Children and mothers from Artsakh participate in a three-day camp in Tsaghkadzor under AGBU program


The beneficiaries of the AGBU "Nairi" three-day family camp, which supports the people of Artsakh are children aged 6-14 and their mothers were forcibly displaced from Artsakh since September 24 in 2023. The program started in February and will last until June. About 300 people go to Tsakhkadzor at each stage, 100 of them are parents, the rest are children. Under the auspices of AGBU, the "Nairi" family camp will be followed by an annual summer camp for Artsakh citizens involved in various need and social groups.

The "Armenian Cross" foundation, which helps the people of Artsakh, started working since February


Through the initiative of His Eminence Archbishop Yezras Nersisyan, Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Russia and New Nakhichevan, the "Haykakan khach" foundation helps families forcibly displaced from Artsakh. On the website, families themselves register their data, familiarize themselves with the conditions and start fundraising. There are more than 20 areas of fundraising, from social to culture, science, education, healthcare.

For the first time, the Gospel of Keran, the Armenian queen of Cilicia, was studied


The author of the monograph is Emma Chugaszian, a doctor of medieval history and art studies at the Paul Valery University of Montpellier, who is publishing a book dedicated to the royal manuscripts of Cilicia for the second time. The book is bilingual, Armenian and English. The composition is a fragment from the manuscript, where Queen Keran, her beauty and piety are mentioned. The commissioned Gospel in 1272 is in the treasury of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem.

The wooden relic of the cross of Jesus Christ was taken to the Holy Cross Church of Arabkir


On the occasion of the Feast of the Appearance of the Holy Cross, with the blessing of His Holiness the Patriarch, the relic of the cross of Jesus Christ was taken from the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin to the Holy Cross Church of Arabkir of the Araratian Pontifical Diocese. A celebratory liturgy was held in the Holy Cross Church under the solemnity of His Eminence Archbishop Navasard Kchoya , vicar General of the Araratian Pontifical Diocese. The Celebrant was the director of the administrative and economic department of the Mother See, Bishop Moushegh Babayan.

A ground-blessing ceremony for the newly built church was held in Geghanist village of Masis


The 16 stones were washed with water and wine, then they were anointed with holy muron and placed in the foundations of the church. The church is being built by the efforts of the community residents. Most of them are involved in construction work. Benefactors are Artur Khachatryan and Edgar Tonakanyan. Among the nearby settlements, only Argavand has a functioning church.

The Catholicos of All Armenians received Brazilian journalists at the Mother See


At the meeting with Brazilian journalists, the Catholicos of All Armenians stated that the Armenian people are waiting for the condemnation of the Armenian Genocide by the international community and the assessment of Azerbaijan's ethnic cleansing of Artsakh and the destruction of Armenian spiritual and cultural values. His Holiness expressed hope that the media will present the current situation in the region and Armenia to their audience, will raise the issues of protection of the rights of Artsakh Armenians and the return of captives.

The "Narek" dance school of Nork's Youth Center celebrated its 35th anniversary


The concert was dedicated to the memory of choreographer Paylak Sargsyan, with whom the ensemble's close cooperation began in 1997. Paylak Sargsyan's performances were presented at the concert. The ensemble always wins dance festivals held in Armenia and abroad and traditionally presents the premiere of new plays in the Diaspora.

The forcibly displaced Artsakh residents invited an Artsakh priest to the workplace for a Home-blessing


After the forced deportation from Artsakh, the people of Artsakh settled in Armenia often turn to the priest in the post-Easter period to perform the Easter blessing in their homes and announce the good news of the Lord's resurrection. Usually they turn to Father Andreas Tavadyan with that question.

An intercession ceremony was performed at the Mother See in memory of the canonized martyrs


On the occasion of the day of remembrance of the holy martyrs of the Armenian Genocide, the Brotherhood of the Mother See, led by the Catholicos of All Armenians, participated in the Liturgy ceremony in the St. Gayane Monastery. On that occasion, the reliquary of the Armenian Genocide martyrs was brought out. At the end of the liturgy, the procession of the clergy moved to the khachkar-monument of the martyrs of the Armenian Genocide erected near the Mother Cathedral, where an intercessory order was performed in memory of the canonized martyrs under the solemn guidance of the Patriarch of All Armenians.

The Armenian Genocide Museum was replenished with valuable samples related to Soghomon Tehliryan


Arpi Oskanyan and Anush Oskanyan-Ohanyan, granddaughters of Soghomon Tehliryan's cousin, a member of the "Nemesis" operation, handed over the unique diary and unique photos of the great Armenian to the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute.

This year's slogan for the Torchlight march is "Fight When You're Persecuted"


On the initiative of ARF Armenian youth and Nikol Aghbalyan student unions, on the evening of April 23, the participants of the procession with torches from Republic Square went to Tsitsernakaberd memorial complex. Under the leadership of the clergy, the participants of the march passed through the central streets of Yerevan and carried the Armenian flag to the memorial complex of the victims of the Armenian Genocide.

Mozart's Requiem was performed on the occasion of the anniversary of the Genocide


At midnight on April 23, Mozart's Requiem was performed in the Aram Khachatryan concert hall, commemorating the memory of 1.5 million Armenians who were victims of the genocide in Ottoman Turkey 109 years ago. The orchestra was led by guest conductor George Pehlivanyan. Requiem is a requiem service performed in the Catholic Church, which, having lost its ritual significance in the 18th century, is also performed in concert halls. According to musicologists, Mozart's Requiem is one of the most famous and most frequently played works in the world.