October 2025

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The defense attorney of the archbishop, Hovhannes Khudoyan, stated in court that the statements attributed to the archbishop in the famous recording about “shooting two people, imprisoning 15 people, and burning a bus” are a forgery. Hovhannes Khudoyan was also joined by other defense attorneys....
 
The bishop denies the charges and believes that the authorities are pursuing political persecution against him. Judge Armine Meliksetyan made the ruling after only ten court sessions. The Mother See condemned the blatant illegalities and reaffirmed that it will pursue the use of legal, including...
 
The spiritual and educational-cultural event titled "Ararat in Our Eyes" brought together about 150 young artists from the Mother See and the Armenian General Benevolent Union's Youth centers in the courtyard of the "Vache and Tamar Manukyan" Matenadaran. Later, a large exhibition of the young...
 
The miniatures of the students of the miniature painting class of the Armenian Children's House in Malatia: "Empty Tomb" by Mane Javadyan, "Ascension" by Elen Tsaturyan, "Annunciation" by Tigran Hovsepyan, and "Destruction of Hell" by Karina Ghazaryan participated in the "Univers Art" international...
 
 
 
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The department was established in 2005 by the efforts of Professor Arthur Grabsky and his colleagues with the aim of providing modern, professional urological care. In 2024, Izmirlian Medical Center acquired the latest and unique technologies for the treatment of urolithiasis and other urological...
 
A music school used to operate on the site of the Avetis Social and Educational Center. Over time, the building fell into disrepair and was in poor condition due to lack of renovation. In 2004, it was transferred to the Armenian Apostolic Church through the efforts of the late Archbishop Sepuh...
 
Members of the Board of Directors and benefactors of the Armenian Relief Fund of the Armenian Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church of the United States, the Primate of the Diocese, President of the Armenian Relief Fund, His Grace Bishop Mesrop Parsamian, and the Chairman of the...
 
By the Patriarchal direction of the Catholicos of All Armenians and with the blessing of the Primate of the Aragatsotn Diocese, Bishop Mkrtich Proshyan, the relic of Saint Gevorg Zoravar was transferred from the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin to the church for the first time. The festive Divine...
 
With the blessing of the Patriarch of All Armenians and the initiative of the Primate of the Aragatsotn Diocese, this is the second year that a relic has been transferred to the St. Gevorg Church. Last year, pilgrims also communed with the relic of the commander St. Gevorg. Those present at the...
 
At the suggestion of Arevik Beglaryan, a young composer and pianist living in Germany, a concert entitled “The Bells of Haghartsin” was organized in the refectory of the Haghartsin Monastery Complex. The pianist was born, raised, and received her musical education in Frankfurt am Main. She is a...
 
October 7 marks the feast of the memory of the holy virgins Tekh, Varvara and Peghagea. With the blessing of the Primate of the Aragatsotn Diocese, Bishop Mkrtich Proshyan, the Relic of the Holy Virgin Varvara was transferred to Tsaghkevank on the occasion of the day of the memory of the holy...
 
 
 
The defense has filed a motion with the court to terminate the criminal prosecution of all 18 supporters of the struggle and to dismiss the proceedings, based on the lack of evidence of a crime. It has presented the manipulations of high-ranking officials, publications by pro-government media...
 
The Artsakh Diocese's "Entsa" Social-Spiritual and Psychological Center is organizing Bible study and interpretation courses for Artsakh youth. This time, the speaker for them was Archimandrite Ruben Zargaryan, a member of the Brotherhood of the Mother See.
 
The clergy performed a Home-blessing ceremony, blessed the household goods, members, and benefactors. Sunday school groups will operate, youth union meetings will be held, as well as Bible study classes, and dinners will be organized after Sunday services.  
 
A Divine Liturgy will be celebrated at the St. Mesrop Mashtots Church in Oshakan. According to tradition, the miraculous gospel of Shukhonts will be taken out of the Matenadaran vault and transferred to the St. Mesrop Mashtots Church in Oshakan. It will remain there until the end of the evening...
 
