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."
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