International Broadcast of Easter Divine Liturgy

[Tambiyan Samvel]

PRESS RELEASE
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Information Services
Address:  Vagharshapat, Republic of Armenia
Contact:  Rev. Fr. Ktrij Devejian
Tel:  (374 10) 517 163
Fax:  (374 10) 517 301
E-Mail:  [email protected]
April 3, 2006

International Broadcast of Easter Divine Liturgy

The Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin and the Shoghakat TV Company, working in
conjunction with the `First Channel' of Armenian television (`H1'), is
pleased to announce the live global telecast of the Pontifical Divine
Liturgy on Easter Sunday in Holy Etchmiadzin.  The celebrant will be His
Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians.

Armenian communities throughout the world will be able to watch Easter
Divine Liturgy in the Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin on Sunday
morning, April 16, 2006, on the Armenian H1 `First Channel' available
through satellite providers. 

Please refer to the list below for times and dates of the live broadcast in
your community:

Republic of Armenia - Sunday, April 16 at 10:30 AM
Republic of Nagorno Karabagh - Sunday, April 16 at 10:30 AM

Middle East
Lebanon - Sunday, April 16 at 8:30 AM
Syria - Sunday, April 16 at 8:30 AM
Israel - Sunday, April 16 at 8:30 AM
United Arab Emirates - Sunday, April 16 at 8:30 AM
Kuwait - Sunday, April 16 at 8:30 AM
Iran - Sunday, April 16 at 9:00 AM
Iraq - Sunday, April 16 at 9:30 AM

Europe
United Kingdom - Sunday, April 16 at 6:30 AM
France - Sunday, April 16 at 7:30 AM
Germany - Sunday, April 16 at 7:30 AM
Austria - Sunday, April 16 at 7:30 AM
Italy - Sunday, April 16 at 7:30 AM
Switzerland - Sunday, April 16 at 7:30 AM
Spain - Sunday, April 16 at 7:30 AM
Netherlands - Sunday, April 16 at 7:30 AM
Belgium - Sunday, April 16 at 7:30 AM
Sweden - Sunday, April 16 at 7:30 AM
Czech Republic - Sunday, April 16 at 7:30 AM
Hungary - Sunday, April 16 at 7:30 AM
Baltic States - Sunday, April 16 at 8:30 AM
Romania - Sunday, April 16 at 8:30 AM
Ukraine - Sunday, April 16 at 8:30 AM
Greece - Sunday, April 16 at 8:30 AM
Cyprus - Sunday, April 16 at 8:30 AM

North America
United States (New York) - Sunday, April 16 at 1:30 AM
United States (Chicago) - Sunday, April 16 at 12:30 AM
United States (Denver) - Sunday, April 16 at 11:30 PM
United States (Los Angeles) - Saturday, April 15 at 10:30 PM
Canada (Montreal) - Sunday, April 16 at 1:30 AM
Canada (Toronto) - Sunday, April 16 at 1:30 AM
Mexico (Mexico City) - Sunday, April 16 at 12:30 AM

South America
Venezuela - Sunday, April 16 at 1:30 AM
Argentina - Sunday, April 16 at 2:30 AM
Brazil - Sunday, April 16 at 2:30 AM
Uruguay - Sunday, April 16 at 2:30 AM

Africa
Egypt - Sunday, April 16 at 7:30 AM
South Africa - Sunday, April 16 at 7:30 AM
Ethiopia - Sunday, April 16 at 8:30 AM
Sudan - Sunday, April 16 at 8:30 AM

Asia
Turkey - Sunday, April 16 at 8:30 AM
Russian Federation (Moscow) - Sunday, April 16 at 9:30 AM
Russian Federation (St. Petersburg) - Sunday, April 16 at 9:30 AM
Russian Federation (Krasnodar) - Sunday, April 16 at 9:30 AM
Georgia - Sunday, April 16 at 10:30 AM
India - Sunday, April 16 at 11:00 AM
Thailand - Sunday, April 16 at 12:30 PM
Singapore - Sunday, April 16 at 1:30 PM

Australia & Pacific
Sydney - Sunday, April 16 at 3:30 PM
New Zealand - Sunday, April 16 at 5:30 PM