Palyan and other representatives of local self-government bodies laid flowers near Khachkar.
Employees of the municipality, sacrebulo and other state structures also laid flowers on the khachkar in memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide. Hundreds of schoolchildren and teachers from different schools of the city also came to the courtyard of the Holy Cross Church with flowers to honor the memory of the victims of the genocide. Father Alexander of the Georgian Orthodox Church of Akhalkalaki was also present.
