Photo Gallery: Glendale Adventist Medical Center holds annual Armenian Christmas ceremony

Western Diocese of the Armenian Church of North America Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, Primate of Western Diocese, center, blesses water at the annual Glendale Adventist Medical Center Armenian Christmas ceremony at the hospital in Glendale on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2017.  (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

Glendale councilmember Ara Najarian, right, holds blessed water and Christmas Gata bread, after the annual Glendale Adventist Medical Center Armenian Christmas ceremony at the hospital in Glendale on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2017.  (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

Western Diocese of the Armenian Church of North America leaders perform the annual Glendale Adventist Medical Center Armenian Christmas ceremony at the hospital in Glendale on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2017.  (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

Attendees were given Christmas Gata bread after the annual Glendale Adventist Medical Center Armenian Christmas ceremony at the hospital in Glendale on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2017.  (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

Western Diocese of the Armenian Church of North America protocol officer Peter Darakjian hands out blessed water to Vigen Zargarian, M.D., after the annual Glendale Adventist Medical Center Armenian Christmas ceremony at the hospital in Glendale on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2017.  (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)