December 2023

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Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II received Rev. Fr. Ararat Poghosyan on the occasion of receiving the degree of candidate of historical sciences. His Holiness handed over Fr. Ararat the qualification certificate of the historian and the post-graduate thesis. Fr. Ararat's dissertation refers...
 
After September 19, within two months, 167 patients forcibly displaced from Artsakh were treated at the "Izmirlian" medical center. Most of them were operated on. The "Izmirlian" Foundation allocated the main funds for the healthcare programs aimed at Artsakh residents.
 
The "Hrach and Susan" Tufayan Youth Center of Etchmiadzin hosted around 280 students of 8 Youth Centers operating under the auspices of the Mother See and AGBU. Karekin II, Patriarch of All Armenians, conveyed his blessing and good wishes to the children.
 
The Armenian Church will celebrate the commemoration of Saint Thaddeus and Saint Bartholomew, the first Armenian enlighteners, on December 2 this year. On that day, the Holy Lance Geghard will be taken out of the treasury of Holy Etchmiadzin and will be taken to St. Hovhannes the Baptist and St....
 
On December 2, the Armenian Church commemorated the feast of Saint Thaddeus and Saint Bartholomew, the first enlighteners of the Armenians. Accompanied by a church procession, the Catholicos of All Armenians brought out the Holy Lance Geghard, distributing blessings to the pilgrims.
 
 
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On the Feast of Apostles St. Thaddeus and St. Bartholomew is also the day of the pilgrimage of St. Thaddeus Church in Masis city of Masyatsotn diocese. On that occasion the relic of the Apsotle was brought from Holy Etchmiadzin, to distribute blessings to the faithful.
 
The Catholicos of All Armenians sent circular letters to the dioceses and communities of the Armenian Church, urging them to organize fundraisers to support the people of Artsakh. The delegation of the Western Diocese of the Armenian Church of North America arrived at the Mother See accompanied...
 
From December 2, an exhibition under the title "Your Cross" is open at the Museum of Russian Art in Yerevan. It is the collection of crosses of lawyer, collector Narek Van Ashughatoyan, in which there are crosses of both Armenian and other peoples. A private collection is on display for the first...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Another group of priests from the dioceses of Armenia and Diaspora completed the Priest Accelerated course. The priests lived in the Mother See for three weeks, attended courses at the "Garegin I" educational center, communicated with the monastery's Brotherhood. At the end of the training, the...
 
The shelter under the auspices of Holy Etchmiadzin sheltered families from Artsakh in 2020. After the forced displacement in 2023, this floor was again accepted by families from Artsakh. The Hovsepyan family with 4 children settled here is also a beneficiary of the monetary program implemented by...
 
On December 21, under the chairmanship of Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II, the Mother See a discussion dedicated to educational issues took place in Holy Etchmiadzin. A special reference was made to the new textbook of the 7th grade on the subject of Armenian History.    
 
The traditional Ghapama feast is one of the most popular events of the Armenian diocese and community in Tbilisi, in which many diocesan structures participate.      
 
 
 
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After receiving the title of Doctor of Philosophical Sciences at Nottingham University in Great Britain, Grigoris Shokhikyan, clerk-secretary of the Catholicos office, returned to the Mother See. After graduating from the Gevorgian Theological Seminary, the Archimandrite continued his studies at...
 
On December 21, a conference dedicated to the 850th anniversary of the death of Saint Nerses the Graceful was held in the meeting hall of the Presbyterian Armenian Church in Moscow, which was attended by theologians, philologists, art critics, and historians from different cities of Russia, as well...
 
On December 25, on the day of the feast of St. Stepan the Proto-Deacon, 11 students of the fifth lecture hall of Gevorgyan Theological Seminary received deacon's degree. The ordination took place in the Church of the Holy Mother of God in Etchmiadzin. The ordaining clergyman was His Grace Bishop...
 
The goal of the newly established foundation is to offer a spiritual-psychological rehabilitation program to those who would like to overcome the anxiety and worries of difficult times.    
 
From July 15, 2023 in cooperation with the Gegharkunik Diocese and Vardenis Municipality, the Armenian Round Table Charitable Foundation organized dance classes for around 200 children from Sotk, Norakert, Mets Masrik, Pokr Masrik, Geghamasar communities of Gegharkunik region. Their inaugural...
 
Around 200 young people from different settlements of Aragatsotn Diocese, together with the priests and the diocesan Primate, are praying for the peace and well-being of the motherland. With the blessing of Bishop Mkrtich Proshyan, Primate of Aragatsotn Diocese, the end-of-year gathering of youth...
 
On the occasion of the feast of St. Stepanos the proto Deacon, the Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II received the deacons of the Mother See. The deacons greeted the Armenian Pontiff with the singing of "Stephan, sweet bird". His Holiness congratulated and conveyed his blessings to the serving...
 
On December 26, a press conference was held in the Matenadaran of the Mother See dedicated to the problematic new textbook of the 7th grade on the subject of Armenian history. The speakers were the chairman of the Educational Committee of the Mother See, the Primate of the Shirak Diocese, ...
 
 
 
Dozens of children and schoolchildren from Artsakh settled in Vanadzor city had the opportunity to watch the New Year's performance of the Vanadzor Puppet Theater in the hall of the St. Grigor Narekatsi Church of the Gugark Diocese.  
 
On the feast of St. Stepan the Proto-Deacon, in the Armenian Cathedral of Holy Transfiguration in Moscow, the diocesan Primate His Eminence Archbishop Yezras Nersisyan performed an ordination of Acolytes. 14 Armenians of different ages serving in the Armenian churches of Chalter village in Moscow,...