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Today was a busy day! We celebrated a major feast day- Khatchverats- and welcomed our Sunday School students for a new academic year! Read below for more information on today’s feast day! #armenianchurch #armenian #church #cross #exaltation #jesus #sundayschool ****** Today, the Armenian Church commemorates the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Khachverats), which is the last of the five Tabernacle Feasts observed by the Armenian Church during the liturgical year. The Exaltation celebrates the transformation of the cross as an instrument of punishment into a venerated symbol of life and victory. A sacred religious symbol that was now exalted and glorified. The cross, once a means of death for criminals, became the dominant symbol of triumph over death. The ceremony for the Exaltation begins with the decoration of the Cross with sweet basil (rehan), a sign of royalty, and also as a symbol of the living cross that is carried around the church in a procession led by the priest, and followed by deacons and altar servers. After the Bible readings, the officiating priest lifts the Cross and makes the sign of the Cross, and blesses the four corners of the world (Andastan service), asking God’s blessing and bounty for the prosperity of the Armenian Church and for the fruitfulness of the land, and all the holy places and inhabitants thereof.

St. Stephen's Armenian Apostolic Church of Greater Boston

Սուրբ Ստեփանոս Հայաստանեայց Առաքելական Եկեղեցի

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