ARCHBISHOP ANOUSHAVAN TAKES PART IN INTERCOMMUNAL SERVICE

On Friday, April 24,His Eminence Archbishop Anoushavan, Prelate, along with Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan, Primate, and Bishop Mikael Mouradian, Armenian Catholic Eparch, presided over and gave his message at the Intercommunal Church Service at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul in Philadelphia, which kicked off the celebrations of the dedication of the Armenian Heritage Walk. They were joined by clergy and altar servers from all Philadelphia area Armenian churches, accompanied by an intercommunal choir made up of members from all churches. The evening culminated in musical performances by children of the Armenian Sisters Academy and the blessing and gifting of an Armenian cross-stone (khatchkar) monument to the basilica to honor the Holy See of the Vatican for bringing attention to the Armenian nation and remembering the sainted martyrs of the 1915 Armenian Genocide.