Archbishop Aris Shirvanian Visits St John's Armenian Church

Surpazan Aris Shirvanian visited St John's Armenian Apostolic Church in San Francisco on August 12th, 2007. The parish was honored that Surpazan Aris celebrated his 50th anniversary of ordination into the holy priesthood in San Francisco. The mayor and board of supervisors of San Francisco officially declared August 12th as Archbishop Aris Shirvanian day in San Francisco, the place where he served for 15 years. Surpazan Aris left St. John's in 1999 to serve the Armenian Patriarchate in Jerusalem as their Director of Ecumenical and Foreign Relations, a position he still holds today. This video documents his historic visit back to San Francisco.
If you like the music on this video, visit the link below. Three different Armenian choirs were featured on a beautiful album called "Fortress City." Check it out:
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[@Narekatzee]

this was great i know Aris Serpazan. I am a Sargavak in Canada for the Vancouver church but my dad is a priest and thats how ive met him. Unfortunately i do not know how to write in Armenian or read very well

[@DEDE10527]

very beautiful video, great job anthony!

[@StealthGoblin1]

What's with the black hood and purple cope(?) in the beginning? What is the origin of this?

[@MarkCox73]

Glory to Jesus Christ. Let some day all the Orthodox Churches reconcile in Christ's name!

[@MichaelRettig-MA]

we are apostolic christians. the first christian nation in the world. we accepted christ in 301 AD. 30 years before rome did.

[@μπουζούκι]

there is a small altar to the left of the main altar built in to the wall.