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November 17, 2006

New Bishops to be Ordained in Holy Etchmiadzin

On Sunday, November 19, His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All
Armenians, will ordain and consecrate three new bishops of the Armenian
Church during the celebration of Divine Liturgy in the Mother Cathedral
of Holy Etchmiadzin.

Being elevated to the episcopate are:  Very Rev. Fr. Ararat
Dz. Vardapet Kaltakjian, Dean of the Monasteries of the Mother See;
Very Rev. Fr. Anushavan Vardapet Jamkotchian, Dean of the Theological
Faculty of the Yerevan State University; and Very Rev. Fr. Markos
Vardapet Hovhannisian, Locum Tenens of the Diocese of Gegharkunik.

Divine Liturgy is scheduled to commence at 10:30 A.M.

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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress