Blessing of Pomegranates

BLESSING OF POMEGRANATES

SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 10AM

For the first time at St. Sahag we will be blessing Pomegranates on January 1. This tradition was established by His Holiness in 2015 at Holy Etchmiadzin. As a national symbol, the pomegranate has been widely used in Armenian architecture, arts and manuscripts. In Christianity, the pomegranate symbolizes the diversity of God’s grace, the Church. Just as the seeds of the pomegranate are separated by thin membranes yet held tightly together, in the same way, the Christian Church holds all Christians around the world together in Christ’s love; though they are separate, they are not divided.