Holy Lance (Geghard) was Brought out

Emil Lazarian 2020
Public Radio of Armenia
Nov 28 2020

The Armenian Apostolic Holy Church celebrate the Feast of the Apostles St. Thaddeus and St. Bartholomew today.

Yet in 2015, according to the Pontifical Encyclical of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians; the feast was proclaimed as Pilgrimage Day of Holy Lance (Geghard).

On the Feast, a Divine Liturgy was offered in St. John the Baptist and St. Vardan Chapel-baptistry of the Mother See.

On this solemn occasion, the Holy Lance (Geghard) was taken out to the Cathedral, and during the celebration of Divine Liturgy was remain there.

At the conclusion, the Pontiff of All Armenians conveied His Blessings to the attended pious people and our Fatherland, with the miraculous Holy Lance.


Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS