Holy Armenian Apostolic Church celebrates Khor Virap Pilgrimage Day
armradio.am
25.06.2011 13:14
Today the Holy Armenian Apostolic Church celebrates the Feast of St.
Gregory the Illuminator’s Deliverance from the pit.
This feast is proclaimed as the pilgrimage day to the Monastery of
Khor Virap. In honor of the occasion the Mother See has organized a
pilgrimage. In the morning – at 10:30 a.m. the relics of St. Gregory
the Illuminator were taken from the Mother See to the Monastery of
Khor Virap.
A Divine Liturgy was celebrated followed by a blessing service with
the sacred relics.
The relics of St. Gregory the Illuminator will be in the Monastery
till the end of the Evening service at 18:00, so that the faithful may
touch the relics and receive the blessings of the Saint.
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