April 16, 2019

HOLY TUESDAY COMMEMORATION AT THE CATHOLICOSATE OF CILICIA

On April 16th, 2019, Holy Tuesday service was conducted at St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral in Antelias, commemorating the Parable of the Ten Maidens.

 

Ten young girls, who are Sunday School students, stood before the altar holding lanterns. As the priest read the Gospel of Matthew, five of the girls extinguished their lanterns, while the others kept theirs lit. The parable calls Christians to live the principles of the Gospel and to shine with their good works in order to be ready for Christ’s second coming.

 

At the end of the service, His Holiness Aram I received the ten young girls and their parents and gave each a cross, which he had blessed according to the Church’s traditions.

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