New Bishops to be Ordained in Holy Etchmiadzin

On Sunday, November 19, His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, will ordain and consecrate three new bishops of the Armenian Church during the celebration of Divine Liturgy in the Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin.

Being elevated to the episcopate are: Very Rev. Fr. Ararat Dz. Vardapet Kaltakjian, Dean of the Monasteries of the Mother See; Very Rev. Fr. Anushavan Vardapet Jamkotchian, Dean of the Theological Faculty of the Yerevan State University; and Very Rev. Fr. Markos Vardapet Hovhannisian, Locum Tenens of the Diocese of Gegharkunik.

Divine Liturgy is scheduled to commence at 10:30 A.M.