Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan, Prelate of the Eastern Diocese of thE Armenian Church in America, offers an opening benediction. Thousands of Armenian-Americas from throughout the New York City metro area, clergy, scholars and elected public officials gathered in Times Square to commemorate the 101st anniversary of the 1915 Armenian Genocide, and to raise awareness of the current struggle by ethnic Armenians in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijn at the center of a military campaign between the two nations. (Photo by Albin Lohr-Jones/Pacific Press)

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