Beirut, Lebanon
On Tuesday the 25th of March 2008, the parish of Our Lady of Annunciation church in Jeitawi, celebrated the church’s nomenclature. His Beatitude Nerses Bedros XIX Catholicos Patriarch of Armenians for the Armenian Catholics celebrated the Divine Liturgy and conveyed a message in which His Beatitude said that the Annunciation is a dominical day because it commemorates Christ as a man, emphasizing that the church along the centuries has played an essential role in preserving the true Christian values. His Beatitude also mentioned that the believers should express their faith and belief by devotion and servitude.
The parish priest of the Annunciation church Father Vartan Kazandjian, announced that the parish has organized several cultural and spiritual enterprises to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the foundation of the church and is getting prepared to celebrate it in 2009.
After the church ceremony, His Beatitude accepted the felicitation in the patriarchate hall.