Requiem Service in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin
On Sunday, September 5, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, presided during the celebration of Divine Liturgy in the Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin. The celebrant was Very Rev. Fr. Armash Vardapet Nalbandian, Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Damascus, who led a group of more than 30 Armenian faithful from Syria to the Mother See on a pilgrimage.
Following the Divine Liturgy, a solemn requiem service was offered in memory of the hundreds of innocent victims of terrorism in Russia, specifically for those who lost their lives in the recent explosions of two aircraft, the bombing of a subway station and the horrific acts of violence and terror in the school in Beslan, North Ossetia. Prayers were offered for the repose of the souls of all those who perished, as well as comfort and consolation for their families and loved ones.
His Holiness Karekin II has sent telegrams of support and condolence on behalf of all Armenians throughout the world to President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, Russian Orthodox Patriarch His Holiness Alexi II, and President of North Ossetia Alexander Dzasokhov.
