Nashiville Mission Parish to Mark 20 Years

Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, Diocesan Primate, will visit the mission parish of Nashville, TN, this weekend, as the community marks the 20th anniversary of its establishment. On Saturday evening, August 8, Archbishop Barsamian will ordain Vartgez Mansourian, Armen Nadryan, and Stephan Oskian to the rank of acolyte. Razmig Kalanjian will be ordained to the sub-diaconate. The Rev. Fr. Abraham Ohanesian, the parish’s visiting pastor, and the Rev. Fr. Tateos Abdalian, the Diocese’s director of Mission Parishes, will assist the Primate.

Saturday’s ordinations will be the first to be performed in Nashville since the founding of the mission parish two decades ago. An anniversary dinner will follow the ordination service. 

On Sunday, Archbishop Barsamian will celebrate the Divine Liturgy. A luncheon will follow badarak. For more information on these events, click here to visit the parish’s website: http://www.armenianchurchofnashville.org/?utm_source=Eastern+Diocese+E-Newsletter&utm_campaign=099eb5feec-&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3f0172fcf2-099eb5feec-159715649