Cameraman Harutyun Tolanyan

February 26 is the second Sunday of Great Lent, the Sunday of Expulsion, which commemorates the expulsion of man from heaven, as well as the birth of all the calamities, curses and sins of the world.

Masquerade, "Zrangi" band, tightrope walk, Tumanyan's tales. Boon Barekendan and Hovhannes Tumanyan's birthday are celebrated in "Tumo".

The fundamental scientific library of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia donated books to the "Vache and Tamar Manukyan" library of the Mother See.  The Matenadaran, in turn, had selected valuable religious and Armenian publications for the clergy of the Armed Forces.

On the occasion of the feast of thr Ghevondian priests, the clergymen gathered at the Mother See.  Around the Armenian Patriarch there were 13 diocesan Primates, 34 Brotherhood members serving at the Mother See, and 184 priests.

On the feast of St. Vardanans, the liturgy was celebrated in the St. Gayane monastery of the Mother See, under the solemnity of the Patriarch of All Armenians. Prince Garegin Srvandztian was also one of the brave men of Vardans, so this day is also the day of the naming of the Patriarch of All Armenians, Karekin II. At the end of the liturgy, the Patriarch's Prayer was offered. 

On the following day of the defense of his scientific thesis on the topic "Order of ordination of monks in the Armenian church", Father Anania received a doctrinal degree in the Saint Mesrop Mashtots Church in Oshakan.

At the end of the festive liturgy in the St. Anna Church, the newly married couples were invited to be blessed.

This year, the "My Secret Book Lover" initiative of the Araratian Patriarchal Diocese and "Bukinist" bookstore again united people around the book. 

On February 1, the penultimate phase of the Olympiad in the History of the Armenian Church was held at the "Knights of Vardanants" school in Yerevan. After summarizing the results, 25 of the children will get the right to participate in the national phase.