The inaugural Divine Liturgy was served Sunday in the first Armenian church in Spain built in the town of Benalmadena.

Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, the Pontifical Legate of Western Europe of the Armenian Apostolic Church, offered this Divine Liturgy.

Founders of the church, benefactors, and a large number of Spanish Armenians attended the Divine Liturgy. Armenian Ambassador to Spain Sos Avetisyan, his wife, and the consul also had arrived from Madrid.

And at the end of the Divine Liturgy, a reception was held in the church yard.