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 By decree of Vladimir Putin, Archbishop Ezras was awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky for his great contribution to relations with religious organizations. On this occasion, the head of the Department for Cooperation with Religious Organizations under the President and the Chief Advisor went to...
 While receiving the German President at the Mother See, taking into account that he would also travel to Azerbaijan, His Holiness appealed to Frank-Walter Steinmeier with a request to raise in Baku the issues of the just rights of the people of Artsakh, the release of Armenian prisoners of war, and...
 The church will have an attached chapel, which will also serve as a candlelight hall, so that the ceremony is not disturbed during the liturgy. The church will have a Sunday school, a pastor's house and a library, that is, all conditions are created so that a full spiritual life can be organized....
 On that day, pilgrimages are organized to Armenian holy places. Usually, numerous groups of pilgrims visit Khor Virap, where Saint Gregory the Illuminator managed to survive for 14 years among snakes and scorpions through prayer and asceticism. The curtain of the church altar will be opened and an...
 At the end of the liturgy, a blessing ceremony will be held for mothers and women awaiting the joy of motherhood. The Armenian Apostolic Church will reflect on the biblical story of the Annunciation, according to which the angel Gabriel is sent by God to the city of Nazareth in Galilee and...
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 The Armenian-Turkish state border, which runs through the western part of the village of Haykadzor, is opened only three times a year, to visit the Saint Gregory the Illuminator Church in Haykadzor. Through the mediation of the Shirak Diocese, under the supervision of Russian border guards,...
 Accompanied by priests, the pilgrims went to the Khor Virap monastery to participate in the festive liturgy and commune with the relics of the saint. Khor Virap also commemorates the names of two disciples of Christ, Thaddeus and Bartholomew, who met in the area adjacent to Khor Virap while...
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 The clergy of the Aragatsotn diocese, diocesan structures and pilgrims participated in a joint liturgy in Hovhannavank. At the initiative of the diocesan Primate, participating in joint liturgies and liturgies in the churches of the diocese during Great Lent has become a tradition. Monastic life...
 The Armenian Apostolic Church celebrated the Feast of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary on April 7There are several feasts dedicated to the Mother of God in our church calendar, the Feast of the Annunciation is the only one that is based on the Gospel story. By the order of the Patriarch of All Armenians, on the Feast of the Annunciation, at the end of the liturgy, a blessing ceremony was held...
 His Holiness said that churches are blessing women awaiting the joy of motherhood, with a prayer that the Armenian nation may be strengthened by the birth of new children, and that the children of the Armenian people, under the blessing of God and the care of their parents, may grow up with a...
 The Feast of the Annunciation is the first of 8 feasts dedicated to the Mother of God. The Virgin Mary is the most beloved saint of Christians. Believers participate in feasts dedicated to the Mother of God with great reverence. The Church of the Holy Virgin in Nork Marash was crowded on the...
 The faithful learned about the tree planting at the end of the liturgy, and some of them from the Internet. There were families who, upon learning about the church's initiative, decided to purchase a sapling and have their memorial tree in the area adjacent to the church. In this way, the thuja and...
 The sacrament of Advent Sunday is a call to patience and a pious life. With the first coming, Christ opened the way of salvation to man, teaching him how to live in order to deserve the kingdom of heaven. The second time, Christ will come to the world as a king to judge the righteous and the...
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 His Holiness conveyed his blessing to the priests, highly appreciating the zeal of the clergy in enriching their ritual and theological knowledge. His Holiness emphasized that continuous education is important for more effective service. His Holiness urged the priests to put their abilities and...
Ruben Vardanyan considered the construction of this church as part of the comprehensive development plan for Dilijan, considering it a symbol of the spiritual and cultural revival of the city. Vardanyan started the project in 2014. After Vardanyan was illegally detained by Azerbaijan, his...
 The Mother See emphasized that at the event entitled “Christianity in Azerbaijan: History and Modern Times” held at the initiative of the Embassy of Azerbaijan to the Holy See, an attempt was made to deny the Armenian belonging of the historical and cultural heritage of Armenia and Artsakh, to...
 Epigrapher Arsen Harutyunyan, while studying the Tatev Monastery, noticed that in the works of church historians and in late periodical documents, the Tatev Monastery is also called the Monastery of St. Eustathius the Apostle. His study showed that until the 15th century, there was no mention in...
