Catholicos Aram I of the Armenian Apostolic Church leads participants in the “Hands of a Mother” blessing ceremony in front of Lowell City Hall during the rededication ceremony on Oct. 11, 2024. His Holiness is accompanied by two bishops, Archbishop Anoushavan Tanielian. Archbishop Kegham Khacherian of the Eastern United States and Archbishop Kegham Khacherian of the Western United States, as well as two priests, the Rev. Stephan Baljian, pastor of St. Gregory’s Armenian Apostolic Church in North Andover, and the Rev. Sarkis Aprahamian, the Catholicos’ staff. (Photo by Aleah Landry)