Armenian Diocese - Celebration of Etchmiadzin Anniversary Planned
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The Armenian Church will celebrate the 1,700th anniversary of the consecration of the Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin in 2003. Earlier this year, His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, appointed a select committee of clergy and lay people -- led by Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, Primate of the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern) -- to prepare plans for the celebration. The group met for the second time on January 24. The celebration plans call for pilgrimages to Holy Etchmiadzin, a meeting of young Armenian from around the world, an international academic symposium on Etchmiadzin, and various publications.
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