The Commission for the Awarding of Honors and Disciplinary Issues of the Mother See has convened a session, the agenda of which also included a meeting with Rev. Father Aram Asatryan and Rev. Father Taron Hunanyan. The priests did not appear at the session, as a result of which it was not possible...
 
 
 
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The website zarkerak.am published an article on October 13, accusing the church of taking back the space allocated for children with Down syndrome. Moreover, the author of the unsigned article did not consider it necessary to verify what he knew from the center’s administration, presenting...
 
In the St. Mariane Church of Ashtarak, the diocesan leader, Bishop Mkrtich Proshyan, performed a general confession, after which the young people, led by priests, traveled to the St. Mesrop Mashtots Church of Oshakan to participate in the Liturgy. The participants of the pilgrimage were guided by...
 
Led by priests, the faithful walked to the Erebuni Museum, then returned to the church. On the way back, the number of pilgrims increased. At the end of the pilgrimage, the Andastan service was performed in the church yard. The priest blessed the four corners of the world with the cross and the...
 
On the occasion of the feast of the Holy Translators, a Divine Liturgy was celebrated in the only sanctuary of the Erebuni community. The faithful followed the sacred ceremony with prayers and spiritual experiences. Many of them partook of the sacrament. Groups, a Sunday school, a parish council,...
 
The exhibition of the decorative collection of Holy Etchmiadzin will be on display until November 1. After returning to Yerevan from Paris, Kochar painted a series of paintings dedicated to prominent Armenian figures, one of which is this painting. In 1962, he dedicated his work to Vazgen I,...
 
With the blessing of the Patriarch of All Armenians, the relic-bearing the Right Hand of the Apostle St. Ananias was transferred from the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin to the Zoravor Holy Mother of God Church. Led by Father Vahan, the procession greeted the relic on Parpetsi Street, then with the...
 
 
 
This year, the week of the Feast of the Holy Translators was also marked by celebrations of the fifth anniversary of the enthronement of Patriarch Sahak Mashalyan at the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople. Among the festivities was the presentation of the documentary film “Path of Identity”...
 
The regular October 16 court hearing on the case of the participants of the "Holy Struggle" was held behind closed doors.  
 
 
The participants of the movement organized a pilgrimage to the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin to express their solidarity and support for the Mother Church. After a joint prayer in the Mother Cathedral, His Holiness blessed the pilgrims. The Catholicos of All Armenians declared that despite the...
 
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On October 18, our church celebrated the feast of the Four Evangelists. All the priests of the Aragatsotn diocese, along with the faithful of their communities, were in the St. Mariane Church in Ashtarak. The Holy Liturgy was celebrated without the diocesan Primate, Bishop Mkrtich Proshyan. The...
 
On October 19, the feast day and the 10th anniversary of the consecration of the St. John the Evangelist Church in Artashat were celebrated. On that day, the Armenian Apostolic Church also celebrates the feast of the Evangelists: St. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The relic of St. Luke the...
 
 
 
 
The presentation of the book “Tigranakert of Artsakh: The Historical and Cultural Image in the Light of Archaeological Research” took place at the NAS. After the 44-day war, when Tigranakert came under the control of Azerbaijan, and it became impossible to continue the excavations, it was decided...
 
The manuscript collection of Holy Etchmiadzin has been replenished with 123 manuscripts through the efforts of the Catholicos of All Armenians. The film “The Return of the Treasures: Manuscripts” will be broadcast on Shoghakat on October 25, at 9:45 p.m. The Karekin I Educational Center was...
 
With the blessing of His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, a priestly ordination and anointing will take place in the Mother Cathedral of the Holy Mother of God. Six deacons from the Brotherhood of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin serving in various church structures will be...
 
The World Council of Churches in Austria considers the arrests, detentions and convictions of senior clergy of the Armenian Apostolic Church to be a challenge to religious freedom. The Council is concerned that this approach is incompatible with the principles of the rule of law and human rights....
 
The Council condemns Stepan Asatryan's soul-destroying initiative to organize an event under the name of the Holy Liturgy in Hovhannavank with the support of the Prime Minister. The Supreme Spiritual Council has stated that this is another attempt by the leader of the ruling political force to...
 
