Prelates, Other Clergy Join the Cruise

"The Armenian Weekly", Armenian Heritage Cruise Special, Volume 74, No. 4, February 2, 2008

Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan, Prelate of the Armenian Prelacy-Eastern U.S.; Archbishop Khajag Hagopian, Prelate of the Armenian Prelacy of Canada; Archbishop Souren Kataroyan; and Rev. Joe Matossian, Minister to the Armenian Evangelical Union of North America joined the cruise this year, together with several other clergymen.

The clergy held a morning service each day with a short sermon of the day, attended by many of the vacationing Armenians.

On Saturday, Jan. 19, a requiem service was held for Hrant Dink on the occasion of the first anniversary of his assassination in Turkey.
An overflow number of the faithful attended.

Also on Jan. 19, a panel discussion titled “The Armenian Church: What’s in the Future” was held about issues and challenges facing the Armenian Church.

Dr. Ara Yeretzian moderated the discussion. The panelists were Archbishops Choloyan, Kataroyan and Hagopian, and Rev. Joseph Matossian.

Their primary focus was on the mechanism and process for reform in the Armenian Church.