Last Sunday, June 10, Bishop Anoushavan Tanielian, Vicar, presided over the Divine Liturgy at St. Illuminator’s Cathedral in New York. Following the Liturgy and the 40th day requiem service for Aris Sevag, the Vicar celebrated the Blessing of Water ceremony using the relic of St. John the Baptist, whose feast day in the Armenian liturgical calendar was last Thursday.
Bishop Anoushavan conducts the Blessing of the Water ceremony at St. Illuminator’s Cathedral. From left to right, Dikran Kabarajian, Rev. Fr. Mesrob Lakissian, Bishop Anoushavan, Deacon Shant Kazanjian, and Deacon Hagop Ghajanian.