Armenian Apostolic Holy Church The Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin

Every year, on December 31, Eve of the New Year, the brotherhood of Holy Etchmiadzin, students, academics of the Gevorkian Seminary and the staff of the Mother See, gathers in the refectory of the Mother See to celebrate the Eve of the New Year. His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians presides over the celebration.