Armenian School Students Receive Holy Communion

The beautiful tradition of visiting Armenian Schools to bring the Good News to the youth continues at the Western Diocese. On December 20, 2016, the Diocesan Vicar General the Very Rev. Fr. Pakrad Dz. V. Berjekian, accompanied by Archpriest Fr. Shnork Demirjian and the Rev. Fr. Serovbe Alanjian, paid a pastoral visit AGBU Manoogian-Demirjian School. In his message to the students, the Vicar General conveyed the significance of spiritual renewal through the Miraculous Birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The homily was followed by the distribution of Holy Communion to the students and the administration.

On the following day, the Very Fr. Pagrad Dz. V. Berjekian, the Very Rev. Fr. Yeremia Abgaryan and Archpriest Fr. Sarkis Petoyan visited students at AGBU Vatche and Tamar Manoukian School After inspirational homilies from the clergy, the students received Holy Communion.

On December 22, the Diocesan Vicar General, the Very Rev. Fr. Yeremia Abgaryan and Archpriest Fr. Sarkis Petoyan visited the Alfred and Marguerite Hovsepian School of St. Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Church in Pasadena. The clergy delivered spiritual messages on the blessed occasion of the Nativity and Theophany. Holy Communion was distributed to the students and the staff alike.