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Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Fr.Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
E- mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.cathcil.org/
PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon
Armenian version: http://www.cathcil.org/v04/doc/Armenian.htm
TEN GIRLS MARKING THE MEMORY OF THE TEN MAIDENS RECEIVE HIS HOLINESS'
BLESSINGS
A large crowd of believers gathered in the Saint Gregory the Illuminator
Cathedral in Antelias on April 3 to commemorate the memory of the Ten
Maidens. The service, held annually on the Tuesday of the last week of Great
Lent, was based on the story of the Parable of the Ten Maidens told by Jesus
Christ.
While the Bible was being read during the service, 10 Armenian girls from
Yeghishe Manoukian College stood up with candles in their hands. The five
among them, who had "intelligent" written on the papers distributed to them,
kept their candles lit. The other five, whose papers said "stupid", blew off
their candles signifying the two groups of people in society. The five
intelligent girls symbolized the group of people ready for Jesus Christ's
coming like the five Maidens in the story. The rest represented indifferent
people, who go through their daily lives far from Christian principles.
At the end of the service, the Ten Maidens followed Rev. Fr. Sdepanos
Pashayan into the Veharan (residence of the Catholicos), where His Holiness
Aram I welcomed them with gifts and blessings. He praised their interest in
the traditions of the Armenian Church and advised them to always follow
their Church and its rich ritualistic heritage.
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View the photos here: http://www.cathcil.org/v04/doc/Photos/Photos72.htm
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Fr.Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
E- mail: [email protected]
Web: http://www.cathcil.org/
PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon
Armenian version: http://www.cathcil.org/v04/doc/Armenian.htm
TEN GIRLS MARKING THE MEMORY OF THE TEN MAIDENS RECEIVE HIS HOLINESS'
BLESSINGS
A large crowd of believers gathered in the Saint Gregory the Illuminator
Cathedral in Antelias on April 3 to commemorate the memory of the Ten
Maidens. The service, held annually on the Tuesday of the last week of Great
Lent, was based on the story of the Parable of the Ten Maidens told by Jesus
Christ.
While the Bible was being read during the service, 10 Armenian girls from
Yeghishe Manoukian College stood up with candles in their hands. The five
among them, who had "intelligent" written on the papers distributed to them,
kept their candles lit. The other five, whose papers said "stupid", blew off
their candles signifying the two groups of people in society. The five
intelligent girls symbolized the group of people ready for Jesus Christ's
coming like the five Maidens in the story. The rest represented indifferent
people, who go through their daily lives far from Christian principles.
At the end of the service, the Ten Maidens followed Rev. Fr. Sdepanos
Pashayan into the Veharan (residence of the Catholicos), where His Holiness
Aram I welcomed them with gifts and blessings. He praised their interest in
the traditions of the Armenian Church and advised them to always follow
their Church and its rich ritualistic heritage.
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View the photos here: http://www.cathcil.org/v04/doc/Photos/Photos72.htm