 A requiem service was held at the tomb of Patriarch Mkrtich I in front of the Mother Cathedral. With prayer and incense, the Brotherhood of the Mother See and members of the Vaspurakan NGO commemorated the memory of the patriarch, who enjoyed great popularity in the late 19th and early 20th...
 Bible study classes have begun at the "Entsa" center. The meetings were initiated by members of the Artsakh Diocese Youth Union. The classes are held in a question-and-answer format. The center has also been conducting Bible study classes for Artsakh children for a long time. In addition, the...
Palm Sunday is the triumphal entry of Christ into Jerusalem. It also symbolizes the entry of our Lord into the Upper Jerusalem. In this sense, Christ’s entry into Jerusalem is also called the Advent. That is why on the evening of Palm Sunday the ceremony of the Opening of the Doors is performed,...
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Even before the liturgy began, the roads leading to the church were crowded. Children with flower wreaths and willow branches, accompanied by their parents, participated in the Palm Sunday liturgy. The Holy Cross of Arabkir is the most beautiful church in the community, uniting the Arabkir and...
Spreading garments before Jesus symbolized confessing sins to Christ. Offering branches and twigs signifies special honors and solemnity. The olive tree was perceived as a symbol of wisdom, peace, victory, and glory. Offering olive and palm branches to Christ after raising Lazarus from the dead...
The Feast of Palm Sunday began in the Mother See with the Andastan ceremony. The Catholicos of All Armenians, together with the clergy, prayed and blessed the four corners of the world, asking for peace and fertility. On the Feast of Palm Sunday, the curtain of the church altar was opened and...
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Fathers living in Tyumen, Kaliningrad, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Rostov-on-Don, Crimea and Izhevsk celebrated Palm Sunday in church, gathered around the priest. In the Holy Transfiguration Church in Moscow, on Palm Sunday, the branches were blessed and distributed to the people under the...
The Order of the Opening of the Doors symbolizes the Second Coming of Christ, when the gates of the kingdom of heaven will be opened for the righteous. It takes place in the form of a dialogue between the clergy, who are veiled, inside and outside the Mother Altar. The clergy kneel and ask the...
It is dedicated to the reconsecration of the Mother Cathedral and summarizes the lithographic heritage of the Mother Cathedral. For the first time, the construction and renovation works of the Mother Cathedral over the centuries are presented in the form of a chronicle, that is, in chronological...
On Monday, the parable of the Cursed Fig Tree was read in the church. Starting on Holy Monday, people enter the Holy Week period and prepare to celebrate the most important Christian holiday, the Resurrection of Christ. Believers spend Holy Week with strict abstinence, fervent prayer, and...
 The canon class of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin and the AGBU Arabkir Youth Center participated in the 16th "Art Music" International Art Competition-Festival held at the Konstantin Sarajyan Music School. The class registered 2 victories, representing an individual performer and the "Nazan"...
During the evening service on Holy Tuesday, the parable of the 10 virgins is commemorated. Holy Wednesday commemorates the anointing of Christ and the betrayal of Judas. Holy Thursday commemorates the Last Supper and the institution of the Eucharist. The ceremony of Washing of the foot is also...
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The Executive Director of the AGBU Armenia Office presented the details of the program and the members of the group who arrived from Lebanon, the USA and Bulgaria to His Holiness. His Holiness conveyed his blessing and fatherly message to the young people, and evaluated the programs. The Armenian...
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 [title, body, field_start_time, field_lrahos_date] A Washing of the Feet service was performed in all Armenian Apostolic churches On Holy Thursday, a Washing of the Feet service is performed in all Armenian Apostolic churches, and in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, it is performed by the Patriarch of All Armenians. His Holiness first blesses the water and oil placed on the altar, then kneels and begins to wash the feet of... |
 The Brotherhood of the Mother See, presided over by the Catholicos of All Armenians, participates in the sacred ceremony. The Order of the Eclipse symbolizes the memory of the betrayal and suffering of Christ. It refers to Good Friday, but is performed on the evening of Holy Thursday, since,...
 The liturgy was presided over by His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians. The candlelight service in the Mother Cathedral was performed by Archbishop Arshak Khachatryan, the Chancellor of the Mother See. The feast of the Holy Resurrection began with the candlelight service. With the...
