The Armenian Apostolic Church celebrated the day of remembrance of John the Baptist and Bishop Athanasius

Thursday is the day of remembrance of the bishops of the Shoghakat Church, John the Baptist and Saint Athanasius. Their relics were brought to Armenia by Gregory the Illuminator. In front of the Arch of Gregory the Illuminator, the Patriarch of All Armenians blessed the people with the relic of John the Baptist and handed it over to the rector of the Mother See, Bishop Anania Tsaturyan. The church procession transported the sacred relic from the Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin to the Holy Shoghakat Church.

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