A service member of the Russian peacekeeping troops stands next to a military vehicle at the Dadivank, an Armenian Apostolic Church monastery, located in a territory which is soon to be turned over to Azerbaijan under a peace deal that followed the fighting over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, in the Kalbajar district November 15, 2020. REUTERS/Stringer

People walk past by Kumbet mosque, which was a former Armenian Apostolic church and known as Church of the Twelve Apostles, in the eastern city of Kars, Turkey, February 1, 2020. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

Archbishop Kissag Mouradian, the Primate of the Apostolic Armenian Church of the Republic of Argentina and Chile, speaks next to a banner that reads "Erdogan, negationist' during a protest against Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attending the upcoming G20 Summit, in Buenos Aires, Argentina November 26, 2018. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

People light and place candles during a liturgy marking the anniversary of mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks in 1915, at the St Sarkis Armenian apostolic church in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia, April 24, 2016. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin

Women lay flowers at a memorial near the St Sarkis Armenian apostolic church during a liturgy marking the anniversary of mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks in 1915, in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia, April 24, 2016. The sign on the memorial reads, "April 24, 1915". REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin

A woman lays flowers at a memorial near the St Sarkis Armenian apostolic church during a liturgy marking the anniversary of mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks in 1915, in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia, April 24, 2016. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin

Bishop Meghrig Parikian greets Syrian refugees at a welcome service at the St. Mary Armenian Apostolic Church at the Armenian Community Centre of Toronto in Toronto, December 11, 2015. REUTERS/Mark Blinch

Syrian refugees hold Canadian flags as they take part in a welcome service at the St. Mary Armenian Apostolic Church at the Armenian Community Centre of Toronto in Toronto, December 11, 2015. REUTERS/Mark Blinch

Syrian refugee Levon Kourken (L), 4 , and Serli Agop (C), 7, take part in a welcome service at the St. Mary Armenian Apostolic Church at the Armenian Community Centre of Toronto in Toronto, December 11, 2015. REUTERS/Mark Blinch

Syrian refugee Levon Kourken (C), 4, and Serli Agop (R), 7, take part in a welcome service at the St. Mary Armenian Apostolic Church at the Armenian Community Centre of Toronto in Toronto, December 11, 2015. REUTERS/Mark Blinch

Syrian refugees Kevork Jamgochian holds his daughter Madlin at the St. Mary Armenian Apostolic Church during a welcome serivice at the Armenian Community Centre of Toronto in Toronto, December 11, 2015. REUTERS/Mark Blinch

Syrian refugees pray during a welcoming service for Syrian refugees at the St. Mary Armenian Apostolic Church at the Armenian Community Centre of Toronto, in Toronto, December 11, 2015. REUTERS/Mark Blinch

Syrian refugees pray during a welcoming service for Syrian refugees at the St. Mary Armenian Apostolic Church at the Armenian Community Centre of Toronto, in Toronto, December 11, 2015. REUTERS/Mark Blinch

Syrian refugees sit during a welcoming service for Syrian refugees at the St. Mary Armenian Apostolic Church at the Armenian Community Centre of Toronto, in Toronto, December 11, 2015. REUTERS/Mark Blinch

Syrian refugee Andre Babik, 5, sits during a welcoming service for Syrian refugees at the St. Mary Armenian Apostolic Church at the Armenian Community Centre of Toronto, in Toronto, December 11, 2015. REUTERS/Mark Blinch

Syrian refugees sit during a welcoming service for Syrian refugees at the St. Mary Armenian Apostolic Church at the Armenian Community Centre of Toronto, in Toronto, December 11, 2015. REUTERS/Mark Blinch

Syrian refugee Levon Kourken, 4, stands on an aisle during a welcoming service for Syrian refugees at St. Mary Armenian Apostolic Church at the Armenian Community Centre of Toronto in Toronto, December 11, 2015. REUTERS/Mark Blinch

Archbishop Kissag Mouradian, the Primate of the Apostolic Armenian Church of the Republic of Argentina and Chile, conducts a mass marking the 100th anniversary of the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks at the Saint Gregrory the Iluminator cathedral in Buenos Aires, April 24, 2015. Armenia says the massacres during World War One constitute genocide -- a term also used by Pope Francis, the European parliament and some two dozen nations. Muslim Turkey accepts many Christian Armenians were killed in partisan fighting during the war, but denies it amounted to genocide. REUTERS/Enrique Marcarian

