Simultaneously with a ceremony celebrating the birth anniversary of Imam Ali ibn Musa ar-Ridha (A), a special selection of seminary students in the holy city of Qom were honoured to wear the holy clerical uniform and given their turbans in the presence of several of the greatest scholars, personalities, elegists, and sources of emulation of our era including Grand Ayatollahs Vahid Khorasani, Safi-Golpaygani, Makarem-Shirazi, Shobayri-Zanjani, Nouri-Hamadani, Mousavi-Ardabili, Javadi-Amoli, Sobhani, and Alavi-Gorgani.
In their speeches, the grand scholars congratulated the new clerics on their achievements and prayed for the grace of God upon them and warned them that by accepting these holy clothes there are great responsibilities upon them such as guiding the society towards the best possible form.
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