CONGRESS OF CLERGYMEN AND CHURCH COUNCILS TAKES PLACE IN TEHRAN

TEHRAN, AUGUST 18, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. A congress of
clergymen and church councils headed by Archbishop Sepuh Sargsian,
the primate of the Tehran Armenian Diocese took place at the primacy
of the Tehran Armenian Diocese on August 16. It was the first one in
its form and contents. Night and morning divine service presided by
His Holiness took place at the Surb Sargis mother church. According
to the “Alik” daily, the congress started with the Lord’s Prayer,
after what His Holiness made an opening speech in which he mentioned
the importance of similar congresses which become occasions for a
churchman’s renewal and filling as, in the sense of his title and
mission, a clergyman needs self-development and long-lasting reading.
He touched upon an Armenian clergyman’s self-development and its
types. His holiness mentioned the mission of married clergymen who,
as kind and self-devoted pastors, are obliged to head their flock,
to hold religious worship and ceremony in complete way, to preach the