Feast of Saint Hripsime and Her Companions celebrated in the Armenian Church
On June 8, the Holy Armenian Apostolic Church commemorated the sacred feast dedicated to the everlasting memory of the martyrs St. Hripsime and her companions.
On the occasion of the feast, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, removed the sacred relics of the nun from the museum of the Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin. An ecclesiastical procession, with members of the Brotherhood of Holy Etchmiadzin, children from the Youth Centers and the faithful, walked through the streets of Vagharshapat from the Mother See to the Monastery of Saint Hripsime. Led by the drum band of the AGBU Armenian Church Youth Centers, the Holy Right Hand relic was carried by His Grace Bishop Ararat Kaltakjian, Grant Sacristan of Holy Etchmiadzin, who blessed the crowds along the procession.
Upon reaching the monastery, Divine Liturgy was celebrated by Rev. Fr. Matteos Poghosyan, Abbot of the Monastery of St. Hripsime. During the Liturgy, Father Matteos delivered a sermon on the history of the martyrdom of St. Hripsime and her companion nuns and the significance and mystery of those events in the establishment of Christianity as the state religion in Armenia.
During and after the Divine Liturgy, pilgrims who had traveled from different regions of Armenia had an opportunity to kiss and be blessed by the relics of the nun.
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