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DOME IS INSTALLED ON THE NEW WESTERN DIOCESE CATHEDRAL
http://www.reporter.am/go/article/2009- 05-15-dome-is-installed-on-the-new-western-diocese -cathedral
Friday May 15, 2009
Burbank, Calif. - The Cathedral of the Western Diocese of the Armenian
Church, which is being built in Burbank, on May 13 got its dome. With
the installation of the dome, the construction project entered a
new phase.
On hand to witness the installation were Archbishop Hovnan Derderian,
Primate; Archbishop Vatche Hovsepian; Joseph Kanimian, Esq., chair of
the Diocesan Council; Armen Hampar, chair of the Cathedral Building
Committee; dome benefactor Eleanor Dickranian and her daughters Cindy
Norian and Laurel Karabian; Diocesan clergy; and a number of faithful.
After posing for a group picture, the faithful were invited to the
Primate's office, where they celebrated this milestone in the process
of the construction of the cathedral.
At the request of the Primate, all guests joined him in praying for
the repose of the soul of Arshag Dickranian - the late husband of
the cathedral dome benefactor.
The Diocesan Complex has been named after Arshag and Eleanor
Dickranian.
http://www.reporter.am/go/article/2009- 05-15-dome-is-installed-on-the-new-western-diocese -cathedral
Friday May 15, 2009
Burbank, Calif. - The Cathedral of the Western Diocese of the Armenian
Church, which is being built in Burbank, on May 13 got its dome. With
the installation of the dome, the construction project entered a
new phase.
On hand to witness the installation were Archbishop Hovnan Derderian,
Primate; Archbishop Vatche Hovsepian; Joseph Kanimian, Esq., chair of
the Diocesan Council; Armen Hampar, chair of the Cathedral Building
Committee; dome benefactor Eleanor Dickranian and her daughters Cindy
Norian and Laurel Karabian; Diocesan clergy; and a number of faithful.
After posing for a group picture, the faithful were invited to the
Primate's office, where they celebrated this milestone in the process
of the construction of the cathedral.
At the request of the Primate, all guests joined him in praying for
the repose of the soul of Arshag Dickranian - the late husband of
the cathedral dome benefactor.
The Diocesan Complex has been named after Arshag and Eleanor
Dickranian.