June 2021

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Children, their educational and upbringing issues and social and health issues have always been and continue to be in the center of attention of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
 
It was the first performance of the "Luse" choir of Artsakh children established in Armenia at the Yerevan Museum of Contemporary Art, and the exhibition featured the works of Artsakh children who participated in painting classes at the "Henrik Igityan" Center.    
 
On June 1, the Feast of the Remembrance of the Saint Gayane, a liturgy was offered in St. Gayane Monastery of Holy Etchmiadzin. During the liturgy, the Holy Right Hand Reliquary was placed on the Altar.
 
On International Children's Day, in the courtyard of the Holy Mother of God Zoravor Church, children with Down Syndrome released hundreds of pigeons into the sky on the sacrament of peace in the country, security of soldiers, and a stable future.
 
 
On June 2, Perch Sedrakyan, President of the Armenian General Benevolent Union, was in the "Yerablur" Military Pantheon, accompanied by colleagues, scouts, and students of the Nork Youth Center. His Eminence Archbishop Nathan Hovhannisyan presided over the Requiem Service. The attendees...
 
Russian State Duma deputy Alexei Zhuravlyov accused Armenia of occupying a Russian church, citing the St. Hovhannes Church in Shushi. In response, the Committee on Artsakh Spiritual and Cultural Heritage of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin conveyed a letter to Mr. Zhuravlyov.  The reply to...
 
The students of the "Art of Flowering" studio operating at the Yerevan Matenadaran studied also  digital miniature painting and prepared the first book.
 
At the request of the Primate of the Masyatsotn Diocese, His Grace Bishop Gevork Saroyan, the Patriarch of All Armenians established June 3 as the day of Pilgrimage of the St. Hovhannes Karapet Monastery in Ararat region. The first Pulgrimage Liturgy was celebrated this year with a large number...
 
The Christian Education Center of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin organized a seminar on "Historical Sects. Pavlikyan and Tondrakyan movements". Participating were the teachers of the subject of the history of the Armenian Church from the schools of Etchmiadzin and the region. The speaker of...
 
On June 3, the visit of Catholicos of All Armenians to Syunik and Artsakh launched. The first station is Goris, the St. Gregory the Illuminator Church, where a Prayer for the Republic was offered. The Patriarchal delegation visited the Goris Military Pantheon. His Holiness left for Shurnukh...
 
The "Eurnekian" Public School of the Mother See has 36 graduates this year. All of them will try to enter different universities of the republic. Class teacher Lala Karapetyan, not being able to hide her excitement, said that some of the boys are going to take part in the summer conscription in a...
 
Concluding the visit to the Syunik Diocese, on June 4, the Catholicos of All Armenians left for the Republic of Artsakh. His Holiness brought the relics of St. Gregory the Illuminator to Artsakh to distribute blessings and consolation to the Armenians of Artsakh. His Holiness reminded that...
 
The penultimate day of the "Araratian week", the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church commemorates the release of St. Gregory the Illuminator from Khor Virap.
 
On 06 June, concluding the Araratian week, the Armenian Church celebrates the Feast of Holy Etchmiadzin.     
 
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A Divine Liturgy was offered in the Holy Mother of God Cathedral of Stepanakert under the presidency of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians.  The relic of the first Armenian Catholicos, St. Gregory the Illuminator was brought from Etchmiadzin to...
 
In 2014, a group of oncologists and hematologists set up the "City of Smile" Charitable Foundation to support people with cancer and blood diseases. To support the foundation, a charity concert of the "Barekamutyun" State Dance Ensemble of Armenia was held on June 4 at the National Academic...
 
The ranks of Seminarians are being replenished- Admission exams at the Gevorkian Theological Seminary.
 
The Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Brazil, His Grace Bishop Narek Berberyan, the Chairman of the Representative Council of the Diocese, Andre Kisajekyan, spoke with the President of the National Justice Council of the Brazilian capital, Louise Fuchs. Issues related to the recognition of the...
 
The Publishing House of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin has published the monograph entitled: "Holy Etchmiadzin: The First Christian Domed Cathedral" by Rev. Fr. Tovma Khachatryan, member of the Mother See.
 
Restoration of the frescoes of the Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin are ongoing. At the moment, the restorer-painters are busy with the frescoes in the central entrance of the bell-tower of the Cathedral. 
 
The "Family and Community" non-governmental charitable organization operating under the auspices of the Armavir Diocese sums up its 20-year activity.
 
 
 
 
Students of the canon and violin classes of the Etchmiadzin Youth Center were not affected by the epidemic restrictions, they online participated in a number of international competitions-festivals and won prizes.
 
On June 9, the anniversary of the death of the great English writer Charles Dickens, a presentation of the Armenian translation of the book "The Life of Our Lord" was held and the exhibition of the works of painter Mayis Mkhitaryan for the book illustration.
 
The Armenian Church will celebrate the Feast of the Discovery of the Relics of St Gregory the Illuminator, the last of the three feast days devoted to the first Catholicos of All Armenians.
 
The regular three-day seminar-discussion organized for the clergy serving in the RA Armed Forces, with the support of the Armenian Round Table Foundation of the World Council of Churches was on the theme "Psychotrauma In the Context of War and Violence".
 
