CATHOLICOS OF ALL ARMENIANS HOLDS FUNERAL SERVICE BY THE GRAVE OF
SOGHOMON TEYLERYAN IN FRESNO
YEREVAN, June 20. /ARKA/. Catholicos of all Armenians Garegin II held
a funeral service by the grave of Soghomon Teyleryan in Fresno. As the
Press Chancellery of Echmiadzin Holy See told ARKA News Agency, upon
finishing the service, Garegin II gave a sermon dedicated to justice
and unbending will of the Armenian people and blessed the guests. On
March 16, 1921, Armenian student Soghomon Teyleryan shot Taliat-
pasha, Former Turkish Minister of Internal Affairs of the Young Turk
Government in Berlin. Later, he was completely acquitted by the Berlin
Court. L.V.-0-
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