By Alin K. Gregorian
Mirror-Spectator Staff
BOSTON — About 800 people gathered at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross of the Boston Catholic Archdiocese, on Saturday, April 23, for the first-ever ecumenical service commemorating “the Holy Saints and Martyrs of the Armenian Genocide.”
The head of the Boston Roman Catholic Archdiocese, Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley, was accompanied by dignitaries from various churches and organizations, including Archbishop Khajag Barsamian of the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern), Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan of the Prelacy of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern), as well as clergy from all local Armenian Churches, and heads of the local Eastern Catholic Churches, and others for the service, titled “Remembrance, Witness, and Resurrection.”