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[field_telecast_image] [title, body, field_start_time, field_lrahos_date] Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ on July 11 This year, the fasting of Vardavar is from July 5 to 9. And on July 11 the Armenian Church will celebrate the feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 
 
It is already two conscriptions, the Tovmasyan Charitable Foundation has sponsored the making of crosses. Attending the Blessing Service of Ashot the Iron Cross-badges in Holy Mother of God Church in Kanaker were the soldiers of the 5th Army Unit, accompanied by officers and command staff. 
 
Students of the Sunday School and kindergarten of the Armenian Cultural Center in Odessa are on a one-week visit to Armenia. They were received by the Catholicos of All Armenians in Holy Etchmiadzin.
 
The students of the Arabkir Youth Center finished the school year. The applied arts classes presented what they learned during the year at the exhibition, and the performing arts classes on the stage.
 
An exhibition-sale of works by artists and puppet makers was organized in the "Hayartun" Center of the Armenian Diocese of Georgia. Proceeds will be transferred to the renovation Foundation of the Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin. 
 
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On July 2, the Primate of the Armenian Diocese of New Nakhichevan and Russia, His Eminence Archbishop Ezras Nersisyan left for the Russian city of Tambov on a pastoral visit. The next day, the Primate consecrated the newly built Holy Mother of God Armenian Church in Tambov. 
 
The new volume of the "Documents on the History of the Armenian Church" series is dedicated to Archbishop Nerses Melik-Tankyan, member of the Brotherhood of Holy Etchmiadzin and prominent national figure.  Documents dedicated to the life and activities of the archbishop are presented, as...
 
At the moment, the construction works in the Etchmiadzin Cathedral are mainly aimed at repairing of the paving. The last time it was repaired in the 1950s.
 
A khachkar was erected in Noramarg community of Ararat region in memory of the heroes killed in the Artsakh wars. A khachkar-monument dedicated to the defenders of the homeland was also erected in the Gegharkunik community.  At the invitation of Pope Francis, the Primates of the Lebanese...
 
People's Master Tamara Atanasyan is a chemist by profession, she has worked in "Nairit" factory for 25 years. After retiring, she decided to continue the handicraft she inherited from her mother - embroidery.
 
In the "Vache and Tamar Manukyan" Matenadaran a lecture was organized on "Copyright. Exceptions and Restrictions in the Library and Publishing Industry”.
 
 
 
RA ESCS ministry referred to this year's anniversaries.
 
The Catholicos of All Armenians sent wishes of recovery to Pope Francis. The Armenian Patriarch sent a letter of condolences to the mourning family of duduk player, People's Artist Jivan Gasparyan. A private prayer was offered in the St. Hakob Church in Ararat for the missing Armenians...
 
The textile exhibits of the museums of the Mother See are restored with fabrics and threads approved by international standards of restoration, which are of Indian, Japanese and European production.
 
On July 9, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians; received European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, accompanied by Andrea Victorin, Head of the European Union Delegation, and Anna Aghajanyan...
 
More than 700 children study in 31 classes of the Nork Youth Center. The Youth Center summed up another academic year.
 
This year the Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ or Vardavar will be celebrated on July 11. According to the church order, the feast has a weekly fasting, and Remembrance of the Dead.
 
 
Vardavar is one of the most popular feasts, rich in various folk rituals. In the Yeghipatrush village, the feast started with a traditional lavash baking ceremony.
 
Aragatsotn region with its sanctuaries, places of pilgrimage, entertainment zones this Sunday, on the Feast of Vardavar, received many pilgrims. Our film crew visited Mughni and Hovhannavank.
 
Festive liturgies and celebrations of the Transfiguration of our Lord Jesus Christ (Vardavar) took place in different churches and communities of the Armenian Diocese of Georgia.
 
The third of the five feasts of the Armenian Church, the Transfiguration (Vardavar), was on July 11 this year. The liturgy in St. Gayane Monastery was presided over by the Catholicos of All Armenians.
 
