Author Mary Hovsepyan

As part of the "Children and Youth Program", the Armenian Bible Society is setting up centers in border communities where children can practice handicrafts and receive Bible study lessons from a local priest. This time the classroom was opened in Yeraskhavan school.

The children and parents of Saghmosavan Youth Center are in Ashtarak's St. Mariane Center in "Narekatsi" Art Institute. In both centers, both young people and adults are able to do their favorite job, develop skills in handicrafts, and acquire a new profession.

The Holy Martyrs Chapel is on the top of a hill called Papsar. On November 7, the Primate of the Masyatsotn Diocese, His Grace Bishop Grvork Saroyan, consecrated the chapel. That day marked the 10th anniversary of the ordination of Bishop Gevork.

October 09 was the second and final day of the Conference on the "Contemporary Perspectives of Bible Translation and Interpretation", being held in the Mother See; clergymen, employees of the Bible Society of Armenia, Mesrop Mashtots Matenadaran, Abeghyan Institute of Literature, delivered their reports.

 

According to a tradition of more than 40 years, the graduating students of Marie Manoogian College in Buenos Aires come to Armenia and many for the first time. Students visit Holy Etchmiadzin and meet with the Catholicos of All Armenians. 

"Let's make the life and work of St. Gevork a source of inspiration, and let us make courage and fearlessness a way of life," the Celebrant urged during the festive liturgy in the Noragavit Church.

From the Yerevan-Aparan highway to the "Letter of Stones" park, to the Holy Cross and "The Altar of Hope" is a newly built Eternal Garden, dedicated to the memory of the boys who died in the 44-day Artsakh war. The area is architecturally completed by the newly built Holy Angels Church. The cross on the dome of the church was first washed with water and wine, then consecrated with holy muron by the Holy Fathers, the cross was placed by benefactor Artak Tovmasyan.

From 2018, the Arev Children Health and Development Center promotes children with Down Syndrome. The Arev-children made their second performance, the "Bremen Musicians" musical.

The Conference on International Religious Freedom and Peace convened in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin on September 9-10 was attended by representatives of the Ecumenical structures of the Churches representing the great Christian community of the world. John Sauka, Secretary General of the World Council of Churches, Christian Krieger, President of the Conference of European Churches, Jim Winkler, President of the National Council of Churches of the United States, Baroness Caroline Cox, public figures, and scholars were in Armenia for several days. At the end of the conference, the organizing committee and the participants issued a joint communiqué.

Blood clotting disorders, unfortunately, are one of the most common in our country, occurring mainly in middle-aged women. One of the solutions is to have a hemophilia and thrombosis center. It operates at the Yolyan Hematology Center.