Armenian Genocide Commemoration Events at the Catholicosate of Cilicia, Under the Auspices of His Holiness Catholicos Aram I

– Friday morning, April 19th: Book launch event for “Armenian Genocide and Armenian Orphans,” a commemorative volume honoring the 100th anniversary of the Birds’ Nest orphanage, at the above-mentioned orphanage, in Byblos.

– Friday evening, April 19th: Lecture by Luis Moreno Ocampo, founding Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, discussing the Genocide Convention’s deficiency 75 years post-adoption in preventing genocides.

– Saturday morning, April 20th: Inauguration of the conference addressing the imperative to restore the rights of indigenous Artsakh Armenians and Azerbaijan’s genocidal policies against Artsakh Armenians.

– Sunday morning, April 21st: Episcopal Divine Liturgy followed by a pontifical address.

– Monday evening, April 22nd: Cilicia Analytical Platform meeting.

– Tuesday evening, April 23rd: Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide at the Catholicosate of Cilicia after the march for the Armenian Genocide recognition and commemoration of martyrs from the Armenian neighborhood of Bourdj Hamoud to the Catholicosate in Antelias.

– Wednesday, April 24th: Episcopal Divine Liturgy and prayer service honoring the canonized martyrs of the Armenian Genocide.