ORDINATION OF DEACONS AT THE ST GREGORY THE ILLUMINATOR CATHEDRAL IN ANTELIAS
05/23/2010
On Sunday 23 May 2010, seven new deacons were ordained during the Holy Liturgy presided by His Holiness Aram I. According to the ordination rites of the Armenian Church, the sub-deacons rose to the alter on their knees. After promising to devote their lives to the service of the Church and the people, the celebrant Bishop vested them with ourarions.
After the Holy Liturgy, His Holiness Aram I received them at the main hall of his residence. In his address he said: “Today you were delegated to a new ministry, service in the Church and in the name of the Church. I would like you to remember what our Lord Jesus Christ said: ‘God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble’ (1 Peter 5).
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