The Armenian blessing of pomegranates

Under the presidency of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, at midnight on the Eve of the New Year in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin and all the churches of the Armenian Church, a Prayer of Thanksgiving and a Pomegranate-blessing service will be offered for the New Year.

The government authorities of the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh have donated pomegranates to the Mother Cathedral for the Blessing of the Pomegranate.

We urge our faithful to participate in the Prayer of Thanksgiving and the Pomegranate-blessing.