February 02, 2013
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AGBU Leadership Attends Special Divine Liturgy Commemorating 21st Anniversary of Republic of Armenia’s Armed Forces

  • Commemorating the 21st Anniversary of Armenia’s Army during
    Commemorating the 21st Anniversary of Armenia’s Army during a special ceremony at Holy Etchmiadzin are (l. to r.) Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian, His Holiness Karekin II, AGBU President Berge Setrakian, Bishop Vertanes Abrahamyan and Major Vartan Avedissian, the Defense Ministry’s Public Relations and Media department head.

His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, celebrated a special Divine Liturgy at Holy Etchmiadzin on Sunday, January 27, 2013, to commemorate the 21st anniversary of the formation of the Republic of Armenia’s Armed Forces. Present during this occasion were AGBU President Berge Setrakian and Central Board of Directors members Vasken Yacoubian and Yervant Zorian, as well as Armenia’s Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian, national army officials, and primates of the Armenian Church.

An official reception followed at the Gevorgyan Seminary Hall, where His Holiness offered his blessings to all those present, and awarded the St. Nersess Shnorhali Medal of Honor to a number of high ranking army officials for their service and devotion to their homeland and its people.

Additionally, by Defense Minister Ohanian’s decree, 20 clergymen, all of whom are veterans of the Karabakh War, were awarded with the army’s Marshal Baghramian, Andranik Ozanian, Drastamat Kanayan, Garegin Njdeh, Vazgen Sargsyan and Admiral H.S. Isakov Medals.

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