Cameraman Mesrop Avetisyan

On September 21, on the occasion of the Independence Day of the Republic of Armenia, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians; visited the Yerablur Military Pantheon to pay tribute to the memory of the Armenian sons who sacrificed their lives for the homeland.

Why do the Church Fathers constantly remind us to think about death?  Rev. Fr. Archimandrite Ruben Zargaryan speaks on this.

 

In the 1970s the declassification of the photos taken by the American special services made it possible to reveal the destruction of the Armenian churches in Nakhichevan by Azerbaijan.  International expert Simon Maghakyan conducted an investigation based on declassified materials, which was published by an authoritative international periodical. Maghakyan thinks that today the same fate awaits the Armenian sanctuaries of Artsakh under the control of Azerbaijan. The destruction of shrines can be prevented with the help of religious diplomacy tools. Anna Sargsyan talked to Simon Maghakyan in the "Third Millennium" pavilion.

The Primate of Kotayk Diocese will operate in a new building. It was improved with the support of the Shahnazaryan family.

On 13 September, the day following the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, a Memorial  Divine Liturgy was celebrated in all Armenian churches. In St. Gayane Monastery at the conclusion of Divine Liturgy , the members of the Brotherhood of Holy Etchmiadzin visited the Congregational Cemetery, the tomb of the recently deceased Father Maghakia.

On the same day, a Repose of Souls Servic was offered at the St. Vardanants Martyrs Church of Yerablur Memorial in Yerevan for tranquility of the martyred Armenian sons of blessed memory. 

Father Patrick Sukhdeo, Director of the "Barnabas" Foundation for the Institute for the Study of Islam and Christianity, also conveyed his remarks during the International Conference on "Religious Freedom and Peace" at the Mother See. He is considered a defender of the interests of Christian minorities around the world, and has repeatedly spoken out in various programs for the protection of human rights and religious freedom.

The frescoes of Dadivank, Haghbat, Vorotnavank, Lmbatavank and a number of other churches have been restored during the last ten years thanks to Italian specialists Kristin Lamoure and Ara Zaryan.  This year they came to Armenia with the project of restoring the fresco of Kobayr church. The project has been canceled at the Ministry of Education and Science. Anna Sargsyan talked to Kristin Lamoure and Ara Zaryan in the "Third Millennium" pavilion.

We are discussing the new strategy of science and education with pedagogue, education expert Arsen Vardanyan.

Rev. Fr. Archimandrite Ruben Zargaryan quotes the words of his prematurely deceased Brotherhood member and comments on the thoughts of Rev. Fr. Archimandrite Maghakia Amiryan about love, strength and unity