Divine Liturgy Offered on Armed Forces Day-2014
On January 26, in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians; presided over Divine Liturgy on the occasion of the Armed Forces Day of the Republic of Armenia. The celebrant was His Grace Bishop Vrtanes Abrahamian, His Grace Bishop Vrtanes Abrahamian, Primate of the Diocese of the Armenian Armed Forces and Head Chaplain of the Armenian Army. Present at the Divine Liturgy were Primates of the Armenian Church; members of the Brotherhood of Holy Etchmiadzin; Mr. Serian Ohanian, Minister of the Republic of Armenia Armed Forces; Senior Officers of the Armenian Army; Mr. Berge Setrakian, President of the Armenian General Benevolent Union, and AGBU members. Following the Divine Liturgy, at the Holy Altar of Descent of the Mother Cathedral, the Catholicos of All Armenians presided over the prayer "Blessing of the Republic" for the welfare and vibrancy of Armenian and the Armenian Army.
