Candle Hall and Patriarchal Burial Tomb Ground Blessing Service

24/10/2012 On October 21, in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians; offered a ground blessing service for a new building on the grounds of the Mother See, which will serve as a Candle Lighting Hall, and Burial Tomb for the Catholicoi. Prior to the service, Divine Liturgy was celebrated in the Mother Cathedral, by Bishop Vahan Hovannisian, Primate of the Diocese of Great Britain. In attendance were members of the Brotherhood of Holy Etchmiadzin, delegates from the Armenian General Benevolent Union’s (AGBU) 87th General Assembly, Mr