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Holy Week: the commemoration of the last days of Christ's life, has begunThe parable of the 10 virgins will be mentioned during the service on Holy Tuesday evening. Great Thursday is the commemoration of the Confirmation of the Eucharistic sacrament. A washing of the feet ceremony will also take place on Great Thursday. After the evening service on the same day, the... more |
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Holy Week: the commemoration of the last days of Christ's life, has begunThe parable of the 10 virgins will be mentioned during the service on Holy Tuesday evening. Great Thursday is the commemoration of the Confirmation of the Eucharistic sacrament. A washing of the feet ceremony will also take place on Great Thursday. After the evening service on the same day, the... more |
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Palm Sunday was celebrated with great pomp in the churches of the Armenian Diocese of GeorgiaIn the courtyards of St. Gevorg and Holy Etchmiadzin churches of Tbilisi, the faithful participated in the liturgy and then the festive Liturgy with bunches of green twigs. Palm Sunday was also celebrated in the Holy Cross Church of Akhalkalaki, Saint Gregory the Illuminator of Akhaltsikhe,... more |
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An Opening of the Doors service was held in the Saint Gayane MonasteryAt the Opening of the Doors service, the clergymen symbolically ask for the Lord's mercy. Psalms, prayers, and hymns are sung in front of the closed altar during the service. The mysterious door-opening ceremony performed in the evening of Palm Sunday completes the celebration performed in the... more |
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An Armenian theological seminary was opened in Saint PetersburgThe creation of the Armenian Seminary is a unique event that opens a new page for the spiritual education of Armenians in Russia. The beginning was set in August 2023, when the Federal Service of Supervision in the field of education and science of the Russian Federation granted the seminary a... more |
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The Armenian Apostolic Church celebrated Palm Sunday, the triumphal entry of Christ into JerusalemThe Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzn, the feast began with an Andastan ceremony. The clergy prayed for a peaceful and fruitful year. The Catholicos of All Armenians blessed the 4 sides of the world, asking for peace and fertility. This was followed by the blessing of the willow branches. Branches... more |
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Palm Sunday festive liturgy was celebrated in St. Gregory the Illuminator ChurchFaitbful participated in the Palm Sunday liturgy with wreaths woven from willow twigs. This feast symbolizes the triumphal entry of the Lord into Jerusalem, about which the evangelists testified. By the decision of the Patriarch of All Armenians, Palm Sunday was also declared a day of blessing... more |
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The Armenian Apostolic Church will celebrate Palm SundayThis Sunday is Palm Sunday. On that occasion, in the morning in all the churches, an Andastan service will be held. The clergy will bless the 4 directions of the world, as well as the willow branches and twigs. The curtains of the tabernacle will be opened and communion will be given. At the end... more |
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The indifference of the international community regarding ethnic cleansing in Artsakh is unacceptableOn the initiative of the Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church of the United Kingdom and Ireland, the issues of ethnic cleansing of Artsakh and the relevance of international law were discussed in the St. Yeghishe Armenian Church in London. Lord Alton of Liverpool emphasized the... more |
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An exhibition entitled "My home in Artsakh" was openedAn exhibition entitled "My home in Artsakh" was opened at the National Museum-Institute of Architecture. Photographs taken in Artsakh, stories of people who lost their homes and property were presented. Photos and stories of Artsakh residents were collected by Russians settled in Armenia. |
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His Holiness received the accelerated priests at the Mother SeeThe Catholicos of All Armenians received the priests who participated in the three-week Accelerated courses at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. His Holiness Patriarch said during the meeting that history speaks in the environment of the Mother See and one should be able to experience it... more |
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In the Church of St. Anna, a Rest service was heldOn the Friday preceding Palm Sunday, university students and young people from Artsakh took part in the Rest services at the Saint Anna Church in Yerevan. During Lent, every Friday, Archimandrite Tovma Khachatryan presented different topics to the gathered. |
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