Pomegranate-Blessing in the Armenian Diocese Churches |
In accordance with the new order approved by His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, the Pomegranate-blessing service was offered in all the churches of the Armenian Diocese in Georgia, including the churches of the general prelacy of Samtskhe-Javakheti, Kvemo Kartli region and Batumi, on December 31, 2014. Tbilisi’s Saint Echmiadzin Church in the presence of believers offered the Service and the Prayer of Thanks with the participation of all the clergy members. At the end of the divine ceremony the parish priest Fr. Manuk Zeinalyan spoke about the sacrament of the Pomegranate-bles Then the Fathers blessed the pomegranates brought by the believers. Bishop Samvel Torosyanencourag |