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After the occupation of Shushi, the young couple from Artsakh gave up on their dreamThe Artsakh couple has had to overcome many trials in recent years, going through the horrors of war, blockade, and forced displacement. Now they are trying to adapt to the new situation: the husband works, the wife takes care of their first child. |
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The faithful celebrated the Feast of Presentation of our Lord to the Temple in the courtyard of the Holy Mother of God Church in Nork MarashMembers of the "Masunk" traditional song and dance ensemble sang songs dedicated to the Presentation of our Lord to the Temple around a bonfire in the courtyard of the Holy Mother of God Church in Nork Marash. Members of the church's youth union are also in this ensemble. The ensemble members... more |
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A festive liturgy will be served in Armenian Apostolic churches on the morning of February 1440 days after the Nativity, the Armenian Apostolic Church celebrates the feast of the Presentation of the Baby Jesus to the Temple, known as the Presentation of the Lord. The pre-feast is celebrated on the evening of February 13. At the end of the liturgy, according to folk custom, a bonfire is... more |
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The premiere of the composition "Graceful, Prayerful" took place at the Armenian Composers' Art FestivalVache Sharafyan has dedicated a new composition to the 850th anniversary of the death of Saint Nerses the Graceful, Patriarch of All Armenians and the reconsecration of the Mother Cathedral. The premiere of the composition “Merciful, Prayerful” marked the beginning of the 16th Festival of Armenian... more |
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The Mother See raised the issue of forcibly displaced people from Artsakh and Armenian prisoners of war in WashingtonIn Washington, D.C., Archbishop Garegin Hambardzumyan participated in the International Religious Freedom Summit and the National Prayer Breakfast. He presented issues related to the fundamental rights of the Armenians forcibly displaced from Artsakh, the need to protect Artsakh’s cultural and... more |
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Austrian Armenologist proposes including Arakelots Monastery in the list of Europe's most endangered monumentsThe 12th-century Arakelots Monastery, a border monastery in the Tavush forests, is located a few kilometers from the villages of Acharkut and Kirants, on the left bank of the Kirants River. Austrian scholar Jasmin Dum Tragut has proposed including the monastery in the list of 14 most endangered... more |
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Music therapy is organized every week for children with Down syndromeThey listen to and play classical music. The “Music Therapy for Little Ones” program is implemented by specialists. At the initiative of Father Grigor Grigoryan, the “Arev-Children” Children’s Health and Development Center NGO deals with their problems. For five years now, the center has been... more |
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Students staged a play on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the Gyumri Youth CenterAt the Vardan Achemyan Drama Theater in Gyumri, students of the Gyumri Youth Center of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin staged the play "The Nest." It is about the journey of an individual who enters the Youth Center and his or her own corner, which resembles a home and a nest. More than 70... more |
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5 deacons defended their master's theses at Gevorgyan Theological SeminaryDeacons examined the evidentiary layer in Arakel Davrizhetsi's "Book of History", the life and activities of Catholicos Gevorg Chorekchyan, the understanding of the terms Hypostasis and Person in the theological heritage of the Cappadocian Fathers, Armenian ecclesiology in the 12th-13th centuries,... more |
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Eventful WeekThe Pope received a group of Armenian clergy at the residence of St. Martha in the Vatican A solemn reception dedicated to the 33rd anniversary of the formation of the Armenian Armed Forces took place in Athens Employees of the Aragatsotn regional body of the Probation Service visited... more |
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The Catechumens starts at February 10The Catechumens fast was established by Gregory the Illuminator. After leaving Khor Virap, he ordered King Trdat and the entire people to repent for five days by fasting. Lenten fast is the first fast of the Armenian Apostolic Church. The forty-day fasts of the Nativity and Transfiguration... more |
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FAR supports forcibly displaced Artsakh residents living in border settlements of TavushThe Armenian Relief Fund of the Armenian Apostolic Church is implementing the “Support for Displaced Persons from Nagorno-Karabakh and Host Rural Communities” program for the displaced from Artsakh with the funding of the German Federal Foreign Office. It started in September and will continue... more |