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Divine Liturgy of the Brotherhood Pilgrimage in the Holy EtchmiadzinPrior to the Feast of the Universal Holy Church of Etchmiadzin, a Divine Liturgy was held at the Mother Cathedral. The Divile Liturgy was attended by a number of clergy serving in the near and remote Diocese of the Armenian Church, who arrived in the Holy Etchmiadzin on the occasion of the Brotherhood Conference.
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Pilgrimage Day of St. Shoghakat MonasteryOn June 19, our Church celebrated the commemoration day of St. Hovhannes Mkrtich (John the Baptist) and Bishop St. Atanagines. It is also the Pilgrimage Day of Shoghakat Church. This year the Divine Liturgy was also attended by the clergy from various dioceses of the world arriving in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. The Celebrant is Rev. Fr. HakobSahakyan from Akhltskha.
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Feast of St. Gayane and Her CompanionsArmenian Church commemorates St. Gayane and Her Companions one week after the Feast of Pentecost, on Tuesday. On the day of Feast, the clergy from all dioceses of the world participated in the Divine Liturgy at St. Gayane Monastery.
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Two-day Inter-Church Consultations at the Mother SeeThe delegates of the Inter-Church meeting “Crisis in Syria: challenges for communities” convened at the Mother See participated in the ecumenical prayer, visited Tsitsernakaberd Memorial, published the protocol of the meeting during the press conference and watched the concert of the Armenian Church Youth Center students. The same day, the Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II had private conversations with the delegates of World Council of Churches and Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, General Secretary of the WCC.
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America-basedpilgrims in Holy EtchmiadzinPilgrims of the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of the USA, Houston, were in Armenia on two-week visit under the leadership of Rev. Fr. Martiros Hakobyan and Rev. Fr. Simeon Odabashyan, Vicar of the Diocese. Most of them visit Armenia for the first time.
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Feast of St. Hripsime and Her CompanionsOn June 15, the Armenian Church celebrated the feasts of St. Hripsime and Her Companions. St. Ganaye. The relics of the virgins was taken to St. HripsimeChurch accompanied by many priests and believers. A festive Divine Liturgy was also offered.
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“Syrian Crisis: challenges for religious communities”The crisis in Syria has brought representatives of various Christian denominations, inter-church structures together in the religious capital of Armenia to attend the international consultation called “Syrian Crisis: challenges for religious communities”.
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Presentation of new release of Granish Literary MagazineWith the use of famous lines from Charents “You are human, poet, yet are you a citizen?”, this thematic release of Granish raises the topic of civil position of the writer. The publication opens with a poem by Tigran Paskevichyan.
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Congress of young writers in TsakhkadzorThis year three topics stood in the agenda of young writer’s congress – specifics and trends of modern poem, specifics of prose, selected topics and main motives and the issues of modern art criticism within the current media.
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Visit of Jewish poet Alexander Poryadochni to the Mother SeeThis Sunday Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin hosted Jewish poet Alexander Poryadochni. He visited Armenia first time in 1987, following the Karabakh movement and the war. He has summed up his impressions from the heroic war in his Silver Thread poem. It is now available in Armenian, Russian and English.
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Exhibition “60 Shades of Red”The exhibition “60 Shades of Red” opened at the National Gallery of Armenia is presented to the Armenian viewer for the first time ever by the painter Ashot Khachatryan from Petersburg.
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Feast of Pentecost in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin50 days after the Feast of Resurrection Pentecost is celebrated. It is the commemoration of the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles. Today both in and out of the Cathedral were gathered believers coming for pilgrimage from various areas of Armenia and Diaspora, foreign tourists. The celebrant of festivity was Father Zakaria Baghumyan.
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