Armenian Apostolic Holy Church The Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin

On 25 December 2012, on the occasion of the Feast of St. Stephen the Protodeacon and First Martyr, 32 students of the Gevorkian Theological Seminary of Holy Etchmiadzin and 2 acolytes from the Araratyan Pontiffical and Tavush Dioceses were ordained into the deaconate by His Grace Bishop Gevork Saroyan, Rector of the religious educational institutions of the Armenian Apostolic Church.