Diocesan Clergy Visit Ararat Home On The Occasion Of The Feast Of The Exaltation Of The Holy Cross

On Wednesday, September 12, 2018, with the blessing of the Diocesan Primate and the participation of the Diocesan clergy, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the chapel of Ararat Home in Mission Hills on the occasion of the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.

In the service presided by the Diocesan Primate Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, the day’s celebrant was the Rev. Fr. Yeremia Khachatryan. The residents, staff and dozens of believers participated in the service. The Very Rev. Fr. Dajad Dz. V. Yardemian, Archpriest Fr. Arshag Khatchadourian, the Rev. Fr. Yeghia Isayan, the Rev. Fr. Haroutioun Tachejian, the Rev. Fr. Avedis Abovian, the Rev. Fr. Vache Hayrapetyan and Dn. Artak Khachikyan participated in the service.

In his sermon, Archbishop Derderian encouraged the faithful to be led by the power of the Holy Cross, for the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ symbolizes His Victorious Resurrection, the essence of the Christian Faith.

Prior to the conclusion of the service, the clergy participated in the traditional rite of the Blessing of Basil leaves.