Archbishop Kissag Mouradian (C), the Primate of the Apostolic Armenian Church of the Republic of Argentina and Chile, and members of the Armenian clergy take part in a mass marking the 100th anniversary of the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks, at the Saint Gregrory the Iluminator cathedral in Buenos Aires, April 24, 2015. Armenia says the massacres during World War One constitute genocide -- a term also used by Pope Francis, the European parliament and some two dozen nations. Muslim Turkey accepts many Christian Armenians were killed in partisan fighting during the war, but denies it amounted to genocide. REUTERS/Enrique Marcarian

People attend a commemoration ceremony to mark the centenary of the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks at the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex in Yerevan, Armenia, April 24, 2015. The Armenian Apostolic Church on Thursday made saints of up to 1.5 million Armenians at an open-air ceremony to commemorate their killing by Ottoman Turks a century ago. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili

Honor guards take part in a commemoration ceremony to mark the centenary of the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks at the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex in Yerevan, Armenia, April 24, 2015. The Armenian Apostolic Church on Thursday made saints of up to 1.5 million Armenians at an open-air ceremony to commemorate their killing by Ottoman Turks a century ago. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili

People attend a commemoration ceremony to mark the centenary of the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks at the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex in Yerevan, Armenia, April 24, 2015. The Armenian Apostolic Church on Thursday made saints of up to 1.5 million Armenians at an open-air ceremony to commemorate their killing by Ottoman Turks a century ago. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili

People attend a commemoration ceremony to mark the centenary of the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks at the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex in Yerevan, Armenia, April 24, 2015. The Armenian Apostolic Church on Thursday made saints of up to 1.5 million Armenians at an open-air ceremony to commemorate their killing by Ottoman Turks a century ago. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili

People attend a commemoration ceremony to mark the centenary of the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks at the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex in Yerevan, Armenia, April 24, 2015. The Armenian Apostolic Church on Thursday made saints of up to 1.5 million Armenians at an open-air ceremony to commemorate their killing by Ottoman Turks a century ago. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

People attend a commemoration ceremony to mark the centenary of the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks at the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex in Yerevan, Armenia, April 24, 2015. The Armenian Apostolic Church on Thursday made saints of up to 1.5 million Armenians at an open-air ceremony to commemorate their killing by Ottoman Turks a century ago. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili

People attend a commemoration ceremony to mark the centenary of the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks at the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex in Yerevan, Armenia, April 24, 2015. The Armenian Apostolic Church on Thursday made saints of up to 1.5 million Armenians at an open-air ceremony to commemorate their killing by Ottoman Turks a century ago. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili

People attend a commemoration ceremony to mark the centenary of the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks at the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex in Yerevan, Armenia, April 24, 2015. The Armenian Apostolic Church on Thursday made saints of up to 1.5 million Armenians at an open-air ceremony to commemorate their killing by Ottoman Turks a century ago. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili

People attend a commemoration ceremony to mark the centenary of the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks at the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex in Yerevan, Armenia, April 24, 2015. The Armenian Apostolic Church on Thursday made saints of up to 1.5 million Armenians at an open-air ceremony to commemorate their killing by Ottoman Turks a century ago. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili

People attend a commemoration ceremony to mark the centenary of the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks at the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex in Yerevan, Armenia, April 24, 2015. The Armenian Apostolic Church on Thursday made saints of up to 1.5 million Armenians at an open-air ceremony to commemorate their killing by Ottoman Turks a century ago. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili

People attend a commemoration ceremony to mark the centenary of the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks at the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex in Yerevan, Armenia, April 24, 2015. The Armenian Apostolic Church on Thursday made saints of up to 1.5 million Armenians at an open-air ceremony to commemorate their killing by Ottoman Turks a century ago. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili

Diradur Sradaryan, priest of the Armenian Apostolic Church (R) and Archbishop Philoxenos Mattias Nayis of the Syrian Orthodox Church (2nd L) commemorate the centenary of the massacre of 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turk forces, during a regular session of the German lower house of Parliament, Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany April 24, 2015. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

