Around 30 Templars from 10 countries worldwide inked a protocol on recognition of the Armenian Genocide on behalf of the Order of Knight Templars.

As the Great Commander of the Great Command of Armenia of the Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem Bagrat Lalayan stressed, “our brothers and sisters came to Yerevan to pay tribute to the memory of the innocent victims.”

As he noted, the Armenian Order of Knight Templars is a public organisation which continues to protect the Chiristian faith, and support the statehood along with the Church of Armenia.

As the Great Commander noted, the number of Templars worldwide totals 25000, with Armenia home to around 100.

The Templars visited the memorial to the victims of the Armenian Genocide, where the protocols were signed, with the ceremony followed by planing a tree in the alley of memory.