His Holiness, Catholicos Garegin II, bestowed Garineh Sargsyan with the Saint Gregory the Illuminator medal of honor for her untiring work over the years towards assisting the Armenian Church. In 2008, Mrs. Sargsyan, along with London-Armenian benefactor Armen Sargsyan, untertook the construction of the St. Vardan and St. John the Baptist baptismal chapel on the grounds of the Holy Etchmiadzin See.