On May 3, the feast of the apparition of the Holy Cross, H.E. With the blessing of Karekin the Second Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, a priestly ordination and consecration will take place in the Myatsnaej Cathedral, by the director of the Department of Foreign Relations and Ceremonies of the Mother See, His Excellency Fr. Archbishop Nathan Hovhannisyan. This is reported from the Mother See.
“Seven deacons of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, serving in various church structures, will receive the priestly title.
The beginning of the Holy Liturgy at 10:30.
On the previous day, at 17:30 in the evening, in front of the Holy Table of the Descent of the Mother Cathedral, the procedure for the offering of the ordained will be performed,” the announcement states.
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