On January 6, on the Feast of the Holy Nativity and Theophany of Our Lord Jesus Christ, a Divine Liturgy was celebrated in the St. Gregory the Illuminator Mother Cathedral of Yerevan by His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians.
Under the singing of the hymn “Khorhurd Khorin”, the Pontifical procession led the Armenian Pontiff to the Altar from the Chapel of St. Trdat. Assisting His Holiness during the Divine Liturgy were His Grace Bishop Moushegh Babayan, Grand Sacristan of the Mother See and Chairman of the Monastic Council of the Mother See; and His Grace Bishop Anushavan Jamkochyan, Dean of the Theological Faculty of Yerevan State University and Dean of St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral in Yerevan.
During the Pontifical Divine Liturgy, the Catholicos of All Armenians extended His Pontifical Message to All Armenians worldwide, conveying to everyone the Good News “Christ is Born and Revealed”.