Photo Gallery: Armenian Christmas, newborn blessing at Dignity Health Glendale

It was standing-room only as H.E. Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian, Prelate, officiated over the Armenian Christmas Service at Dignity Health Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center in Glendale on Tuesday, January 8, 2019.  (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

Hours-old Emily Altunyan is blessed by H.E. Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian, Prelate, center, after officiating over the Armenian Christmas Service at Dignity Health Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center in Glendale on Tuesday, January 8, 2019.  (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

H.E. Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian, Prelate, center, officiated over the Armenian Christmas Service at Dignity Health Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center in Glendale on Tuesday, January 8, 2019.  (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

Blessed water was passed out after H.E. Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian, Prelate, officiated over the Armenian Christmas Service at Dignity Health Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center in Glendale on Tuesday, January 8, 2019.  (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

Gayane Torosyan, who just had a baby girl a few hours before, is blessed by H.E. Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian, Prelate, after he officiated over the Armenian Christmas Service at Dignity Health Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center in Glendale on Tuesday, January 8, 2019.  (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)

With her mother Gayane Torosyan looking on, hours-old Emily Altunyan is blessed by H.E. Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian, Prelate, after officiating over the Armenian Christmas Service at Dignity Health Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center in Glendale on Tuesday, January 8, 2019.  (Raul Roa / Staff Photographer)