The news coverage “Ecclesiastical Life” features Armenian Apostolic Churchactivities in the spheres of education, cultur, public, health and others. It also addresses Church Feasts, tells about public structures, youth movements, activities of District Youth Centers functioning adjacent to Dioceses. It also presents the ministry in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, the life of an Armenian believer in congregation both in Armenia, as well as in foreign Dioceses.
Frequency: Every Monday and Friday, at 19:30 and 21:30
Rerun:Tuesday and Saturday, at 08:00 and 10:30
Broadcast also by the satellite channel of Armenian Public TV.
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Ecclesiastical life 29.03.2015


Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin celebrated Palm Sunday and the ceremony of children’s blessing.
Palm Sunday in Holy Martyrs Church of Davitashen. 
On Palm Sunday, children with disabilities received gifts in Holy Mother of God Church in Malatia. 
Family Club meeting in Nor Nork Armenian Church Youth Center on the eve of Palm Sunday. 
The participants of the TV show “Brainiest” received blessing in St. Sarkis Church.
In the evening of Palm Sunday, all Churches offer Opening of the Doors (Drnbatsek) Service. 
    

 
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Ecclesiastical life 27.03.2015


40th day of the Great Lent.
The Director of Social Services Center of the Mother See met with mothers of deceased soldiers. 
Church built in Hovtashen village. 
Another training-conference of “Spiritual Support to Families” held in Tsakhkadzor. 
Genocide-related topics reflected in the magazine “Etchmiadzin” of the Mother See. 
Discussion in Ararat Diocese within the scope of the events dedicated to the centennial of the Armenian Genocide. 

 
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Ecclesiastical life 23.03.2015


36th day of the Lent.
Sunday of Advent: Divine Liturgy in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. 
Armenian Church celebrated the Feast of Deliverance from the Pit. 
Fifth phase of the program “Spiritual Support to Families” launched.
Symposium on the study of Armenological subjects held in the Armenian Diocese of Russia and Nor Nakhijevan. 

 
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Ecclesiastical life 20.03.2015


33rd day of the Great Lent. 
Catholicos of All Armenians received the participants of Annual Media Forum. 
Public lecture on “The Genesis of the Program of the Armenian Genocide” at the American University of Armenia.  
Fr. Columba Stewart, Executive Director of the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) in Collegeville, Minnesota, lecture in Gevorkian Theological Seminary.
Copies of the two greatest khachkars in Armenia of Western Armenia will be placed in the Mother See. 
Exhibition of the paining class of Arabkir Youth Center held in Narekatsi Art Union.  

 
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Ecclesiastical life 16.03.2015


29the day of the Great Lent. 
Fifth Sunday of the Great Lent is the Sunday of the Judge.
Joint assistance of the Social Service Center of the Mother See and “Aleppo” Compatriotic Charitable Organization provided to the Syrian Armenians. 
Healing power of the prayer: Bishop Bagrat Galstanyan meets with the students of Yerevan Medical University. 
The European Parliament called all EU member states for recognizing the Armenian Genocide. 
The exhibition opened in Turkey dedicated to the centenary of different events featured materials related to the Armenian Genocide. 
Comparative discussion on the Jewish and Armenian Genocides in the Western Diocese of the Armenian Church in the USA. 
A memorial to the victims of the Armenian Church was opened in Rasht, Iran.
On March 14, our Church remembers the martyrdom day of 40 holy children.

 
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Ecclesiastical life 13.03.2015


26th day of the Great Lent.
Bestowing of medals in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. 
Catholicos of All Armenians received Zaza Vashakmadze, the Chairman of State Agency for Religious Affairs of Georgia. 
Burial service of Archbishop Grigoris Buniatyan, the Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Ukraine, in the priesthood cemetery of the Mother See. 
Meeting of the President of Writers’ Union of Armenia with the pupils of Eurnekian School. 
Charity action on the occasion of Median Day (Mijink) of the Great Lent in Etchmiadzin Armenian Church Youth Center. 

