
Church representatives in the grounds of Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, for the dedication of the Khachkar memorial to the 1915 Armenian Genocide (Photo Credit: Dioceses of Dublin and Glendalough)
DUBLIN, Ireland (ACNS) – A Khachker – a traditional Armenian cross made from volcanic stone – has been erected in the grounds of Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin in a service attended by Christian leaders from across the denominations in Ireland as a memorial to the estimated 1.5 million Armenian Christians who were systematically and brutally murdered by the Ottoman regime in the “Medz Yeghernâ€