On Saturday, January 19, 2008, the annual Requiem for the Unborn was held at the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The Vicar General of the Western Diocese, the Very Rev. Fr. Dajad Dz. V. Yardemian representing the Primate attended this solemn service. He was accompanied by Dn. Matthew Ash, Dn. Arsen Hairapetyan, and Stole-bearer Martin Zakarian who are presently being trained to become priests of the Western Diocese.