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  • Nine New Priests Ordained in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin

    PRESS RELEASE
    Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Information Services
    Address:  Vagharshapat, Republic of Armenia
    Contact:  Rev. Fr. Ktrij Devejian
    Tel:  (374 10) 517 163
    Fax:  (374 10) 517 301
    E-Mail:  [email protected]
    Website:  www.armenianchurch.org
    October 3, 2006

    Nine New Priests Ordained in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin

    Father Varag, Father Ashot, Father Toros, Father Shirak, Father
    Movses, Father Hakob, Father Nshan, Father Arsen and Father Psak are
    the names of the newest priests of the Armenian Church.

    Nine in number, the young men, all graduates of the Gevorkian
    Theological Seminary or the Accelerated Academic Course for the
    Priesthood, were ordained to the holy order of priesthood last
    Sunday, October 1, on the Feast of the Holy Cross of Varag in the
    Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.  The celebrant of the Divine Liturgy
    and ordaining bishop was His Eminence Archbishop Nerses Bozabalian,
    one of the senior members of the Brotherhood of Holy Etchmiadzin.

    His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All
    Armenians, presided during the liturgy and ordination service.

    In his message addressed to the newly ordained priests, Archbishop
    Bozabalian stated in part, "Dear brothers-in-Christ, we celebrated
    the consecration of your priesthood. We gave each of you a new name,
    for each of you has become a new man. And as a new man inspired by
    the Holy Spirit, sustained with the Holy Spirit, and endowed with
    divine gifts, you will have new duties and responsibilities in the
    life of our nation. May God help you conquer all difficulties you
    shall face.  May the Holy Spirit deliver his gifts in your everyday
    pastoral life and support you. Wherever you serve, you must never
    forget the mercy of God nor the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin where
    you were nurtured and ordained as priests."

    The nine former deacons, Hovhannes Yaparian, Sahak Ghazarian, Khosrov
    Yesayan, Samvel Khanoyan, Armen Ashurian, Hovhannes Grigorian,
    Andre Sargsian, Karekin Hambardzumian and Gevork Mkrtchian will be
    in seclusion for the traditional 40 day period on the grounds of the
    Mother See, following which they will be appointed by His Holiness
    to begin their spiritual service within the various dioceses.

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    --Boundary_(ID_ZOyuQlNJ9CNkN3Zf4stb cA)--
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