The Rest service is performed during the Great Lent. During this time, the content of the Liturgy - psalms, prayers, spiritual songs changes. It is called a Rest because it is the last service of the day. It begins with the Lord's Prayer and continues with psalms.
2024-02-16 Artsakh residents sheltered under the auspices of the Mother See were visited by the head of the Social Service Office of the Mother See, Rev. Fr. Markos Mangasaryan. Currently, 16 families, around 60 people, live in the shelter. The problems of those forcibly displaced from Artsakh are in the... 2024-02-16 The annual congress of the Bible Society of Armenia was convened in Yerevan, where three members of the board of trustees were elected, who appointed Father Husik Smbatyan as the new general secretary. The annual budget was also approved at the congress. This year, too, the Armenian Bible Society... 2024-02-16 On Ruben Sevak's birthday, the high school students of the 151st school named after the writer hosted visits. The Ruben Sevak Museum was opened in 2013 with the efforts of the writer's nephew. The French-Armenian philanthropist donated his entire inheritance to the Mother See. The museum presents... 2024-02-16 The exhibition titled "Blooming letters" by the students of the Arabkir HT miniature class under the auspices of Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin and AGBU was opened at the Union of Artists. Most of the works presented by them are narrative, with which they presented the earthly life of Jesus. The... 2024-02-16 The general meeting of the "Association of Religious Women of Holy Etchmiadzin” was held in Beirut.
The Eve of the Great Lent was celebrated in Tbilisi with the Harisa festival, and Holy Liturgy was served in the functioning churches of the Armenian Diocese of Georgia.
An Evening Service... 2024-02-16 The first week of Great Lent, which began with Eve of the Great Lent Sunday, is ending. The following Sunday, February 18, is commemorated in the church calendar as Expulsion Sunday. The day commemorates the birth of sin and man's expulsion from heaven. By eating the forbidden fruit, man... 2024-02-16 |