Here is the announcement from the
Eastern Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church in America [
armenianprelacy.org]:
Saturday, May 9, 2015—Divine Liturgy at 10 am
Divine Liturgy will be celebrated at the Basilica of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, 400 Michigan Avenue NE, Washington, DC, on the campus of Catholic University, at 10 am. His Holiness Karekin II will celebrate the Divine Liturgy and His Holiness Aram I will deliver the sermon. Armenian choirs from across the country will participate under the direction of Maestro Khoren Mekanejian. Tickets are not needed.
My only concern is what will happen when it comes time for Holy Communion. Will there be an announcement made that Catholics will not be able to receive Holy Communion...even though the liturgy happens to be in a Catholic basilica?
To my knowledge, this will be the second time that His Holiness Karekin II celebrates a Soorp Badarak in a Roman Catholic church, the first being at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in LA in 2005:
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