Dublin’s Anglican cathedral hosts 110th anniversary commemoration of Armenian genocide
[Church of Ireland] Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland, hosted a 110th anniversary commemoration of the Armenian Genocide on April 27.
Members of the Armenian community from across Ireland gathered to commemorate the ethnic cleansing of Armenian people in the Anatolian region during the period from 1915 to 1923. Many countries worldwide recognize this as genocide.
Paul Manook of the Armenian Mission Parish in Dublin read the Old Testament lesson, and the Rev. Leonard Ruddock read the New Testament lesson. The congregation was addressed by Armenian Honorary Consul Ohan Yergainharsian. The Very Rev. Dermot Dunne, the cathedral’s dean, and Dublin Archbishop Michael Jackson led the commemoration in the cathedral and at the khachkar in the cathedral grounds – an Armenian carved stone often used as a focal point of worship – which is unique in Irish life and in Irish Christianity.
Jackson prayed for Armenian people worldwide and in Ireland who live lives of citizenship, public service, of family and of contribution to society in Ireland and internationally. He said, “In sorrow we remember before God all who have died for their nation, their faith, their culture, in war and in peace.” He prayed for the grace of renewal, the hope of tomorrow and the love of the risen Lord Jesus, quoting Psalm 112:2: “Light shines in the darkness for the upright: gracious and full of compassion are the righteous.”
