COMMUNITY PAYS TRIBUTE: NEW MEMORIAL HONOURS LATE ARCHBISHOP
North Shore Times (Wednesday) (Australia)
April 17, 2013 Wednesday
1 - Main Book Edition
A MEMORIAL dedicated to the late Archbishop Aghan Baliozian was
unveiled at The Concourse in Chatswood on Sunday.
The late archbishop, who died suddenly last year at 66, was the
long-term primate of the Diocese of the Armenian Church of Australia
and New Zealand.
A khatchkar an Armenian memorial bearing a cross was unveiled during
the commemoration service in front of about 400 people, including
Willoughby Mayor Pat Reilly.
His Grace Bishop Haigazoun Najarian, who took over at the Armenian
Apostolic Church in Chatswood as the primate of the Armenian Diocese
of Australia and New Zealand, said it was a joyous event.
"We have to thank the mayor and this city, because it is a beautiful
gift to the Armenian people," he said.
The khatchkar will be permanently located on the upper grass terrace
at The Concourse after Willoughby Council resolved to establish a
memorial.
North Shore Times (Wednesday) (Australia)
April 17, 2013 Wednesday
1 - Main Book Edition
A MEMORIAL dedicated to the late Archbishop Aghan Baliozian was
unveiled at The Concourse in Chatswood on Sunday.
The late archbishop, who died suddenly last year at 66, was the
long-term primate of the Diocese of the Armenian Church of Australia
and New Zealand.
A khatchkar an Armenian memorial bearing a cross was unveiled during
the commemoration service in front of about 400 people, including
Willoughby Mayor Pat Reilly.
His Grace Bishop Haigazoun Najarian, who took over at the Armenian
Apostolic Church in Chatswood as the primate of the Armenian Diocese
of Australia and New Zealand, said it was a joyous event.
"We have to thank the mayor and this city, because it is a beautiful
gift to the Armenian people," he said.
The khatchkar will be permanently located on the upper grass terrace
at The Concourse after Willoughby Council resolved to establish a
memorial.