 Some of the faithful followed the Candlelight Liturgy in the courtyard of St. Sarkis Church. The Celebrant read the message of His Holiness the Patriarch. The faithful took the lamps from the altar to take home and celebrate the Resurrection with their families. After the Liturgy, the church...
 The faithful have gone to St. Gregory the Illuminator Church to conclude Lent, receive Communion, and take home the good news of Christ's life-giving resurrection from the church. At the end of the liturgy, the faithful light a lamp from the church's lampstands and candles placed near the altar and...
 After the Holy Resurrection Candlelight Liturgy, the procession of clergymen accompanied the Armenian Patriarch to the Old Residency to perform the house blessing ceremony. His Holiness offered glory and thanksgiving to God for the opportunity to experience the joy and delight of the feast of the...
 After the order of crucifixion, the commemoration of the descent of Jesus from the cross and his burial was performed on Good Friday evening. The service of Christ's burial was performed in the Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin under the presiding authority of the Catholicos of All Armenians.
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 The clergy read from the four Gospels the episodes that describe Jesus' last hours on earth: the gospel passages of His being taken to Pilate, his crucifixion on Golgotha, His death, and the solar eclipse. The scenes of betrayal, arrest, and condemnation described in the four Gospels express the...
 On the morning of Holy Thursday, the Service for those who are fasting (Apashkharoghac) was held in the Mother Cathedral, followed by the Midday Service. The fasting faithful participated in the ceremony. On the morning of Holy Thursday, those who repent are granted absolution. Penitence is one of...
 The Armenian Diocese of Brazil has been preparing for the Holy Thursday ceremonies with prayer and spiritual conversations for days. Deacon Aramayis Soghbatyan, with the blessing of the Primate of the Diocese, Archbishop Narek, conducted spiritual courses for the students of the Armenian National...
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Every year on Easter and Christmas, the “Ari Pari” platform organizes a folk festival. The clergy welcomes the efforts of young people interested in national dance and supports them. The participants of the folk festival dance Ververi, Yarkhusta, and Kochari.
After midnight on April 20, the monks of the Armenian Monastery of Jerusalem made the first entry into the Church of the Holy Resurrection. After praying at the place of Christ’s crucifixion, on Holy Golgotha, the Brotherhood ascended to the Second Armenian Golgotha chapel, where the Night...
Every year on Easter and Christmas, the “Ari Pari” platform organizes a folk festival. The clergy welcomes the efforts of young people interested in national dance and supports them. The participants of the folk festival dance Ververi, Yarkhusta, and Kochari.
After the Liturgy of the Dead, a requiem service was held, hymns were sung, biblical quotations were read, and all the deceased were commemorated, whose names were passed on by the faithful during the Liturgy. The day following all feasts is the day of remembrance of the deceased.
Archbishop Ezras Nersisyan celebrated the festive liturgy at the Holy Transfiguration Cathedral of the Armenian Diocese of Russia and New Nakhijevan. At the end of the liturgy, Archbishop Ezras blessed the eggs placed on the altar, which were distributed to the faithful. Members of the "Nur"...
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The Catholicos of All Armenians awarded Artak Ghulyan with the high order of honor of the Armenian Apostolic Church "Saint Sahak-Saint Mesrop" for his meritorious, patriotic, church-loving and national achievements. The awarding ceremony was scheduled after the feast of the Holy Resurrection....
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Archbishop Nathan Hovhannisyan, Director of the External Relations and Protocol Department of the Mother See, joined the Torchlight March on April 23 at the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex. In his speech, the Archbishop emphasized the importance of efforts aimed at international recognition of...
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On the 110th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, under the chairmanship of His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, a ceremony of intercession for the holy martyrs of the Armenian Genocide was held at the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial Complex, near the Eternal Flame.
On April 24, on the occasion of the Day of Remembrance of the Holy Martyrs of the Armenian Genocide, a liturgy was celebrated in the Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin under the presiding authority of His Holiness the Catholicos of All Armenians. During the liturgy, His Holiness addressed his...
 A service of intercession for the martyrs of the Genocide was held at St. George's Church in TbilisiOn the 110th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, Georgian Armenians marched with torches and signs to the Holy Etchmiadzin Church in Tbilisi, in the courtyard of which a khachkar dedicated to the innocent victims of the Armenian Genocide is erected. A protest rally was held in front of the...
