CHILDREN CELEBRATE PALM SUNDAY IN ARMENIA
Tert.am
15:35 ~U 25.03.10
Under the blessing of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and
Catholicos of All Armenians, the Center for Christian Upbringing
at the Mother See of Holy Echmiadzin, in cooperation with the RA
Ministry of Education and Sciene, initiated a program called Children
are Celebrating Dzaghkazard (also called Palm Sunday).
Among participatants in the program are the Armenian Dioces of the
Armenian Church, local self-governing bodies and several kindergartens
in Yerevan and the marzes (provinces).
During this holiday, from March 25-28, children from different
kindergartens, accompanied by their teachers, will go to churches
where they will be blessed in a religious ceremony.
Celebrations will continue in the yards adjacent to the churches
where the children will draw with chalk on the ground and express
their perception of this holiday.
Tert.am
15:35 ~U 25.03.10
Under the blessing of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and
Catholicos of All Armenians, the Center for Christian Upbringing
at the Mother See of Holy Echmiadzin, in cooperation with the RA
Ministry of Education and Sciene, initiated a program called Children
are Celebrating Dzaghkazard (also called Palm Sunday).
Among participatants in the program are the Armenian Dioces of the
Armenian Church, local self-governing bodies and several kindergartens
in Yerevan and the marzes (provinces).
During this holiday, from March 25-28, children from different
kindergartens, accompanied by their teachers, will go to churches
where they will be blessed in a religious ceremony.
Celebrations will continue in the yards adjacent to the churches
where the children will draw with chalk on the ground and express
their perception of this holiday.