April 12, 2021

SUPREME ARCHIMANDRITE ORDINATION AT SAINT GREGORY THE ILLUMINATOR MOTHER CATHEDRAL IN ANTELIAS

On Saturday, April 10th, 2021, following Evening Service, six Archimandrites from the Cilician Brotherhood were elevated to the rank of Supreme Archimandrite. The service was presided by His Holiness Aram I, while the ordination was performed by His Eminence Archbishop Shahan Sarkissian.

Very Rev. Frs. Sdepanos Pashayan, Ardag Arabian, Hrant Tahanian, Shnorhk Ashekian, Boghos Tinkjian, Hovhannes Saghdejian were called to receive the rank of Supreme Archimandrite. During the service, Very Rev. Fr. Zareh Sarkissian performed the role of the Patron of the Living.

Due to ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, under the direction of Catholicos Aram I, Very Rev. Frs. Vartan Tashjian and Bedros Manuelian, who were also called to be elevated to the rank of Supreme Archimandrite will receive their ranks in their respective countries at a later date.

 

At the end of the ordination service, Archbishop Shahan Sarkissian delivered his homily citing an excerpt from the Gospel of Matthew where Jesus Christ stated:  “Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’, anything more than this comes from evil (Matthew 5:37).”

The final benediction on the newly ordained Supreme Archimandrites was given by His Holiness.

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