On July 8, Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Iraq, Archbishop Avag Asadourian served a Holy Mass and performed a Requiem Service at the St. Karapet Church of the National Convalescent Home for the souls of those who were killed during the terrorist attack that took place in Karata district on July 3.

This is what Priest Sambre Hmayagian wrote on the Facebook page of the Armenian Diocese of Iraq.

After the Holy Mass, the Armenians of Baghdad, under the leadership of priests, board members of the National Central Department and institutions, visited the site of the explosion where they lit candles, sang psalms and prayed for the innocent victims.

On the evening of July 7, the schoolchildren of the Armenian Church Lovers Union also lit candles for the victims of the terrorist acts in front of the cross-stone commemorating the martyrs of the Armenian Genocide erected in the yard of the St. Karapet Church.