German President Joachim Gauck (2nd R) greets Metropolitian Augoustinos of the Greek Metropolitanate of Central Europe (L) German Cardinal Reinhard Marx (L) Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm (3rd L) and Diradur Sradaryan, priest of the Armenian Apostolic Church (R) after making a speech during an Ecumenical service marking the 100th anniversary of the mass killings of 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turkish forces, at the cathedral in Berlin April 23, 2015. Gauck on Thursday condemned the massacre of 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turkish forces a century ago as "genocide", a term that the Berlin government had long rejected. He used the word in a speech to mark the 100th anniversary of what most Western scholars and two dozen governments regard as a genocide against an Armenian population that flourished in what is now modern Turkey. Turkey vehemently denies the charge. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

German Cardinal Reinhard Marx, Metropolitian Augoustinos of the Greek Metropolitanate of Central Europe, Archbishop Karekin Bekdjian of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Diradur Sradaryan, priest of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Bishop Rosemarie Wenner of the Evangelical-Methodist Church and Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm (L-R) give a blessing during an Ecumenical service marking the 100th anniversary of the mass killings of 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turkish forces, at the cathedral in Berlin April 23, 2015. German President Joachim Gauck on Thursday condemned the massacre of 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turkish forces a century ago as "genocide", a term that the Berlin government had long rejected. Gauck used the word in a speech to mark the 100th anniversary of what most Western scholars and two dozen governments regard as a genocide against an Armenian population that flourished in what is now modern Turkey. Turkey vehemently denies the charge. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

German Cardinal Reinhard Marx, Metropolitian Augoustinos of the Greek Metropolitanate of Central Europe, Archbishop Karekin Bekdjian of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Diradur Sradaryan, priest of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Bishop Rosemarie Wenner of the Evangelical-Methodist Church and Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm (L-R) give a blessing during an Ecumenical service marking the 100th anniversary of the mass killings of 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turkish forces, at the cathedral in Berlin April 23, 2015. German President Joachim Gauck on Thursday condemned the massacre of 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turkish forces a century ago as "genocide", a term that the Berlin government had long rejected. Gauck used the word in a speech to mark the 100th anniversary of what most Western scholars and two dozen governments regard as a genocide against an Armenian population that flourished in what is now modern Turkey. Turkey vehemently denies the charge. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

Archbishop Karekin Bekdjian (C) of the Armenian Apostolic Church makes a reading during an Ecumenical service marking the 100th anniversary of the mass killings of 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turkish forces, at the cathedral in Berlin April 23, 2015. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

Archbishop Karekin Bekdjian (C) of the Armenian Apostolic Church gives a blessing during an Ecumenical service marking the 100th anniversary of the mass killings of 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turkish forces, at the cathedral in Berlin April 23, 2015. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

Diradur Sradaryan (R) priest of the Armenian Apostolic Church gives a speech during an Ecumenical service marking the 100th anniversary of the mass killings of 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turkish forces, at the cathedral in Berlin April 23, 2015. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

Pope Francis (L) embraces Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II during a mass on the 100th anniversary of the Armenian mass killings, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican April 12, 2015. Pope Francis on Sunday commemorated the 100th anniversary of the massacre of as many as 1.5 million Armenians as "the first genocide of the 20th century," words that could draw an angry reaction from Turkey. REUTERS/Tony Gentile TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Karekin II, the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, claps during the unveiling of a plaque marking the Armenian Apostolic Church of St. John the Baptist as a heritage building in Yangon, October 1, 2014. The building, constructed in 1862, is the oldest Armenian church in Yangon. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun (MYANMAR - Tags: RELIGION)

Karekin II, the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians greets government official as he visits the Armenian Apostolic Church of St. John the Baptist, the oldest Armenian church in Yangon on October 1, 2014. The church was built in 1862. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun (MYANMAR - Tags: RELIGION POLITICS)

Karekin II, the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians visits the Armenian Apostolic Church of St. John the Baptist, the oldest Armenian church in Yangon on October 1, 2014. The church was built in 1862. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun (MYANMAR - Tags: RELIGION)

A priest stands in the Armenian Church before the funeral of Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem Archbishop Torkom Manoogian in Jerusalem's Old City October 22, 2012. Manoogian was elected patriarch of Jerusalem in 1990. He died at the age of 93 on October 12. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (JERUSALEM - Tags: RELIGION)

