On the occasion of the New Year and the Christmas holidays, His Holiness Karekin II, the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians visited today a charity canteen in Echmiadzin operating next to the Mother See of Holy Echmiadzin. 

As the information department at the Holy See reports, the Catholicos brought his blessings and congratulation s to the lonely elders and socially vulnerable people.

During the visit, His Holiness had a dinner with the elderly people and talked to them on broad issues of their interest.

As the Mother See of Holy Echmiadzin reports under the sponsorship of the Mother Echmiadzin five charity canteens operate in Armenia’s different towns that serve around 900 people daily on regular basis.