More than 3,000 people participated in the annual pilgrimage to St. Thaddeus Armenian Church in Iran, Tehran-based Armenian newspaper Alik reported.
According to the newspaper, for 59 years in a row, in July, thousands of Armenians have made a pilgrimage to St. Thaddeus Church in Iran’s West Azerbaijan province.
Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Atrpatakan, Supreme Archimandrite Grigor Chiftchyan conducted a service today at St. Thaddeus Church, attended by representatives of Armenian Dioceses of Tehran and Isfahan, the report said.