PRELATE'S CHRISTMAS RECEPTION


Photo by Harry Koundakjian

 
V. Rev. Fr. Daniel Garabedian leads the traditional home blessing ceremony at the Christmas reception/open house hosted by Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan, Prelate of the Eastern Prelacy. From left to right: Rev. Fr. Mesrob Lakissian; Rev. Fr. Nareg Terterian, pastor of St. Sarkis Church, Douglaston, NY; Archbishop Oshagan; Hayr Daniel; V. Rev. Fr. Anoushavan Tanielian, Vicar General; V. Rev. Fr. Shahe Panossian, Chairman of the Religious Council and pastor of Sts. Vartanantz Church in Ridgefield, New Jersey; Ambassador Armen Martirosyan, Permanent Representative of Armenia to the United Nations; and Movses Abelian, United Nations Secretary of Administrative and Budgetary Committee for Program Coordination.