YEREVAN, 22 APRIL, ARMENPRESS. President of the Republic of Armenia, chairman of the State Commission on Coordination of the events for the commemoration of the 100^th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide Serzh Sargsyan attended today the ceremony of blessing of the land for construction of the Holy Martyrs’ Church, which is located next to Komitas Park (Pantheon). The ceremony was conducted by His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians. The contribution for construction of the church was made by Russia-based benefactor Samvel Karapetyan, and the creator of the project is architect Artak Ghulyan, as the Public Relations and Mass Media Department of the Structure to the Office of the President of the Republic of Armenia reports to “Armenpress”.

 The President of the Republic of Armenia had talked about the construction of the Holy Martyrs’ Church during a public presentation of the plan for the Komitas Museum-Institute at Komitas Park in 2012. “I believe the construction of the Holy Martyrs’ Church in central Yerevan can serve as one of the ways of eternalizing the memory of Komitas and all the Armenian martyrs. Several secular and mundane figures have expressed the desire to build such a church. The Holy Martyrs’ Church will embody the memory of our innocent victims and martyrs of all times and will be the guarantee for our everlasting remembrance,” President Serzh Sargsyan had said.