KAREKIN II CATHOLICOS: "SURB NERSES SHNORHALI" ORDERS GIVEN TO MIKAYEL
HAROUTIUNIAN AND SEYRAN OHANIAN
ETCHMIADZIN, JANUARY 29, NOYAN TAPAN. The Surb (Saint) Liturgy was
celebrated at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin on January 28 on the
occasion of the Army Day and 15th anniversary of the Armenian Army. The
Liturgy was celebrated by His Holiness Karekin II Supreme Patriarch and
Catholicos of All Armenians. The officiating priest at mass was Bishop
Ararat Galtagchian. As Noyan Tapan was informed by the Information
Services of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, an official reception
also took place at the Patriarchate during which the Catholicos of All
Armenians decorated RA Armed Forces Headquarters General Chief Colonel
General Mikayel Haroutiunian and NKR Defence Minister Lieutenant
General Seyran Ohanian with the "Surb Nerses Shnorhali" high orders of
honour of the Armenian Apostolic Surb (Saint) Church.