 The event featured a discussion with the author of the book “The Origins of the Genocide State” or “A Hundred Years of Apartheid” by Turkish historian Taner Akçam, in which Akçam criticizes Turkey’s hundred-year history, highlighting structural problems and the absence of democratic values. He...
 For a year, the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute will host a temporary exhibition titled “Documenting the Crime: Eyewitness Documenters of the Armenian Genocide,” dedicated to the 110th anniversary of the genocide. The exhibition features testimonies from about seventy documenters from thirty...
 A concert evening titled “In Memory” was organized at the Komitas Chamber Music Hall on the occasion of the anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Every year, on the eve of April 24, the State Chamber Choir of Armenia, under the direction of artistic director and principal conductor Robert Mlkeyan,...
 Ashot Ohanyan and his family were deported from Bursa in 1914. On the way to the deportation, his mother and younger sister were killed, then he escaped and ended up in an orphanage. An American inspector kidnapped him on a coal ship to Greece. From there, a few years later, they were transferred...
 The Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute and the International Law Society of Armenia have organized a moot court competition on the crime of genocide. The goal is to raise legal awareness of the crime of genocide among students, develop research skills, and promote professional interest in the...
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Georgian Armenians in Tbilisi staged a protest in front of the Turkish Embassy
The 110th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide was commemorated at St. Yeghishe Armenian Apostolic Church in London
The memory of the holy martyrs was also commemorated at Oxford University Church.
An inter-...
They came to Armenia to participate in an international conference convened by the Chamber of Advocates. His Holiness presented the guests with the details of the Armenian Genocide and the genocidal actions carried out by Azerbaijan against the Armenians of Artsakh. He also touched upon the...
His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, has sent a letter of condolences on the death of the Patriarch. His Holiness emphasized that the Armenian people remember with gratitude the liturgy celebrated in St. Peter's Cathedral on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian...
Students from the Marseille National School, the Saint Mesrop Arab School in Paris, and the School-Loving Association were hosted at the Mother See and received the blessing of the Patriarch of All Armenians. More than 2,000 Armenian children study in Armenian schools in France. Since great...
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A Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the funeral service, during which representatives of various Churches had the opportunity to pray for the repose of Pope Francis' soul. The previous day, the Patriarch of All Armenians had offered a private prayer for the repose of Pope Francis' soul in St.... |
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 [title, body, field_start_time, field_lrahos_date] The miraculous Gospel of Shuryshkan was moved from Matenadaran to Mughni Church
On the Sunday following the Resurrection, the faithful have the opportunity to commune with the power emanating from the miracle-working Gospel of Shuryshkan during the Divine Liturgy. This tradition was formed in the Aragatsotn diocese about 25 years ago. This year, the patronage of the gospel... |
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On the 110th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, a service was held at the Holy Transfiguration Church in Moscow, at the end of which the diocesan Primate read the message of the Catholicos of All Armenians. An exhibition of documentary photographs and international press reactions to the...
 The letters were written during Komitas' final years in the Villejuif psychiatric hospital. The museum acquired their digital copies through a partnership with the psychiatric hospital. The letters are semi-official, semi-friendly conversations between the archbishop's treating doctor and Margarit...
For the first time, the cross bearing the relics of the Saint Stephen the Proto-Deacon was transferred to the St. Hovhannes Church in Mastara, and a festive liturgy of the vow was served. Saint Stephen the Proto-Deacon is the first martyr to be martyred for Christ. St. Stepanos Church is located...
 The play describes the 29-year period of anarchy in Greater Armenia at the end of the 3rd century. According to the author of the play, Samvel Mheryan, King Trdat is not an active character in the play, but throughout the entire drama it is noticeable that the people are waiting for a king who will...
 Members of the Youth Union of the Holy Mother of God Church in Stepanakert are organizing discussions with clergy. This time, the Director of the Church and Youth Training Programs, Bishop Vahan Hovhannisyan, met with the youth. At the meeting, they discussed the topic of "The Existence of Evil...
 The History Museum is exhibiting items belonging to Armenian immigrants who took refuge in MarseilleSamples of the exhibition come from two different collections. In one section, there are materials collected by the “ARAM” association about Armenian refugees in the former military camp Camp Otto in Marseille. In the other, there are exhibits from the collection of the History Museum, which tell...
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