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Jubilee concert dedicated to the 90th anniversary of Ofelia HambardzumyanOn January 9 this year Ofelia Hambardzumyan turned 90. However, the audience was enabled to congratulate the queen of Armenian song only on June 26 in Alexander Spendiaryan Opera and Ballet Theatre. On her jubilee concert, she made a wish to present herself together with her US-based daughter, singer Tatevik Hovhannisyan.
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Second charity program “We’re Next to Our Soldier” is launched50 million AMD raised by the initiative of Ararat Patriarchal Diocese was allocated to the officers disabled during their military service, the families of deceased military officers. |
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Gospel of Mark 7. 1-13“Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem. They saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed. (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands properly,[a] holding to the tradition of the elders”.
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Rare facts about Komitas were published in Gevorkian Theological SeminaryWithin the scope of events dedicated to the centenary of the Armenian Genocide, Gevorkian Seminary hosted researcher of Komitas Museum-Institute, professor of Conservatory Tatevik Shakhkulyan. The young researcher presented facts about life of Komitas so rarely addressed nowadays.
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Concert of Dance Art College of Yerevan on the stage of Opera TheatreFinal concert of Dance Art College students was held on the stage of Opera Theatre. For years, the College was deprived of the stage of Opera Theatre. This concert was yet another step towards revitalizing the cooperation between the Theatre and the College.
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Armenian sportsmen returning from Baku had a meeting with Catholicos of All ArmeniansToday, Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, received Armenian wrestlers. He welcomed them and congratulated them for successful performances. Most successful of all the Armenian team was Mihran Harutyunyan (66 kg). The 26 year old sportsman defeated Hasan Aliyev, and later on he gave way to the representative of Russia winning two silver medals.
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Gospel of Mark 6. 45-56After the multiplication of the bread, Christ rose on a mountain to be alone and pray. Then He noticed his disciples caught in the whirlwind of the sea on the verge of shipwreck. This is when Christ came down, walked on the water which scared His desciples.
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Visit of juvenile delinquents to the Mother See of Holy EtchmiadzinWithin the scope of the program “One Day in the Mother See”, the juvenile delinquents convicted to alternative community sanctions, visited to the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. Those in charge for the system, emphasize that our country will soon have a probation service established which is one of the most crucial elements of the restorative justice.
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Gospel of Mark 6. 30-44The Disciples of Christ told Him that the crowd was hungry; hence they had to be released to go to nearby farms for food. However, Christ asked them to get content with what the Disciples had – the five loaves and two fish. He took the food, blessed it and multiplied it to the extent that it sufficed a crowd of five thousand and they got full.
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Ground blessing ceremony of NshavanResidents of Nshavan expressed their wish to have a pilgrimage by installing a cross on the monument of Unknown Soldier. The foundation of the first Church in Nshavan village, Ararat Marz was laid adjacent to the monument.
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Commemoration day of St. Gayane and Her CompanionsOn June 2, our Church commemorated St. Gayane and Her Companions. The clergy and the seminarians take the reliquary from the Mother Cathedral to St. Gayane Monastery.
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Gospel of Mark 6. 14-29John the Baptist was beheaded by the order of Herod Antip. Who requested such an order to be issued, and what followed next? Who was Herodias and how did she relate to the order of the King?
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