The Hovhannes Chilingiryan Library will operate in the Komitas Hall of the Gevorgyan Theological Seminary. The initiative was brought to life with the support of the daughters of the great Armenian, Shamir Avagyan Chilingiryan and Ani Srmakesh Chilingiryan. His Holiness awarded the spouses the...
 
This year, more than two dozen authors and creators submitted applications for the competition. In the Armenology category, the award was given to Austrian Birgit Kofler-Betschart for her remarkable work “I Killed a Man, but I Am Not a Murderer.” The jury was attracted by the work of a foreign...
 
The Armenian Diocese of Romania calls on the Armenian authorities to be guided by the principles of justice, transparency and legality and a commitment to the unshakable values ​​of faith and patriotism, which have strengthened and preserved our people for centuries. The Diocese announced that in...
 
The health condition of Aghvan Arshakyan, the defendant in the "Holy Struggle" case, has worsened, he has been experiencing pain in his head. The ambulance service arrived and offered to take Arshakyan to the hospital, but Arshakyan's family was unable to establish telephone contact with the...
 
 
 
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On the eve of the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, during the evening service, with the blessing of the Catholicos of All Armenians, a priestly ordination ceremony was performed in the Mother Cathedral. The next day, during the festive Divine Liturgy, presided over by His Holiness Karekin II,...
 
His Holiness congratulated and wished the newly ordained priests good service. His Holiness noted that the guarantee of effective and successful service is the clergyman's love for the children of the church, pastoral care and complete dedication to the community entrusted to them. The Patriarch...
 
It is dedicated to the nunneries that were centers of writing established in Syunik, Nakhichevan and Artsakh in the 17th-18th centuries and the spiritual and cultural heritage created by the nuns there. Several dozen cultural layers created in the nunneries summarize the vastness of the monastery....
 
Any action of a deacon as a priest is invalid. He has no right to be in the class, in the court, in the vestries, especially to ascend the altar of the church, to touch the church utensils: the Scythian, the Mass Box, the Holy Communion, the Holy Gospel, the Holy Table, the meron, and so on. The...
 
 
 
 
The defenders in the Holy Struggle case, citing the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights, claim that this criminal proceeding pursues a political goal. Archbishop Bagrat reminded the court that about two months ago he made a public statement from the court that there are...
 
The students of the Gevorgyan Theological Seminary defended their dissertations on the topics of “The Hymns of Saint Hovhannes Odznetsi”, “The Dioceses of the Armenian Church in Persia and Their Scientific, Educational and Cultural Life in the 18th-20th Centuries”, “Armenian-Latin Church Relations...
 
Under the leadership of Father Shnorhk Paloyan, Chairman of the Administrative Council of the Aragatsotn Diocese, on October 30, the clergy, monks, and pilgrims of the diocese gathered at the St. Mesrop Mashtots Church in Oshakan. Those present prayed together for the imprisoned Archbishop Mkrtich...
 
The Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Brazil, Bishop Narek Berberian, celebrated the liturgy in Rio de Janeiro for the first time in his 12 years of leadership. Although the Armenian community of Rio was formed in the 1980s, there is still no Armenian church in the city. With the support of the...
 
His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, the Congregation of Holy Etchmiadzin, and the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem expressed their condolences on the death of the Archbishop. The late Archbishop was one of the elder ministers of the Armenian Apostolic Church. For 32 years, he...
 
The Armenian General Benevolent Union and the Armenian Spiritual Restoration Foundation held a joint discussion on the topic “AGBU “Nairi” Camp: Peculiarities of Spiritual and Psychological Support for Children”. Psychologists, educators, team leaders and parents participated in the discussion. In...
 
The Mother See has issued a statement, according to which the authorities' relentless persecution of the church has taken on new, unprecedented manifestations in recent days. After the sacrilegious staging of the Holy Liturgy in the Hovhannavank of the Aragatsotn Diocese, with the direct...
 
On the occasion of the 26th anniversary of the consecration and enthronement of the Catholicos of All Armenians, on Sunday, November 2, in accordance with the accepted order, during the Holy and Immortal Liturgy, a Patriarchal blessing will be performed and the reliquary of the holy relics of...