Bishop Vazgen Mirzakhanyan celebrated a Hogehangist (Repose of Souls Service) at the St. Etchmiadzin Armenian Church in Tbilisi yesterday in memory of the six Avetisyan family members killed last Monday in their Gyumri home.

Bishop Mirzakhanyan, Primate of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Georgia, called on the faithful to collectively pray for the departed children of the Armenian people and to display the strength and resolve to overcome the terrible loss.

The primate also emphasized the importance of the friendship between Armenians, Georgians and Russians.

The faithful prayed for the speedy recovery of six month old Seryozha Avetisyan, the only family member who survived the attack and is now being treated at a Yerevan hospital.