The Catholicos of All Armenians received the clergy participating in the Priest Accelerated Course
On July 22, in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians; received Churchmen from different dioceses of Armenia and Diaspora who participated in three-week training courses.
His Holiness, conveying his paternal love and blessing to the spiritual fathers, emphasized that the training courses provide the best opportunity to further strengthen the spiritual life in a prayerful atmosphere, to be enriched with new knowledge and each other's experience.
The Patriarch of All Armenians urged the clergymen to further strengthen community life in their spiritual service, strengthening faith, hope and love in the lives of our people's children, as well as to fulfill their soulful mission for the welfare of believing Armenians, for the brightness of the mother Church and for the building of the motherland.
At the meeting, His Holiness also answered the priests' questions related to the canonical, ritual and pastoral life of the Church.