Ground-blessing service for the Candle-Lighting Hall and Pontifical Burial Chamber at the Mother See

In the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, under the presidency of Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians and Aram I, Catholicos of Great House of Cilicia, a Ground-blessing service was held for the Candle-Lighting Hall and Pontifical Burial Chamber. The newly constructed Chamber will hereinafter serve a resting place for our Patriarchs’ remains. A memorial monument to eternalize the memory of previous 131 Catholicoses’ will also be installed.

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