Doctrinal staff was granted to Fr. Harutyun Tamatyan


On June 11, Father Harutyun Tamatyan, a member of the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople, was ordained a priest in St. Mesrop Mashtots Church in Oshakan. The following day, Fr. Harutyun was received by the Patriarch of All Armenians.

Summer concert series in the yard of St. Anna and Holy Mother of Katoghike churches


Every Friday, until July 1, you can listen to a spiritual and classical open-air concert in the courtyard of St. Anna Church in Yerevan.

His Holiness Karekin II Received the Pilgrims of the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church in the United States


The first group of pilgrims from the Eastern Diocese of the United States to Armenia after the lifting of the epidemic restrictions was at the Mother See.  They were from Providence, Rhode Island, and were joined by American-Armenians from Cleveland, New York, and even Dubai.

The Church of the Holy Savior in Ararat was consecrated


The people of Ararat will celebrate June 11 as the consecration day of the first church in the city.

A candle- lighting hall is being built in the territory of Holy Etchmiadzin Cathedral


In parallel with the renovation of the Mother Cathedral, the construction of the candle-lightning hall is ongoing. The newly built hall covers an area of ​​about 900 square meters.

National Library and Matenadaran of the Mother See provide books to Vazgenyan School


The Department of Cooperation and Book Exchange of the National Library, in cooperation with the "Vache and Tamar Manukyan" Matenadaran of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, has prepared a batch of books to be sent to the  Vazgenyan Seminary in Sevan. 

The member of the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople defended the doctrinal thesis in Etchmiadzin


The investigative commission gave a positive conclusion to the defense of the doctrinal thesis of Rev. Father Harutyun Tamatyan. Father Harutyun will be awarded the degree of doctrine.

Students of the Armenian school of Alforville, France in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin


The French-Armenian children tell the Patriarch of All Armenians about their daily life, study, present what they know about Holy Etchmiadzin. They study in "S. Mesrop Arapian” Armenian College.

Question and answer with the Primate of the Artsakh Diocese


Primate of the Artsakh Diocese, His Grace Bishop Vrtanes Abrahamyan met with the youth. 

Two-faced St. Poghos-Petros- One of the main churches of old Yerevan


The publishing department of the Mother See has published "The Episcopal Church of Old Yerevan, Two-faced St. Poghos-Petros" by Arsen Harutyunyan.

Appointments of clergy in state structures of Artsakh -Rev. Fr. Nerses


Rev. Fr. Nerses Asryan, Pastor of the Stepanakert Cathedral, has been appointed as Spiritual Advisor and servant to the Minister of Internal Affairs. Prior to that, Father Nerses served in the Ministry of Defense for 7 years as Spiritua Servant.

Feast of Pentecost in Hakobavank of Artsakh


Feast of Pentecost was celebrated for the first time in the last century in Hakobavank. On June 5, the Primate of the Artsakh Diocese, His Grace Bishop Vrtanes Abrahamyan, offered a liturgy, which was attended by the President of the Republic of Artsakh, the locals, the people of Kolat, and... more