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On October 1, the latest court hearing in the "Sacred Struggle" case continued at the Shengavit seat of the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction; during the session, examination protocols regarding the weapons and ammunition that had undergone forensic analysis were reviewed.The defense...
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On October 3, the consecration ceremony for the crosses atop the dome and bell tower of the newly built St. Hovhannes Church took place with great solemnity in the village of Darbnik (Masis community), presided over by Bishop Ruben Zargaryan, Primate of the Diocese of Masyatsotn.
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With the blessing of Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, a ceremonial opening of a restoration and conservation workshop for museum artifacts took place at the "Alec and Marie Manoogian" Treasury of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.
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On October 4, the 7th anniversary of the re-consecration of St. Mercurius Church in the Vardenut community (Aragatsotn Diocese) was celebrated. To mark the occasion, and with the blessing of the Diocesan Primate, Bishop Mkrtich Proshyan, the relic of St. Mercurius the General was brought to the...
On October 4, at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, received Paula White-Cain, Senior Advisor to the White House Office of Faith-Based Initiatives. She had arrived in Armenia to attend the second Prayer Breakfast and had participated...
An exhibition titled "In the Spirit of the Divine Liturgy" by young artist Nona Hovhannisyan has opened at the Ruben Sevak Museum of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. The displayed works depict clergy and nuns immersed in prayer and the celebration of the Divine Liturgy. The exhibition will...
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On October 6, Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, met with a group of prominent legal experts, human rights defenders, and constitutional law specialists at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. The participants in the discussion condemned the establishment of a National Assembly investigative...
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On October 8, at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, received pilgrims from St. Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Church in Pasadena—a parish of the Western Diocese of the Armenian Church in the USA. The group was led by the parish priest, Archpriest Fr....
 On October 8, Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, received pilgrims from the community of Albairate—located near Milan, Italy—at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, led by Father Francesco Carletti.
His Holiness emphasized that such visits strengthen and fortify the relations between the...
On October 8, the Court of First Instance of General Jurisdiction of the Armavir Province found Gevorg Nersisyan—the brother of the Catholicos of All Armenians, Karekin II—and his son, Hambardzum Nersisyan, guilty.
According to the defense team, the judge’s decision was entirely predictable and...
With the blessing of Archbishop Ezras Nersisyan, Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Russia and New Nakhichevan, young people—devoted to both the Church and their homeland—are gathering at the Armenian church complex in Moscow. They come together to pray and to maintain a strong bond with the...
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On October 8–9, the National Library of Armenia is hosting an international conference titled "Preserving Heritage for a Sustainable Future," dedicated to the 360th anniversary of the publication of the first printed Armenian Bible—produced in Amsterdam through the efforts of Voskan Yerevantsi...
On October 9, a meeting of bishops serving at the Mother See, as well as diocesan primates and locum tenens from Armenia, took place at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, presided over by Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians.
The participants issued a statement expressing strong...
On October 3, the remains of Tsar Samuel returned to the country after more than a thousand years were transported from Thessaloniki to Sofia with special state honors in Bulgaria and placed in a marble sarcophagus within the Basilica of Saint Sophia. Scholars Nikoghayos Adonts and Yordan Ivanov...
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On October 10, the Feast of the Holy Translators was celebrated at the Saint Mesrop Mashtots Church in Oshakan, with the Divine Liturgy celebrated by Father Husik Smbatyan, a monk-priest and the Dean of the Gevorkian Theological Seminary. Led by Father Shnorhk Paloyan, a priest serving as the...
At Ayb School, the Feast of the Holy Translators was marked by a ceremony dedicated to the commencement of construction of the Holy Translators Church, located within the educational campus.
Father Mesrop Aramian, a co-founder of the school, emphasized that by canonizing the translators and...
On the occasion of the Feast of the Holy Translators, the annual "Kanthegh" (Lantern) award ceremony—organized jointly by the Writers' Union of Armenia and the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin—took place at the schoolhouse adjacent to the Saint Mesrop Mashtots Church in Oshakan. The event was...
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The Bible Society of Armenia has organized a gathering of specialists in trauma healing, centered on the theme: "Healing the Past to Move Toward the Future... Trauma Persisting Through Generations."
Representatives from Bible Societies and churches across various countries, alongside clergy,...
