ETCHMIADZIN. – The Armenian Apostolic Church on Thursday celebrates Candlemas, The Coming of a Son of God into a Temple.
The start of this frolic was given on Wednesday evening, a Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin sensitive Armenian News-NEWS.am. At a finish of a dusk boundless use during a Holy Etchmiadzin Mother Cathedral, Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II presided over a pre-festivity ceremony.
Subsequently, a normal Candlemas bonfire was illuminated outward a Mother See, with hundreds of pilgrims on hand, and a students from Gevorkian Theological Seminary achieved church chants and inhabitant songs.
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Holy Etchmiadzin kicks off Candlemas celebrations