Blessing of the Throats
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The Blessing of the Throats is a sacramental of the Roman Catholic Church, ordinarily celebrated on February 3, the feast day of Saint Blaise of Sebaste. It is also celebrated in some of the Eastern C
Candles crossed in a special candelabrum used to bless throats
Armenian Apostolic Church
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The Armenian Apostolic Church is the autocephalous national church of Armenia. Part of Oriental Orthodoxy, it is one of the most ancient Christian churches. The Armenian Apostolic Church uses the Arme
Blessing of the Throats
…Armenian Catholic Church, the neck is anointed with oil on a cotton swab or on a candle. The blessing of throats does not appear to be practiced in the Armenian Apostolic Church. A Ukrainian Greek Catholic ritual of the blessing of the throats also exists…
Etchmiadzin Cathedral, the mother church of the Armenian Apostolic Church
Gregory the Illuminator, first Catholicos of All Armenians
Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem
Armenian Church in Madras, India, constructed in 1712