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Armenian version:
EASTER EVE CELEBRATED IN ANTELIAS
Easter Eve was celebrated in the Saint Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral
in Antelias on April 7. Starting with 4 o’clock in the afternoon.
After the Eucharistic celebration according to tradition of the Armenian
Church, the vestry clerk of the Cathedral, Archbishop Gomidas Ohanian,
headed the procession of Seminary students and Cilician Brotherhood members,
who walked towards the dining room of the church with lit candles and on the
sound of the hymn "Aysor Hariav", to perform the symbolic service of
home-blessing and for reading the last Gospel. After "Bahbanithc", they
congratulated one another saying: "Christ Resurrected from the dead. Blessed
is Christ’s Resurrection."
Then the Seminary students together with the member of the brotherhood had
a dinner with His Holiness Aram I.
The Pontiff addressed the Seminary students and the Cilician Brotherhood
members, advising each to serve his nation and the church in the best way he
can. He encouraged the most junior and the most senior among them to
contribute to the people’s spiritual rebirth.
During dinner the most junior students of the Seminary, the Cilician
Brotherhood members and the Catholicos knocked their colorful eggs to one
another, playing the traditional Easter egg-game.
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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
