Episcopal ordination and consecration will take place for the first time after the re-consecration of the Mother Cathedral


Episcopal ordination and consecration will take place on November 3 in the renovated Mother Cathedral during the Divine Liturgy. This year, a degree of episcopacy will be granted to the Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Argentina and Chile, Rev. Fr. Archimandrite Aren Shahenyan; Primate of... more

A new exhibition hall on Medieval Armenia was opened in Mashtots Matenadaran


A new exhibition hall has been opened in Mashtots Matenadaran, where the skills, arts and crafts of medieval Armenia, thanks to which manuscripts of spiritual, scientific and church significance were born, are presented. The exhibition hall presents the medieval laboratory of how manuscripts... more

The private meeting of the Catholicos of All Armenians and the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople took place in the Pontifical Residence


The Brotherhood of the Mother See led the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople in a procession to the Mother Cathedral, where the "Hrashapar" ceremony was performed in front of the Holy Altar of the Descent. This ceremony was performed for the first time after the re-consecration and... more

Eventful week in one breath


Archbishop Khajak Parsamyan blessed and anointed the khachkars of the yard of the St. Nicholas church. An event dedicated to the 740th anniversary of Gladzor University was held in Yeghegnadzor Geology Museum. The youth of the Armenian Western Diocese went to Japan to... more

Diaspora Armenians donated medieval manuscripts to Mashtots Matenadaran


New manuscripts have been added to the Mashtots Matenadaran exhibition "Gifted Names - The Homecoming of the Records". 4 old medieval Armenian manuscripts, an ancient book from the beginning of the 19th century, came to Matenadaran from Lebanon and the United States. One of the two... more

The student of Vanadzor's Youth Center won a gold medal at the international karate tournament


Alen Gevorgyan, a student of the Olympic karate class of the Youth Center of Vanadzor, participated in the "Autumn 2024" international karate tournament in St. Petersburg as part of the Armenian team and won a gold medal. He has been practicing karate for 12 years.  

The youth of Aragatsotn Diocese participated in the event "In the footsteps of autumn to Yeghipatrush"


The youth of the diocese took part in an event dedicated to the preservation of intangible cultural heritage in the courtyard of the Holy Mother of God Church in Yeghipatrush village. On the initiative of the "Infant of Our Lady" youth union of the Holy Mother of God Church of Yeghipatrush,... more

5 graduates of Gevorgyan Theological Seminary defended their master's degrees


Five graduates of the Chair of Historical Theology defended their master's degrees in the Auditorium of the Gevorgyan Theological Seminary. The examining committee was chaired by Archbishop Vazgen Mirzakhanyan, director of the Office for Developing Social Teaching of the Mother See. The material... more

The Catholicos of All Armenians received the priests participating in the Clergy Training Course


His Holiness Karekin II urged the clergymen to support the overcoming of the challenges faced in the domestic and spiritual life with their service, pursuing also the preservation and strengthening of spiritual and national values ​​and the education of the nation's children with these values.... more

The meeting of the International Commission of the Eastern Orthodox and Anglican Churches was held at the Mother See


The dialogue between the Anglican and Eastern Orthodox churches began about 25 years ago. The work of the Inter-Christian Commission began in 2002, and the first meeting was again in Holy Etchmiadzin, with the blessing of the Patriarch of All Armenians, Karekin II. In this era of ecumenism, i.e... more

In the administrative center of the Voronezh region, the newly built St. Sargis Church has started functioning


On the nave of the church built in the administrative center of Voronezh region, Archbishop Yezras blessed the crosses, bells, 16 pillars and the baptismal font of the church dome and belfry. The diocesan primate blessed the Holy Altar and offered the first Divine Liturgy. The church was named... more

The Armenian Apostolic Church celebrated the Feast of Holy Evangelists Matthew, Mark, Luke and John


On the occasion of the feast of Saints Matthew, Mark, Luke and John the Evangelists, with the blessing of His Holiness the Patriarch, the relic of Saint Luke the Evangelist was taken from the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin to the Mother Church of St. Hovhannes the Evangelist in Artashat,... more