Local News in Brief : Santa Ana : Leader of Armenian Church to Conduct Rite
His Holiness Karekin II, spiritual leader of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Great House of Cilicia based in Lebanon, will consecrate the Forty Martyrs Church, 5315 W. McFadden Ave., Santa Ana, at 10:30 a.m. Sunday.
The 2-year-old church serves 2,500 Armenian families in Orange County, according to Father Moushegh Mardirossian, the church’s pastor.
Two branches of the Armenian Apostolic Church serve the Armenian population in the United States. In California, the See of Cilicia has eight parishes while the older See of Etchmiadzin, with its spiritual leadership in Soviet Armenia, has 20.
Karekin II is visiting the United States following his participation in the millennium celebration of the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow. He will also consecrate St. Mary’s Armenian Apostolic Church in Glendale.
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