Ordination of Deacons at the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia in Antelias, Lebanon

On Sunday, June 12th, 2022, under the auspices of His Holiness Catholicos Aram I, Catholicos of the Armenian Church, Holy See of Cilicia, Archbishop Gomidas Ohanian celebrated Divine Liturgy and performed the ordination of three Seminarians—Yervant Yeghyayan, Antranig Minassian and Serge Keosherian—­as deacons, who were led to the alter by V. Rev. Fr. Kevork Karageozian.

 During the ceremony, the candidates ascended the altar on their knees where the officiant priest raised his prayers to God and asked Him to endow the newly ordained with heavenly wisdom, and administered onto them the right to wear a stole on the left shoulder, read the Gospel and administer the censer during the Divine Liturgy…

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