On Monday, February 14, at the Galata Surp Krikor Lusavoriç Church, the Holy Offering Rite (Surp Badarak) and the “Diyarnıntaraç Feast” (Presentation of the Lord Jesus Christ in the Temple) were celebrated, presided over by Patriarch Sahak II.
Father Nerses Ayvazyan presented the Sacred Offering. The deacon and senior readers served the sacrament.
In the mass that Father Zakeos Ohanyan, Father Shnork Donikyan, Senior Father Krikor Damadyan, Senior Father Antreas Hagopian, Senior Father Kevork Cinaryan, Senior Father Sarkis Kuyumcuyan, Senior Father Goryun Fenerjian, Father Zohrab Hurayninig, Church Attendant, Father Zohrab Hurianjian, Herr Pedro Peñerjian, Churchill Uhanyan, Father Bedros Buldukyan, Father Natan Arabian Surp Krikor Lusavoric Church Foundation President Harutyun Ebeoğlu, board members and believers were present, the chants were sung by the choir led by Deacon Harutyun Edvin Galipyan.
His Beatitude the Patriarch gave a sermon in Armenian and Turkish after the Holy Offering.
After the sermons, the Church was left in a cortege, and the late Patriarch Hovhannes Golod was commemorated with prayers at his grave on the occasion of the 281st anniversary of his death, with the Hokehankist Ceremony held in the lower floor of the Church.
