Time in Yerevan: 11:07,   25 April 2024

"Memory will prevent similar crimes" – Pope Francis’ note in Honorary Guest Book of Armenian Genocide Memorial

"Memory will prevent similar crimes" – Pope Francis’ note in Honorary Guest Book of Armenian 
Genocide Memorial

YEREVAN, JUNE 25, ARMENPRESS. After visiting the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial, Pope Francis singed the Honorary Guest Book in the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute by writing:

Here I pray with pain in my heart, so that never more will there be tragedies like this, so that humanity does not forget and knows how to overcome the evil with good. May God grant the beloved Armenian people and the entire world peace and consolation. May God protect the memory of the Armenian people. Memory should not be diluted or forgotten. Memory is source of peace and the future”.

Pope Francis visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial Complex. He was accompanied by Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, Catholicos of All Armenians His Holiness Karekin II.

An intercessory prayer was delivered with the participation of Catholicos of All Armenians, Pope Francis and other top clerics. The Pope laid flowers in the Eternal Flame of the innocent victims and planted a fir tree in the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial park. 




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