BLESSING OF GRAPES CEREMONY IN ANTELIAS

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On Sunday, August 14th, 2022, the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary was celebrated at St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral in Antelias. H.G. Bishop Magar Ashkarian celebrated the Divine Liturgy and conducted the blessing of the grape ceremony.   Bishop Magar also offered his sermon on the occasion of the feast and cited…

HIS HOLINESS CATHOLICOS ARAM I EXTENDS CONDOLENCES TO HIS HOLINESS POPE TAWADROS II OF ALEXANDRIA OVER COPTIC CHURCH FIRE IN EGYPT

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On Tuesday, August 16th, 2022, His Holiness Catholicos Aram I extended a condolence letter to the head of the Coptic Church His Holiness Pope Tawadros II over the fire erupted on August 14th, killing dozens of worshippers gathered for Sunday Morning Divine Liturgy at a church in Giza.   The letter reads: “With deep sorrow we follow the…