 
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Ecclesiastical life 09.03.2015


22nd day of the Great Lent.
Archbishop Grigoris Buniatyan, the Primate of the Armenian Diocese in Ukraine and a member of the Brotherhood of the Mother See, passed away. 
Third Sunday of the Great Lent, the Stewards Sunday in the Mother See. 
38 Church Delegations have already confirmed their participation on the events dedicated to the canonization of the victims of and the centennial of the Armenian Genocide. 
Commemoration Day of St. Hovhan, the Patriarch of Jerusalem, St. Hovhannes of Odznetsi, St. Hovhan of Vorotnetsi and St. Grigor Tatevatsi. 
Free Grabar (Old Armenian) classes have already commenced in St. Hovhannes Church of Kond. 

 
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Ecclesiastical life 02.03.2015


March 2 is the 15th day of the Great Lent. 
Second Sunday of the Great Lent is called the Sunday of Lost Son. 
St. GrigorNarekatsi (St. Gregory of Narek) was declared a Doctor of the Universal Church.
South Dakota recognized the Armenian Genocide. 
New book by Rolf Hosfeld tells about the massacres of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey. 
The Coptic Orthodox Church will canonize the 21 victims of terrorism. 
The Primate of Gugark Diocese was awarded. 
Reading of spiritual poems Ayb-Ke in the Seminary. 

 
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Ecclesiastical life 27.02.2015


February 27 is the 12th day of the Great Lent. 
The first meeting of the Supreme Spiritual Council for this year was convened in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. 
Bestowing of high honor medals in the Mother See.
The exhibition of the students of Armenian Church Youth Center dedicated to the centennial of the Armenian Genocide. 
Every Tuesday the Churches of Yerevan hold Lenten Meditations. 
Services in the period of the Great Lent. 

 
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Ecclesiastical life 23.02.2015


Today is the eighth day of the Great Lent.
The Expulsion Sunday summed-up the first week of the Lent.
The sacrament of the Expulsion Sunday in the lives of Anna and Armine Barseghyans. 
Have the celebrations of Gallipoli’s 100th anniversary been suspended? 
There is a street and a library in Bitlis named after William Saroyan. 
The testimonies of Adana massacres in 1909 were translated from Osmanian into Turkish. 
February 21 is the international day of mother tongue.  
Judo competition in Etchmiadzin Armenian Church Youth Center. 

 
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Ecclesiastical life 20.02.2015


The sacrament of the fifth day of the Great Lent. 
Visit of Havatamq Center to Hematology Center of R. Yolyan. 
Blood donations by the priests of Gugark Diocese. 
The ultimatum of Islamist terrorists forced 125 Armenian families to flee Mosul city of Iraq by the decision of the Primate of Diocese. 
How to teach and cover the Armenian Genocide: two manuals published for teachers and journalists. 
Pan-Armenian Declaration on the Armenian Genocide from the perspective of international law: press conference in Nyut press club. 

 
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Ecclesiastical life 16.02.2015


The Great Lent started on February 16. 
130th anniversary of the Western Armenian writer, physician, publicist Ruben Sevak in the Museum of the Mother See. 
Gerolf Annemans, Member of the European Parliament, submitted to European Parliament a motion calling on Turkey to recognize the Armenian Genocide. 
On April 24, Elizabeth II, the Queen of the Great Britain, will visit Turkey to attend the events dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Gallipoli. 
Aram I Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia will file a case to the court against the Turkish authorities claiming the return of the Armenian property. 
Italian Senate voted for criminalizing the denial of Holocaust and other genocides. 
Armenian Church Youth District Center of Malatia hosted the first participants of Artsakh heroic war. 
Social Service Office of the Mother See make another donation. 
Russian translation of the book “Chalcedon and the Armenian Church” by Karekin I blessed memory Patriarch, was published.