For years, the construction of an educational center—planned by the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin in Vagharshapat under the Tumo program—has encountered artificial obstacles. Yet, the center could provide 2,500 teenagers with the opportunity to acquire modern knowledge and practical skills....
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 On October 13, the presentation of the Western Armenian translation of the novel "The Book of Mush", by Italian-Armenian author Antonia Arslan, took place at the Zangak Bookstore. The event was initiated by the Tufenkian Foundation in collaboration with the organization "Save Armenia" and the...
On October 11, marking the 25th anniversary of the consecration of St. Yeghishe Armenian Church in London and the Feast of the Holy Translators, His Grace Bishop Aren Shahenyan, Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Argentina and Chile, celebrated the Divine Liturgy. He was invited by His Grace...
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On October 15, the trial involving Gevorg Nersisyan—brother of the Catholicos of All Armenians, Karekin II and his son, Hambardzum Nersisyan, continued at the Court of First Instance of Armavir Province. The public prosecutor requested that the court sentence Gevorg Nersisyan to three years and...
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On October 16, at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, received a delegation from the "Save Armenia" organization, led by its Executive Director, Dr. Paul Murray. His Holiness offered his blessings and expressed his appreciation to the organization for its...
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On October 18, at the Saint Trdat Church in Vayk, the newly appointed Locum Tenens of the Vayots Dzor Diocese, Very Reverend Father Movses Sargisyan, celebrated his inaugural Divine Liturgy. Bishop Makar Hakobyan presented the pastoral staff of the diocese to the Father. In his address, the newly...
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By order of the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia, the spiritual leadership service within the Armed Forces was dissolved; consequently, as of February 1, 2026, approximately 50 military chaplains have departed from their respective military units.
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On October 17, in the city of Ivanovo, Russian Federation, the newly built Armenian Church of Saint John the Baptist—along with the khachkars (cross-stones) installed in its courtyard, dedicated to the unbreakable friendship between the Armenian and Russian peoples was solemnly consecrated by...
His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, received clergy from the Catholic Diocese of Trieste (Italy), led by the Diocesan Bishop, Enrico Trevisi at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.
His Holiness spoke with satisfaction about the close relations and effective cooperation between...
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On October 22, the Court of First Instance of General Jurisdiction of the Armavir Province continued the trial of Gevorg Nersisyan—brother of the Catholicos of All Armenians, Karekin II and his son, Hambardzum Nersisyan. Although the case lacks the essential elements of a crime, and both...
On October 22, a scheduled court hearing for the "Sacred Struggle" case was set to take place at the Shengavit seat of the Yerevan Criminal Court of General Jurisdiction; however, for the umpteenth week in a row, the hearing failed to proceed as planned, due to various stated reasons....
On October 22, at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, received clergy from the Catholic Church who had arrived from Naples on a pilgrimage. His Holiness expressed his satisfaction regarding the fraternal relations between the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church...
On October 22, attorney Ara Zohrabyan announced that the Court of General Jurisdiction of the First Instance of the Armavir Province of the Republic of Armenia has dismissed the lawsuit filed by the defrocked Arman Saroyan, in which he sought reinstatement to the position of Primate of the...
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On October 23, attorney Ara Zohrabyan announced that Judges Sima Abovyan and Hovhannes Melkonyan of the Court of General Jurisdiction of the First Instance of the Armavir Province have terminated the civil proceedings initiated by former priests of the Aragatsotn Diocese, Stepan Asatryan and...
On Sunday, October 25, the Armenian Apostolic Church will celebrate the Feast of the Discovery of the Cross, which commemorates the finding of the wood of Christ’s Cross through the intervention of Empress Patronike. According to the Church Fathers and ecclesiastical doctrine, the mystery of the...
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On October 25, at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, the Catholicos of All Armenians received the Right Reverend Graham Barham Usher, the Anglican Bishop of Norwich and head of the Anglican Church delegation participating in the COP17 conference.
The Armenian Pontiff expressed satisfaction...
 Catholicos of All Armenians Receives World Council of Churches Ecumenical Delegation Attending COP17
On October 25, Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, received an ecumenical delegation from the World Council of Churches at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. The delegation was in Yerevan to participate in the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the UN Convention on...
On October 25, the Feast of the Discovery of the Cross was marked at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin with the celebration of the Holy and Immortal Divine Liturgy, presided over by Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians. The service was attended by clergy, the faithful, tourists, and...
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