Fr. Tirayr Dallakyan, Assistant and scepter of Catholicos Khoren I. Accused of establishing contacts with suspicious persons and tourists and of conducting anti-Soviet conversations. Sentenced to be shot by the decision of the "Troika" on December 2, 1937. Acquitted on September 25, 1989.
Fr. Daniel Zadoyan, Archpriest of Akhtamar, comrade-in-arms of Aram Manukyan. Arrested by the Turkish authorities in 1894. After the Armenian Genocide in 1915, he moved to Ispahan, then to Soviet Armenia. Arrested in 1937 by the decision of the "Troika" and sentenced to be shot. Acquitted on September 25, 1989.
Fr. Hovhannes Hyusyan, Abbot of Geghardavank, representative of the Catholicos in the Middle East. Accused of counter-revolutionary agitation and sentenced to 10 years in prison on September 21, 1937. The verdict was overturned on September 21, 1940.
Rev. Yeghishe Shahumyan, Sentenced to 3 years in prison on October 7, 1931. Acquitted on June 30, 1989.
Rev. Yeznik Vardanyan, Rev. Yeremia Stepanyants, Rev. Suren Torosyan, Convicted on trumped-up charges and acquitted years later on the grounds of lack of evidence of a crime.
Blessed names in the Armenian Church calendar, their martyrdom is commemorated every year, at the Holy Liturgy, along with 148 repressed Armenian clergy.
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2025-10-29T22:00:00+04:00
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