Your trusted source

The Armenian Apostolic Church will celebrate the Palm Sunday, the triumphant entry of our Lord Jesus Christ in Jerusalem on April 9. As the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin reports, under the presidency of the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II Palm Sunday is also annually declared to be the Blessing of Children Day.

On the occasion of the Feast, a special service of Blessing of Children will be held at all Armenian Churches, the source said.

Under the presidency of His Holiness Karekin II, the following services will be held in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.

-At 10:00 a.m., the Blessing Service of the Four Corners of the World (Andastan) will be offered in the courtyard of the Mother Cathedral.

-Following the conclusion of the Divine Liturgy, the Blessing of Children Service will be offered at 1:00 p.m.

This year, with the blessings of the Catholicos of All Armenians; the Social Service Department of the Mother See will hold an event for 150 disabled children from the Hrazdan Children's Support Foundation Day Center. Following the Blessing Service, a reception will be held for the Children of the Day Center, during which the Catholicos of All Armenians will distribute gifts to the children.