Photo Gallery: Glendale Memorial Hospital celebrates Armenian Christmas
His Eminence Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian, Prelate of the Armenian Church of the Western United States, center, blesses water with the assistance of Rev. Father Vazken Atmajian, left, and Rev. Father Komitas Torosian right, at Glendale Memorial Hospital in Glendale on Friday, January 4, 2013. His Eminence Mardirossian performed a short ceremony to celebrate New Years and the Armenian Christmas this weekend. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
His Eminence Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian, Prelate of the Armenian Church of the Western United States, drops oil intro a container of water during blessing of the water at Glendale Memorial Hospital in Glendale on Friday, January 4, 2013. His Eminence Mardirossian performed a short ceremony to celebrate New Years and the Armenian Christmas this weekend. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Attendees received blessed water after His Eminence Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian, Prelate of the Armenian Church of the Western United States, blessed the water at Glendale Memorial Hospital in Glendale on Friday, January 4, 2013. His Eminence Mardirossian performed a short ceremony to celebrate New Years and the Armenian Christmas this weekend. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Glendale Memorial Hospital Director for Mission Integration and Spiritual Care Cassie McCarty passed out containers of blessed water after His Eminence Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian, Prelate of the Armenian Church of the Western United States, blessed the water at Glendale Memorial Hospital in Glendale on Friday, January 4, 2013. His Eminence Mardirossian performed a short ceremony to celebrate New Years and the Armenian Christmas this weekend. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
His Eminence Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian, Prelate of the Armenian Church of the Western United States, drops oil intro a container of water during blessing of the water at Glendale Memorial Hospital in Glendale on Friday, January 4, 2013. His Eminence Mardirossian performed a short ceremony to celebrate New Years and the Armenian Christmas this weekend. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Incense burned as His Eminence Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian, Prelate of the Armenian Church of the Western United States, performed the blessing of the water at Glendale Memorial Hospital in Glendale on Friday, January 4, 2013. His Eminence Mardirossian performed a short ceremony to celebrate New Years and the Armenian Christmas this weekend. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Rev. Father Komitas Torosian dries a cross after His Eminence Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian, Prelate of the Armenian Church of the Western United States, blessed the water at Glendale Memorial Hospital in Glendale on Friday, January 4, 2013. His Eminence Mardirossian performed a short ceremony to celebrate New Years and the Armenian Christmas this weekend. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)
Attendees, including hospital President Jack Ivie, center, listen to His Eminence Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian, Prelate of the Armenian Church of the Western United States, speak during blessing of the water at Glendale Memorial Hospital in Glendale on Friday, January 4, 2013. His Eminence Mardirossian performed a short ceremony to celebrate New Years and the Armenian Christmas this weekend. (Raul Roa/Staff Photographer)