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  • Arrival of New Priest For The Parish of Melbourne

    PRESS RELEASE
    Diocese of the Armenian Church of Australia & New Zealand
    10 Macquarie Street
    Chatswood NSW 2067
    AUSTRALIA
    Contact: Laura Artinian
    Tel: (02) 9419-8056
    Fax: (02) 9904-8446
    Email: [email protected]


    3 November 2008


    ARRIVAL OF NEW PRIEST FOR THE PARISH OF MELBOURNE


    Yesterday saw the arrival in Sydney of Very Reverend Father Giragos Davtyan
    of the Brotherhood of Holy Etchmiadzin for a four day visit before heading
    to the parish of Melbourne where he will serve the Armenian community for
    the time being for two years. His service in Australia begins by the
    Pontifical directive of His Holiness Karekin II Supreme Patriarch and
    Catholicos of All Armenians following the request of the Diocesan Council
    for a new priest for the Melbourne parish.

    Father Giragos comes from Batumi, Georgia where he served at St Saviour
    Armenian Church for more than two years having graduated from the Gevorkian
    Theological Seminary of Holy Etchmiadzin in 2005 and ordained a celibate
    priest in 2006.

    With much anticipation the Church Council of St Mary's Armenian Church in
    Melbourne awaits the arrival of Father Giragos who will be priest in
    residence with long-serving parish priest Reverend Father Hagop Cherkezian.
    Father Hagop has been tending the needs of the Melbourne community for the
    past 21 years.

    At Sydney's International Airport yesterday, the young priest was greeted by
    Diocesan and Sydney Church Councillors. His first point of call was to the
    Church of Holy Resurrection where he was welcomed by the church family and
    met with Primate of the Diocese, His Eminence Archbishop Aghan Baliozian
    following Badarak. After a casual lunch with the Primate and Church
    Councillors and an afternoon of rest, in the evening Father Giragos met with
    members of the Bible Study Youth Group.

    Father Giragos will spend the next few days in Sydney to get accustomed to
    local church practices and functions of the Diocese. He will have meetings
    with both Diocesan and Church Councils to become personally acquainted with
    the church bodies as well as attend Bible study and prayer groups to meet
    the church community.

    After receiving the blessing of the Primate, Father Giragos is expected to
    arrive in Melbourne on Thursday.
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