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14 Holy Relics to be used during the Service of Canonization

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By Pontifical Order of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians; the following 14 Holy Relics, out of the numerous Holy relics of the Armenian Church, will be used during the Service of Canonization of the Martyrs of the Armenian Genocide:  

  1. Holy Lance ‘Geghard’
  2. The Right Hand of St. Gregory the Illuminator
  3. Relic of the True Cross
  4. Reliquary of Skevra
  5. The Right Hand of St. Stephen the Proto-Deacon and First Martyr of the Church
  6. The Right Hand of the Virgin St. Hripsime
  7. The Right Hand of the Apostle Ananias
  8. The Right Hand of Catholicos St. Sahak I Parthev
  9. The Right Hand of St. Sarkis the Warrior
  10. The Right Hand of St. Gevork the Warrior
  11. Cross-reliquary of St. Thaddeus and St. Virgin Sandukht
  12. Cross-reliquary of St. John the Baptist
  13. St. Gregory of Narek and other Saints
  14. Gospel of Zeytun