The Priest Accelerated Course announces admissions for the 2024-2025 academic year


Persons up to 35 years of age, with higher education, who are children of the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church, can apply for admission to the Priest Accelerated Course in Holy Etchmiadzin. The knowledge of the Holy Book, history of the Armenian Church and the Armenian people, knowledge of... more

His Holiness the Patriarch urged the Canadian Armenians to speak out about the atrocities of Azerbaijan


The Catholicos of All Armenians urged the 40th annual congress of the Diocese of Canada, convened in the Holy Trinity Armenian Church in Toronto, to speak before the Canadian authorities about the Armenian persecution policy of Azerbaijan, to remind them about the occupied Artsakh, forcibly... more

The restoration of the northern and southern altars and holy tables of the Cathedral has begun


The southern altar is named after John the Baptist. The northern altar bears the name of Saint Stephen, the first archdeacon who was martyred for the Christian faith. Both were built in the 17th-18th centuries. In the 1950s, during the restoration of the Temple, the holy tables were damaged. By... more

Jerusalem Heritage Seminary announces admissions


The Jerusalem Heritage Seminary announces admission for the 2024-2025 academic year for Armenians over 15 years of age with secondary and senior general education or other education. To be admitted to the Seminary, the applicants will pass written exams in the subjects of Armenian language,... more

Students with disabilities of the "Way of Happiness" NGO were baptized


Beneficiaries of the Vagharshapat charitable organization "Way of Happiness" were baptized in the Church of the Holy Virgin Mary of Etchmiadzin. The organization provides daily day care to 20 beneficiaries aged 18-65 with mental disorders, speech, vision, locomotion and other problems. The... more

Araratian Week was filled with church celebrations


On Monday, the church celebrated the feast of the St. Hripsime and her companions, which heralded the beginning of the Araratian week. On May 28, the church celebrated the commemoration of St. Gayane and her companions. The Armenian Patriarch, accompanied by a procession of clergymen, took the... more

On the occasion of the Feast of Holy Etchmiadzin, the oldest and largest church choir performed in Constantinople


In the Holy Trinity Church of the Beyoglu district of Constantinople, the concert entitled "The Enlightenment torch with Holy Etchmiadzin" was held. The event was dedicated to the Holy Etchmiadzin feast. The feast program was prepared by the class-choir of Lusavorich school. The group... more

Gevorgyan Theological Seminary has started the entrance exams


Applicants take an exam in the subjects of Armenian language, Armenian literature, history of the Armenian people. The first is the examination of the Armenian language. At the final phase of the exams, the members of the seminary inspection conduct an interview with the applicants. They check... more

The Youth Center of Vanadzor hosted the students of all other Youth Center


On the International Day of Children's Protection, the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin and AGBU Vanadzor Youth Center hosted the students of all 7 Youth Center operating in the republic. There are karate, gymnastics, chess, tapestry, classical and national dance classes and many other classes in... more

On June 2, the feast of Holy Etchmiadzin was celebrated


64 days after the feast of the Holy Resurrection, the Armenian Apostolic Church celebrates the feast of the foundation of the Holy Etchmiadzin. This year it is on the second of July. A festive liturgy was held in the Saint Gayane Monastery under the solemnity of the Catholicos of All Armenians.

June 1 is the commemoration of Saint Gregory the Illuminator's coming out of Pit


The relics of the saint were brought to the Khor Virap monastery complex and a festive liturgy was held. The feast coincided with the International Children's Day. We talked with the children in the courtyard of the monastery: who protects them and how, children's opinions varied.

The monuments of Artsakh may have the fate of the monuments of Nakhichevan


The collective monograph "Monuments and Identities in the Caucasus" was published, in which a group of Armenian and foreign scientists referred to the many endangered and already destroyed Armenian monuments in Artsakh, Nakhichevan and Azerbaijan. Those monasteries, churches and khachkars date... more