Preparations for the announcement of the Holiness of the Archbishop of the Armenian Catholic Church Ignatius Maloyan

The Vatican is preparing, in a move that carries a deep spiritual and historical dimension, to declare the holiness of the Armenian Catholic Church in Mardin Ignatius Maloyian, who consulted. During the Armenian genocide in 191, besides the fact that this event is a church event, it is also a global recognition of the status of a cleric who presented his life in defense of his faith and his flock in the most defeated circumstances.

Sergeal Apikyan wrote in “Al -Nahar”: Bishop Ignatius Maloyan was born in Mardin in 1869, and since his childhood, he was raised in a religious environment committed to Christian and human values. He joined ecclesiastical schools and graduated in his spiritual career until he won the secret of the priesthood, to be later known as his dedication to the service of the parish and his keenness to educate believers in Christian faith and education. In 1911 he was appointed bishop on the Armenian Armenian diocese.
With the start of the work of implementing and committing the genocide that affected the Armenians in their lands in the Ottoman Sultanate, the Bishop Maloyan found himself in front of a harsh test as a leader of his sponsorship and role model for his people, he was arrested with hundreds of believers, and as usual, he was asked to deny his faith, but he was boldly refused, declaring his absolute loyalty to Christ and his church, considering that the faith is more precious than life. It is a new birth. ” After a long series of torture and persecution, Bishop Maloyan was executed in June 1915, becoming a symbol of Christian testimony and stakeholders on spiritual values.
In a special meeting, the Patriarch of the Armenian Catholic Church, Rafiel Badros, the eleventh Minassian, considered that Ignatius Malayan, Bishop Mardin, received his great honor from the authorities of the Ottoman Sultanate for his national services and his loyalty to his Armenian and his religious commitment, and the other honor of his martyrdom on the path of holiness, and here is today he becomes an eternal testimony carrying the will of his Christian faith.
It is no secret to the common people the many activities of the Patriarchate in recent years, the most recent of which is the transfer of the body of the Patriarch Agaghanian to Lebanon, and the preparation also after the Bishop Maloyan to the Holiness of Father Comedas, a faith activity as in the sky as well on the earth, and the author of the Minassian said: “The Armenian Church is a comprehensive national era, and the Armenian Church of the Catholic Catholic part is an indispensable part of it, and it is not separated from it, His arms, and the Church performs spiritual duties in the service of Christ and the service of our peoples, and in our turn we preserve and watch out our faith before the Apostolic University Church.
Pope Laon, the fourteenth, will chair the celebration of holiness in St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican on Sunday, October 19, 2025, in the presence of the Presidents of Lebanon and Armenia, and in the presence of a European and American at the level of ambassadors, oriental patriarchs, clerics and believers from around the world, in addition to Armenian delegations and church institutions. This day will be a historical moment that culminates in the march of Bishop Maloyan, and makes his memory an icon of spiritual courage and persecution in the face of persecution.
On Sunday, November 15, 2025, the thanksgiving prayer will be held in the Lady of Lebanon, Harisa. “On the holiness square, we only provide testimony to Christian faith.”.