Rev. Fr. Mesrob Lakissian, pastor of the St. Illuminator’s Cathedral in New York and a member of the Armenian Prelacy Religious Council, represented Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan at the Prayer Service on the occasion of the 69th session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly on Mon., Sept. 15. The service took place at the Church of the Holy Family.
Rev. Gerald E. Murray, pastor of the Church of the Holy Family, welcomed the guests. Remarks were offered by the Most Reverend Gerald T. Walsh, vicar general, Archdiocese of New York; His Excellency Ban Ki-moon, secretary general of the UN; His Excellency Sam Kutesa, president of the 69th session of the General Assembly; and His Excellency Archbishop Bernardito Auza, Apostolic Nuncio permanent observer of the Holy See to the UN.
The service included prayers, readings, and hymns. Many of the prayers called for an end of violence and war, and especially for peace in Syria and the Middle East.
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