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The fourth-graders of Vazgenyan Seminary are completing a four-year bachelor's program to transfer to a master's degree. In case of transfer, they will study for two years at the Gevorkian Seminary.
 
Despite the epidemic restrictions, the Feast of the Transfiguration of Jesus Christ was celebrated at St. George Armenian Church in Sao Paulo, Brazil.  The day was doubly festive in the diocese․ It was the 29th anniversary of the ordination of the diocesan Primate Bishop Narek Berberyan.
 
 
 
On July 15, in the St. Gayane Monastery of Etchmiadzin, under the presidency of the Catholicos of All Armenians, a Republican Prayer ceremony was held for the peace and security of the homeland. The clergy who directly participated in the 44-day war in Artsakh, with special assignments, Rev. Fr....
 
Under the presidency of His Holiness Karekin II, a ceremony of awarding the order took place in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. Judge Hrachik Sargsyan was awarded the Order of "St. Sahak-St. Mesrop" of the Armenian Apostolic Church for great merit, patriotic and ecclesiastical work in the...
 
The "Walking Gospel" program of the Bible Society of Armenia has reached Dashtavan community.  Usually the program is participated by elders- teachers and parents, but this time schoolchildren participated.   
 
Through the efforts of Father Mkhitar Aharonyan, Pastor of Tegher, the "Tagharan" ensemble of ancient music, and the Yerevan State Chamber Choir, hymns were sung in Holy Mother of God Church, dedicated to the fallen soldiers of the homeland.
 
On July 15, in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, hosted members of the Student Council of the National Polytechnic University of Armenia. Speaking about the losses suffered by the Armenian people after the Artsakh war,...
 
The yard of St. John the Evangelist Church in Artashat is filled with children from early morning until noon.
 
 
 
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Artistic director Hasmik Papyan considers the staging of "Orpheus and Eurydice" the beginning of a new stage in the operation of the Conservatory Opera Studio. According to her, Gluck's work was chosen because our country, especially at this moment, needs soothing, comforting music.
 
Araratian Diocese youth unions were on a pilgrimage to Harichavank.
 
The Bible Society of Armenia has organized an ecumenical summer camp at the "Tsitsernak" camp of the Gugark Diocese.
 
At the invitation of the Primate of the Gugark Diocese, His Grace Bishop Hovnan Hakobyan, the staff of the Pan- ACYO Central Office, members of the youth unions of Masyatsotn, Kotayk, Armavir, Gugark and Ararat Patriarchal Dioceses were hosted in Vanadzor.
 
 
 
 
The concert of the Academic Choir under the direction of Maestro Hovhannes Chekidjian in the Vanadzor Mother Church was an occasion for prayer and rejoicing for all those who had the opportunity to attend the evening of July 22.
 
The publishing house of the Mother See has published a translation of Stavros Kalandzakis' study "Introduction to the Old Testament".  The book of the Greek biblical scholar was translated from the Greek original by Rev. Fr. Gabriel Vardanyan.
 
On July 23, in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin  a presentation entitled "The Church and Constitutional Culture" was held at the "Vache and Tamar Manukyan" Matenadaran, under the high presidency of the Catholicos of All Armenians. The collection "Commonwealth Bylaw of the Armenians"...
 
 
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The foundation was laid in 2013, but due to lack of funds, the structure is still unfinished. With the help of the villagers and with the annual financial support of the village administration, every stone is laid.   
 
In the presence of the commanding staff in the Khor Virap monastery complex, the recruits take the military oath to defend the homeland.
 
The first republican competition after Lusine Zakaryan was held at the Arabkir Orphanage on the initiative of the "Tenor" Cultural Non-Governmental Organization and with the support of the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory.
 
 
 
 
This year the book festival takes place in three buildings at once: the Artists' Union, where there is a fair with up to 40% discount, the "Zangak" bookstore, where there are lectures and master classes and at the "Moscow" cinema.