From now on, the "Dream House-2" inclusive development center will operate at Tigran Mets 53 Street in Yerevan, where the necessary professional support will be provided to children aged 1-15 with various developmental disabilities, as well as a psychologist's counseling service to their family...
 
 
 
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"Soviet Armenia-100: Church and State" project in the Matenadaran of the Mother See
 
The new antique of the National Library is one of the major achievements of this year. It is a 1786 Turkish prayer book in Armenian.
 
Thanks to the efforts of the residents of Yernjatap village on the northern slope of Mount Ara, on June 12, a 12-meter-high illuminating Sub Cross sign was placed in the eastern direction of Mount Ara.    
 
The "Luys Mankants' is a Sunday school where pedagogues are elders, diocesan priests and young theologians. The Patriarch of All Armenians met with the children who came to Holy Etchmiadzin on pilgrimage.    
 
On the occasion of Gevorg Hachyan's 50th birthday anniversary, his family members, friends and meritorious people gathered at Aram Khachaturian House-Museum. Upon hearing the news of the Artsakh war, Gevorg Hachyan volunteered and left for the front.      
 
 
 
Excavations have been underway since May 19 to restore the half-ruined Holy Mother of God Church in the Ghukasavan community of the Masyatsotn Diocese. Archaeologists Artak Gnuni and Levon Mkrtchyan are carrying out the work.  
 
In the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Member of the House of Lords, Bishop Christopher of Coventry and the Patriarch of All Armenians, discussed the issues related to the security of Artsakh and border settlements of Armenia, and the return of the captives in Azerbaijan. The Catholicos of All...
 
The Malatya Youth Center sums up the current academic year. Students of the painting, pottery, wood carving, miniature painting, canon, brass band, and other classes present what they have learned during the year.
 
Under the presidency of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians;  $ 18,000 was transferred to the “Association of Religious Women of Holy Etchmiadzin”. The assistance was equally distributed to 180 needy families.
 
The restoration works of the Bible belonging to Andranik Ozanyan have been completed in the restoration department of the National Library.
 
 
His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, took part in the voting in Vagharshapat (Extraordinary parliamentary elections. 20.06.2021).      
 
989,972 citizens or 38.17% of voters took part in the parliamentary elections in Armenia by 17:00.    
 
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The construction of a church named after the Apostle Bartholomew has started in the Hovtashen community of Ararat region. The "Tsitsernak" children and youth camp will operate in the Gugark Diocese from July to August. Vulnerable group support programs continue at the Social-Educational Center of...
 
On June 20, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians; sent a congratulatory message to Ibrahim Raisi on his election as President of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
 
On June 19, in the St. Nshan Church in Getargeli,  dozens of pilgrims attended the Rest Sercive. The pilgrims were from the families of the missing and killed servicemen.
 
The "Miniature Art Center" concludes the current academic year with a graduation exhibition. More than 500 paintings and miniatures are presented. 70 children aged 5-15 study at the center.    
 
 
 
Last year, for obvious reasons, caused difficulties also in this school, but the number of students almost did not decrease. This year, 600 children attended the Etchmiadzin Youth Center, 40 of them will graduate their native school.  
 
On June 24, a festive liturgy was celebrated in the Holy Etchmiadzin Church of Havlabar on the occasion of the memory of the Holy Translators Sahak Partev and Mesrop Mashtots.
 
On June 25, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, received a group of Hungarian pilgrims visiting the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, including Hungarian Deputy Prime Minister Jolt Semien and representatives of the Peter Pazman Catholic University of Hungary.
 
Our Church has two feasts in memory of the Holy Translators. One of them is celebrated on the Thursday following the fourth Sunday after Pentecost. This year it was Thursday, June 24th.  The church celebrated the day of remembrance of the Holy Translators Sahak Partev and Mesrop Mashtots.
 
Eight years ago, with the blessings of His Grace Bishop Vrtanes, Primate of the Artsakh Diocese, the first stone of the Gyumri garrison prayer-house was laid. On June 25, His Grace Bishop Vrtanes performed the consecration ceremony of the cross-bell of the dome of the St. Thaddeus Church with the...
 
The jubilee conference was held on June 24, the very day in 1971 when the Department of Oriental Studies was separated from the Institute of History.  During its half-century activity, the institute has established extensive international contacts with world-renowned centers, has published...
 
 
 
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The regular work of the hospital continues in the "Izmirlian" medical center, the citizens receive the necessary medical aid. At the same time, the medical community continues to fight for the immediate release of the director of the Izmirlian Medical Center, Professor Armen Charchyan.    
 
Vardan Mikaelyan moved to Armenia from Artsakh's Kashatagh region. He had a big economy in Artsakh, he knows the language of bees well. He is in charge of honey production and beekeeping in St. Karapet Monastery of the Masyatsotn Diocese.
 
The students of Ashtarak Youth Center Concluded the 2020-21 Academic Year with a Report Concert.
 
Every year on the Sunday following June 20, is the pilgrimage day of the St. Stephen's Church in Chknagh village of Aragatsotn diocese. On that occasion, the relic of St. Stephen the Protodeacon which is mept in the Mother See museum, is taken to the church.
 
The youth unions of the Araratian Pontifical Diocese, each after participating in the Sunday Liturgy in their community, meet in a church and sit at the table of love-themed meal. The meeting place this Sunday was St. Zoravor Holy Mother of God Church.