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan (R) walk with Apostolic Church Catholicos Karekin II outside the Etchmiadzine Cathedral in Yerevan October 6, 2011. REUTERS/Eric Feferberg/Pool (ARMENIA - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION)

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan visit the Etchmiadzine Cathedral after a meeting with Apostolic Church Catholicos Karekin II in Yerevan October 6, 2011. REUTERS/Eric Feferberg/Pool (ARMENIA - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION)

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan (L) attend a meeting with Apostolic Church Catholicos Karekin II at the Etchmiadzine Cathedral in Yerevan October 6, 2011. REUTERS/Eric Feferberg/Pool (ARMENIA - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION)

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (R) and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan (hidden) walk with Apostolic Church Catholicos Karekin II as they visit the Etchmiadzine Cathedral in Yerevan October 6, 2011. REUTERS/Eric Feferberg/Pool (ARMENIA - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION)

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan (L) walk with Apostolic Church Catholicos Karekin II as they visit the Etchmiadzine Cathedral in Yerevan October 6, 2011. REUTERS/Eric Feferberg/Pool (ARMENIA - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION)

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan visit the Etchmiadzine Cathedral after a meeting with Apostolic Church Catholicos Karekin II in Yerevan October 6, 2011. REUTERS/Eric Feferberg/Pool (ARMENIA - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION)

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan (R) walk with Apostolic Church Catholicos Karekin II outside the Etchmiadzine Cathedral after a meeting in Yerevan October 6, 2011. REUTERS/Eric Feferberg/Pool (ARMENIA - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION)

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan (R) walk with Apostolic Church Catholicos Karekin II outside the Etchmiadzine Cathedral after a meeting in Yerevan October 6, 2011. REUTERS/Eric Feferberg/Pool (ARMENIA - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION)

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) and Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan light candles in the Etchmiadzine Cathedral after a meeting with Apostolic Church Catholicos Karekin II in Yerevan October 6, 2011. REUTERS/Eric Feferberg/Pool (ARMENIA - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION)

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) and Armenian President Sersh Sargsyan light candles in the Etchmiadzine Cathedral after a meeting with Apostolic Church Catholicos Karekin II in Yerevan October 6, 2011. REUTERS/Eric Feferberg/Pool (ARMENIA - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION)

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (C) and Armenian President Sersh Sargsyan light candles in the Etchmiadzine Cathedral after a meeting with Apostolic Church Catholicos Karekin II in Yerevan October 6, 2011. REUTERS/Eric Feferberg/Pool (ARMENIA - Tags: POLITICS)

A clergy member walks through the Church of the Nativity, the site revered as the birthplace of Jesus, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem January 18, 2011. Armenian Orthodox Christians in Bethlehem began celebrations today, ahead of Christmas Day tomorrow. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside (WEST BANK - Tags: RELIGION IMAGES OF THE DAY)

People attend a service before Christmas eve in Yerevan January 5, 2011. Armenia celebrates Christmas on January 6, adhering to the Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church. REUTERS/Diana Markosian (ARMENIA - Tags: RELIGION SOCIETY)

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev (L) shakes hands with Mkrtich Nersisyan (Bishop Ezras), head of Novo-Nakhichevanskaya and Russian Bishopric of Armenian Apostolic Church, before decorating him with the Order of Friendship during an award ceremony in Moscow's Kremlin May 6, 2010. REUTERS/Alexander Natruskin (RUSSIA - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION)

An Armenian Orthodox clergyman (C) leads a mass in the Grotto, where Christians believe the Virgin Mary gave birth to Jesus, at the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem December 22, 2009, ahead of Christmas. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside (WEST BANK - Tags: RELIGION)

Pope Benedict XVI (front R) blesses to the faithful as Catholicos Aram I, head of the Armenian Apostolic Church (See of Cilicia) (L), stands next to him during the general audience in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican November 26, 2008. REUTERS/Giampiero Sposito (VATICAN)

Pope Benedict XVI (R) waves to the faithful as Catholicos Aram I, head of the Armenian Apostolic Church (See of Cilicia) (L), stands during the general audience in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican November 26, 2008. REUTERS/Giampiero Sposito (VATICAN)

Pope Benedict XVI (R) greets Catholicos Aram I, head of the Armenian Apostolic Church (See of Cilicia), after his general audience in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican November 26, 2008. REUTERS/Giampiero Sposito (VATICAN)