BR ARMENIAN CHURCH TO HOLD SPECIAL SERVICE
The Advocate
May 13, 2006 Saturday
Main Edition
Advocate staff report
The state’s first Armenian house of worship, St. Garabed Armenian
Church, will hold consecration services Sunday.
The ceremony, which begins at 10:30 a.m. at the church, 6208 Florida
Blvd., will be led by Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, primate of the
Diocese of the Armenian Church of America, headquartered in New
York City. The Armenian Church is thought to be one of the Apostolic
churches claiming descent from Christ’s original apostles. While the
local church has been operational for two years, it will now receive
the special blessings that will allow it to be used as a “sacred
sanctuary for the state’s Armenian Christians, many of whom are
first generation arrivals to America.” The traditional liturgy used
in services closely resembles those used in Orthodox churches. The
Armenian consecration service will include prayers, blessings and
symbolic acts. To learn more Information on the church history is
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