An award presentation ceremony was held Sunday at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. 

At the end of the Divine Liturgy, Catholicos Karekin II decorated American-Armenian benefactor Nubar Afeyan with the “Saint Gregory the Illuminator” Order, as an appreciation of his important and beneficial commitments in the Armenian national and church life.    

The Catholicos highly evaluated Afeyan’s allegiance to and love toward the Armenian Apostolic Church and noted the benefactor’s significant involvement in church building, specifically his patriotic deed of helping to restore the Tatev Church Complex.  

Karekin II also stressed Nubar Afeyan’s important contribution to building a prosperous life for the people in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.  

A reception was held following the official presentation ceremony, and the guests toured the Mother See.