Memorial evening of 90th anniversary of Vachagan Hovhannisyan in Holy Etchmiadzin


The family and friends of poet, pedagogue Vachagan Hovhannisyan chose Holy Etchmiadzin, the place where the writer lived and worked for many years, to celebrate his 90th birthday anniversary. 

Grape-bearing Holy Mother of God. Exhibition-concert at the Mother See


Dozens of paintings dedicated to the Holy Mother of God, kept in the museums of Holy Etchmiadzin, as well as works by contemporary painters, will be displayed for 10 days at the "Ruben Sevak" Museum of the Mother See.

Feast of the Assumption and Blessing of the Grapes Service in the St. Gregory the Illuminator Church


Today, the Feast of the Assumption of Holy Mother of God, united many faithful in the Mother Church of Yerevan. The members of the community prepared in advance for this feast, the women, together with the clergy, sorted the grapes from Saturday evening and prepared them for the Grape Blessing Service. 

Meeting of Children of the Armenian Cultural Center of Odessa with the Catholicos of All Armenian


Students of the Sunday School and kindergarten of the Armenian Cultural Center in Odessa are on a one-week visit to Armenia. They were received by the Catholicos of All Armenians in Holy Etchmiadzin.

Meeting of the Conference of the Brotherhood Members with His Holiness


A conference of the Brotherhood Members will be convened in the Mother See from June 18 to 22. The members had a meeting with His Holiness. 
 
 

The Brotherhood members who left Holy Etchmiadzin were greeted by about 30 community leaders of the Gegharkunik region


On June 19, the participants of the Brotherhood Assembly were in the Gegharkunik Diocese. About 30 community leaders of the region were waiting for them in Hayravank. Each had to accompany a clergyman to the village he is leading, to visit needy families.
 
 
 

Feast of the Universal Holy Church of Etchmiadzin. The Cathedral needs our help today


The Armenian Apostolic Holy Church celebrated the Feast of the Universal Holy Church of Etchmiadzin on June 23. 
 
 
 

Excavations in the Area of the Holy Mother of God Church in Ghukasavan


Excavations have been underway since May 19 to restore the half-ruined Holy Mother of God Church in the Ghukasavan community of the Masyatsotn Diocese. Archaeologists Artak Gnuni and Levon Mkrtchyan are carrying out the work.
 

The delegation of the Executive Council of Sharjah was hosted at the Mother See


On June 27, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, hosted a delegation led by Sheikh Fahimbin Sultan bin Khalid Al Qasimi, Member of the Sharjah Executive Council of the United Arab Emirates, and Sheikh Majibbin Abdullah Al Qasimi, Head of the Sharjah Government Affairs Department.
 
 
 
 

The rector of Moscow State University visited the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin


On July 2, the guest of the Catholicos of All Armenians was the rector of the Moscow State University after Lomonosov, Academician Viktor Sadovnich.
 

"Soviet Armenia-100". Exhibition-conference at the Mother See


"Soviet Armenia-100: Church and State" project in the Matenadaran of the Mother See

The participants of the 5th International Medical Congress of Armenia met with the Catholicos of All Armenians


On July 4-6, the 5th International Medical Congress was held in our country, which was attended by doctors and health professionals from more than 22 countries. A group of participants in the conference was received by Catholicos of All Armenians.