On June 19, the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church celebrated the Feast of St. Atanagan, Bishop St. Atanagine, who is also Day of St. Shoghakat Monastery of Vagharshapat.
Khach-Tutaran summarizing the relics of St. Hovhannes Mkrtch and Atanagan Bishop, from the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, was taken to St. Shoghakat Monastery with a solemn procession of the clergy.
The procession headed by St. Gregory the Illuminator Kamar N.S.O.T.T. Garegin His second highly highly patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, blessing the pious people with a reluctant.
Then the sacred relics handed over His Holiness His Holiness Holy Holiness T. Ananias Tsaturyan.
The procession was met in front of St. Shoghakat Monastery, many pilgrims from the Vanore Speaker of the Mother See T. Led by Bishop Artak Tigranyan.
On the occasion of the holiday, a holy and immortal liturgy was served in the monastery. The liturgy was the abbot of St. Shoghakat Monastery. Father Aris Tonoyan.
At the end of the Holy Liturgy, the presidency of St. Shoghakat monastery was a blessing of the believers and the Organization of the Bishop Hovhannes Mkrtch and the Bishop of St. John Mkrtch and Atanagan.
