Mother See Announces Holy Week Schedule
PALM SUNDAY (March 28) - 10:00 am - Blessing of the Four Corners of the Earth (Andastan) and Blessing of the Children service – offered by
PALM SUNDAY (March 28) - 10:00 am
- Blessing of the Four Corners of the Earth (Andastan) and Blessing of the Children service
– offered by His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians;
- 11:00am - Divine Liturgy and Blessing of the Children service (Brotherhood of the Mother See will attend the ceremony in the St. Gayane Monastery);
- 05:30 pm – Opening of the Doors Service ( Drnbatsek) in the St. Gayane Monastery;
HOLY TUESDAY (March 30)- COMMEMORATION OF THE TEN VIRGINS - 05:30 pm
- Evening Service in the St. John the Baptist and St. Vardan Chapel-baptistery of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin;
HOLY THURSDAY (April 01) - 08:00 am
- Morning Service and Service for those who are fasting (Karg Apashkharoghats), in the St. John the Baptist and St. Vardan Chapel-baptistery;
- 10:30 am - Divine Liturgy (Brotherhood of the Mother See will attend the ceremony in the St. Gayane Monastery);
- 04:00 pm - Washing of the Feet Service - offered by His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians; in the St. Gayane Monastery;
- 07:00 pm - Betrayal Service in the St. Gayane Monastery;
HOLY FRIDAY (April 02) - 12:00 noon
- Crucifixion Service, in the St. Gayane Monastery;
- 17:30 pm - Evening Service and Burial Service, in the St. Gayane Monastery;
HOLY SATURDAY (April 03) - 17:30 pm
– Candlelight Divine Liturgy (Brotherhood of the Mother See will attend the ceremony in the St. Gayane Monastery);
FEAST OF THE GLORIOUS RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST (April 04) - 10:30 am
– Easter Pontifical Divine Liturgy, in the St. Gregory the Illuminator Mother Cathedral of Yerevan