At Diyarbakır stop of the culture and faith tour organized by the İstanbul Armenian Catholic Patriarchate, High Priest Abraham delivered the Holy Mass at the Fıratyan Surp Hovsep Church on Saturday, June 3rd.
In Diyarbakir Surp Hovsep Armenian Catholic Church, which has been restored with the support of Dicle University and the Ministry of Culture, services are held at certain times of the year. A special service was held in Diyarbakır around the time Archbishop Levon Zekiyan departed for Ankara to attend the swearing-in ceremony of the re-elected President of the Republic of Turkey, Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Vosgeperan Choir sang hymns under the direction of Choir conductor Arek Dolduryan.
In addition to the Christian citizens living in the region, the foundation administrators of the Armenian and Syriac Churches also attended the special ceremony, to which the people of the region, who came from the surrounding provinces, showed great interest.
