On 12 April 2015 , on Divine Mercy Sunday , during a Mass for the centennial of the Armenian Genocide at St. Peter 's Basilica , Pope Francis officially proclaimed Saint Gregory of Narek as Doctor of the Church in attendance of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan , Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II , Catholicos of Cilicia Aram I , and Armenian Catholic Patriarch Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni . He became the 36th and the first Armenian Doctor of the Church . He is also the only Doctor " who was not in communion with the Catholic Church during his lifetime . " Cathedral of the Holy Martyrs ( ) in Gyumri , Armenia , the cathedral for the Armenian Catholic Ordinariate for Armenia , Georgia , Russia , and Eastern Europe was consecrated by Krikor Bedros XX Gabroyan , Catholicos-Patriarch of the Armenian Catholic Church , and Cardinal Leonardo Sandri , Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches , on 24 September 2015 . The ceremony was held as part of the commemoration of the centennial of the Armenian Genocide . The cathedral is named " Holy Martyrs " in memory of victims of the Armenian Genocide , as the Armenian Apostolic Church canonized them as martyrs . On 25 June 2016 , Pope Francis , accompanied by Catholicos Karekin II , visited the cathedral
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