ARMENIAN COMMUNITY IN INDIA CELEBRATES VIRGIN ASSUMPTION DAY

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
17.08.2009 18:30 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ On August 16, Armenian Apostolic Church celebrated
Virgin Assumption Day. In India, Armenian community representatives
made their traditional pilgrimage to St. Mary church in Saidabad
to participate in festive liturgy conducted by clegyman Ter Avetis
Hambardzumyan.

Liturgy was followed by vine consecration ceremony. At the end, the
clergyman preached a sermon, and thereafter consecrated vines were
distributed among visitors.