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14 Holy Relics to be used during the Service of Canonization
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:
- Holy Lance ‘Geghard’
- The Right Hand of St. Gregory the Illuminator
- Relic of the True Cross
- Reliquary of Skevra
- The Right Hand of St. Stephen the Proto-Deacon and First Martyr of the Church
- The Right Hand of the Virgin St. Hripsime
- The Right Hand of the Apostle Ananias
- The Right Hand of Catholicos St. Sahak I Parthev
- The Right Hand of St. Sarkis the Warrior
- The Right Hand of St. Gevork the Warrior
- Cross-reliquary of St. Thaddeus and St. Virgin Sandukht
- Cross-reliquary of St. John the Baptist
- St. Gregory of Narek and other Saints
- Gospel of Zeytun