A ten-year pastoral journey


The film is dedicated to the tenth anniversary of Rev. Fr. Archimandrite Maghakia Amiryan, member of the Brotherhood of the Mother See. 

Amaras-the Border Church


It is the spring of 2021, we are in Artsakh. The war of 2020 is over, but life is no longer as before! The war changed positions.  Russian peacekeepers, Armenian army positions and the walls of Amaras stand on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border in the Martuni region. We are greeted by the abbot of the day.

Grandmother Burik


Grandmother Burik, who lives in the village of Kuchak in Aparan, has dedicated fifty years of her life to the church. To this day, she opens the door of the Holy Mother of God Church with a prayer. She is looking forward to the 90th anniversary, she says we will all gather and have a great time.

 

 

 

"Towards Holy Etchmiadzin, towards Sacred Artsakh". The 2019 Pan-Armenian Youth Pilgrimage


"Towards Holy Etchmiadzin, towards Sacred Artsakh" - This slogan proclaimed by the Patriarch of All Armenians brought more than 250 young people from Armenia, Artsakh and the Diaspora on a pilgrimage to the homeland. The pilgrimage was organized by the World Youth Union of the Armenian Church, headed by Rev. Fr. Archimandrite Tovma Khachatryan. During the four-day pilgrimage, the young people visited Stepanakert, Khojalu military unit, Amaras monastery, Tigranakert fortress and Ghazanchetsots monastery.

 

 

 

Mother Cathedral


A few years, during the cleaning of the vegetation of the Mother Cathedral of Etchmiadzin, it is accidentally revealed that the temple is in danger of collapsing. What do the detailed researches reveal? What solutions are being developed for the salvation of the Etchmiadzin temple. Presented by rehabilitation specialists.

 

 

The earthly life of the Holy Mother of God. Part 2


What kind of earthly life did the Holy Mother of God live? What was the heroism of the Virgin? How do Christians treat the Holy Mother of God, what places of worship are there in the Holy Land dedicated to the Holy Mother of God?

The earthly life of the Holy Mother of God. Part 1


What kind of earthly life did the Holy Mother of God live? What was the heroism of the Virgin? How do Christians treat the Holy Mother of God, what places of worship are there in the Holy Land dedicated to the Holy Mother of God?

The solemn opening of the new complex of the Residency


On September 18, under the presidency of Catholicos of All Armenians, in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, the solemn opening ceremony of the newly built hall of the Patriarchs Chapel and renovated Old Residency were held. The renovation and construction works of the cathedral complex were carried out with the donation of national benefactor Samvel Karapetyan and the Karapetyan family. Attending the ceremony were RA President Armen Sargsyan, RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, philanthropist Samvel Karapetyan, statesmen, diocesan leaders of the Armenian Church, members of the Mother See, members of the Supreme Council, AGBU President Perch Sedrakyan, philanthropic Armenians from different countries, President Joachim Gauck of the Federal Republic of Germany and other guests.
The ceremony started in the newly built  Patriarchs Chapel! Under the presidency of the Catholicos of All Armenians, the blessing of the whole Residency was performed.
 
 
 
 

Clinical death in philosophical-religious perceptions. Part 1


Medicine states that clinical death can no longer be considered life, but it is not death yet. No religion or theological theory denies the existence of life after death. What is death? What is clinical death?

Clinical death. on the border of life and death


"No theory can explain how a person can see himself outside his body."

The “Association of Religious Women of Holy Etchmiadzin”


1959 One of the women's unions of the Armenian Apostolic Church was founded in Beirut under the name "Association of Religious Women of Holy Etchmiadzin". After the founding, the members of the union regularly organize group pilgrimages, due to which Lebanese-Armenians have the opportunity to come to the homeland and visit shrines.

 

 

Feast of the Apparition of the Holy Cross, sacrament of the cross


Rev. Fr. Arnak Harutyunyan, Historian Ruben Vardanyan and archeologist, historian Hamlet Petrosyan present the sacrament of the Feast of the Apparition of the Holy Cross, discuss the cultural perceptions of the cross.