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Vatican approves Armenian and Ukrainian martyrs
Apr 24, 2001 at 17:00The announcement was the first step toward beatification and possible sainthood.
In the case of Bishop Ignazio Choukrallah Maloyan, archbishop of the Armenian church in Mardin, Turkey, the recognition came on the same day Armenians commemorate the deaths of 1.5 million of their countrymen in what they say was part of the Ottoman Empire's campaign to force them out of eastern Turkey.
Turkey says the death toll is inflated and that Armenians were killed or displaced as the empire tried to quell unrest.
The Vatican's citation said the Armenian church was at that time «devastated by a violent persecution that took numerous victims» among clergy and faithful.
It said the choice of date for the announcement was a coincidence.
The Ukrainians - eight bishops, 14 priests, three nuns and a layman - were martyred during anti-church campaigns by Ukraine's former communist rulers, the Vatican said.