Calcutta: Celebration week begins

I am only doing part of this week's events.

Today I rested then did a little bit of shopping.

We arrived late in the afternoon at the Armenian Church in Tangra, an old tannery neighborhood, where a new community center was recently completed.

After the Hrashapar ceremony, with 200 visitors, some students from the Armenian College, a large group of Armenian clergymen from all over the world, and the Etchmiadzin choir singing, His Holiness did a mini ceremony for the centre, and thanked everyone.

We had dinner al fresco, buffet style, sitting around tables under a large tent.