His Holiness Catholicos Aram I Presides over the Divine Liturgy on the Occasion of the Pilgrimage Day of St. Mary Monastery in Bikfaya

On the Pilgrimage Day of St. Mary Monastery and Eve of the Feast of the Assumption of Virgin Mary, His Holiness Catholicos Aram I, Catholicos of the Armenian Church, Holy See of Cilicia, and Honorary President of the Middle East Council of Churches, presided over the Divine Liturgy held on the open-air Altar of the Monastery, in Bikfaya. The Divine Liturgy was celebrated by the Prelate of Lebanon, His Eminence Archbishop Shahe Panossian.

During the Liturgy, the Pontifical Procession, led by His Holiness Catholicos Aram I, ascended the altar for the traditional ceremony of the Blessing of the Grapes and Madagh. The Catholicos conducted the ceremony, and subsequently, delivered the Sermon…

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