Archbishop Ezras Nersisyan awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky


By decree of Vladimir Putin, Archbishop Ezras was awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky for his great contribution to relations with religious organizations. On this occasion, the head of the Department for Cooperation with Religious Organizations under the President and the Chief Advisor went to congratulate Archbishop Ezras.

 

Armenian scientists honored at Armenian Church in Moscow on Science Day


About fifty academicians of Armenian origin gathered in the church's ceremonial hall. The diocesan Primate, Archbishop Yezras Nersisyan, noted that it is through their service that humanity experiences spiritual and intellectual development, and countries progress. During the evening, students from the St. Gregory of Narek School and the St. Nerses the Merciful Youth Center, operating under the auspices of the Armenian Church in Moscow, had performances.

The annual meeting of priests was held in Moscow


His Eminence Yezras presented the construction work of the Armenian churches under construction in Surgut, Khabarovsk, Volgograd, and Minsk. In 2024, four churches were consecrated in the diocese: in the Altai Territory, Rostov-on-Don, Voronezh, and Izhevsk, the capital of Udmurtia. This year, according to the diocesan Primate, more churches will open their doors to the faithful.

Conference on Azerbaijan’s anti-Armenian policy organized in Moscow


Representatives of Russian and Armenian universities and scientific centers characterized the policy pursued by Azerbaijan as a distortion of history, the destruction of Artsakh’s spiritual and cultural heritage, and an attempt to mislead the international community with articles and publications. The conference was organized by the Lazaryan Department of Armenian Studies of the Diocese with the blessing of the diocesan Primate, Archbishop Yezras Nersisyan. It was held in the assembly hall of the Armenian Church of the Moscow Primate. The Archbishop stated that the goal of the conference is to fight against falsification, which is reaching large-scale proportions in Azerbaijan, for the sake of justice and the establishment of truth.
 

Saint Gregory the Illuminator Church of Izhevsk was consecrated


With the blessings of the Primate of the Diocese, His Eminence Archbishop Yezras Nersisyan, the ceremony was officiated by Bishop Mkrtich Proshyan, the Primate of Aragatsotn Diocese who arrived from Armenia. The cross of the dome of the church, the bells of the belfry, the icons, the 16 pillars, as well as the Holy Basin of Baptism were consecrated. The Bishop noticed that the newly consecrated church will give a spiritual breath to community life, people will be strengthened by urgent prayer and love for God.
 

The Armenian church of the Russian city of Rubtsovsk was consecrated


The bell of the Armenian church rang for the first time in Rubtsovsk, Russia. About 600 Armenians live in that city, who built the second Armenian church in the Altai region within eight years. The prayer house, built according to the rules of Armenian church architecture, is 25 meters high, with a bell tower. On October 6, His Eminence Archbishop Yezras Nersisyan performed the consecration ceremony of the church and named the prayer house after the soldier Saint Gevorg.
 

Archbishop Ezras blessed the newly built Armenian church in Shahumyan village of Rostov-on-Don


The newly built Armenian church of Shahumyan village of Yegorlik region, the foundations of which were consecrated by Archbishop Ezras in 2017, was consecrated. The church was built by the joint efforts of the villagers. More than two thousand Armenians live in Shahumyan village, who are from Mush by roots. There is a school where two hundred students attend, they have a kindergarten, a playground, and a cultural center. Most of the streets bear Armenian names: Baghramyan, Nalbandian, Shahumyan.

 

The school named after St. Grigor Narekatsi operating in Moscow has started the new academic year


Saint Grigor Narekatsi school has more than 40 students. Children actively participate in Olympiads, scientific research and music competitions. 
The education at St. Grigor Narekatsi College is 11 years long, operates according to the educational standards of the Russian Federation and is the only one in the region where the Armenian language, Armenian literature, and the history of the Armenian people are mandatory subjects of the curriculum.

After 105 years, Martiros Saryan's painting was exhibited for the first time in the Armenian Church in Moscow


On June 20, an exhibition of one of the paintings of the world-famous artist Martiros Saryan, almost unknown to the public, was opened in the "Tapan" Museum of the Armenian Church in Moscow. The author titled the painting painted in 1919 as "Red Horse". 
At the request of His Eminence Archbishop Yezras, the painting was provided for a temporary exhibition by Valery Dudakov, with whom the museum cooperates and organizes exhibitions. Dudakov acquired the painting in the 1980s and never exhibited it.

The feast of the Resurrection was celebrated in the Armenian churches of Russia


The news of Christ's miraculous resurrection was heard in the Armenian church in Moscow. The festive liturgy was performed by the diocesan Primate Archbishop Ezras Nersisyan. The feast was celebrated with great pomp in the newly opened Saint Mesrop Mashtots Armenian Church in Tyumen, in the Armenian churches of Rostov-on-Don, Yekaterinburg, Yaroslavl, Volgograd, Samara, Tashkent and Crimea.

Holy Nativity in the Armenian Church in Moscow


His Eminence Archbishop Yezras Nersisyan, Primate of the Diocese offered a Holy Nativity Divine Liturgy in the Holy Transfiguration Church. The Diocesan Primate conveyed the Christmas patriarchal message of Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II to the audience.

 

 

 

Conference dedicated to St. Nerses the Graceful in the Armenian Church in Moscow


On December 21, a conference dedicated to the 850th anniversary of the death of Saint Nerses the Graceful was held in the meeting hall of the Presbyterian Armenian Church in Moscow, which was attended by theologians, philologists, art critics, and historians from different cities of Russia, as well as from Armenia.