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Mother See Holy Etchmiadzin schedule of Holy Week ceremonies

Mother See Holy Etchmiadzin schedule of Holy Week ceremonies:

FLOWER (March 24)

—Morning service of St. Hovhannes Mkrtich-Surb Vardan chapel-baptism, at 8:00.

— Andastan (blessing of branches) and blessing of children in the courtyard of the Mother Church, at 10:00.

—Holy Liturgy of St. At Gayane Monastery, at 11:00.

— Children's blessing ceremony in the yard of the Cathedral at 1:30 p.m.

- Order to open the door S. at Gayane Monastery, at 5:30 p.m.

 

HOLY TUESDAY: commemoration of ten nuns (March 26)

Evening liturgy at the Mother See of St. Etchmiadzin. Hovhannes Mkrtich-Surb Vardan in the chapel-baptistry, at 17:30.

 

HOLY THURSDAY (March 28)

—Morning liturgy and Order of penitence at St. Hovhannes Mkrtich-Surb Vardan chapel-baptism, at 8:00 a.m.

—Holy Liturgy at Saint Gayane Monastery, at 10:30 a.m.

- Foot washing ceremony in St. Trdat's Open Church, at 4:00 p.m.

—Eclipse ceremony at the Holy Gayane Monastery, at 19:00.

 

GOOD FRIDAY (March 29)

- Crucifixion in the Holy Gayane Monastery, at 12:00.

—Evening service and Burial ceremony in St. Trdat Open Shrine at 5:30 p.m.

 

HOLY WEEK (March 30)

—Morning service at St. Hovhannes Mkrtich-Surb Vardan chapel-baptism, at 8:00 a.m.

— Holy Liturgy of the Candlelight St. At Gayane Monastery, at 17:30.

 

HOLIDAY OF THE HOLY RESURRECTION (March 31)

—Easter Patriarchal Liturgy at Saint Gregory the Illuminator Mother Church of Yerevan, at 10:30 am.


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