On the Eve of the New Year in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin and all the churches of the Armenian Church, a Pomegranate-blessing service will be offered at the end of the Prayer of Thanks.
As the Information department at Mother See of Holly Echmiadzin reports, the order of blessing was approved in 2015 by Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians.
in the Armenian tradition, the pomegranate as a national symbol reflects the meaning of life, prosperity and abundance. In the Christian symbolism the pomegranate is the symbol of the blood shed by Jesus Christ, symbolizing also the Glorious Resurrection of our Lord and the diversity of God’s grace.
