Restoration of Veghar and Dome of the Bell Tower of the Mother Cathedral has been completed


The number of the constructors and the noise of the construction equipment in the Mother Cathedral are gradually decreasing. The renovation works of the Mother Cathedral are coming to an end.

The Construction Process of the Candle-Lighting Chapel and Pontifical Mausoleum


The Candle-Lighting Chapel and Pontifical Mausoleum is being built in the area adjacent to the central entrance and the Arch of St. Trdat, near the Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin.

Restoration and Strengthening Works of the Roof Slabs of the Mother Cathedral have been started


Today, demolition works of the roof slabs of the Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin have been started: they need to be repaired and fortified.

 

 

 

The Cross of the Bell Tower of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin was Consecrated


On August 27, under the presidency of His Grace Bishop Hovnan Hakobyan, Grand Sacristan of the Mother Seeof Holy Etchmiadzin; the consecration of the Cross of the bell tower of the Mother Cathedral was offered. The previous one was supposedly installed in the 17th century, it was in a rather dilapidated condition. Restoring architect Amiran Badishyan created the new bronze cross almost repeating the previous one.

 

 

 

Restoration of Astvatsynkal Monastery has begun


The restoration works of the Astvatsynkal Monastery in Aragatsotn Region have begun. The Monastery, located in the area between the Yernjatap and Hartavan villages, dates back to the 5th-13th centuries.

Vahan Araratyan, Nork Children's Home, Ruzanna Asryan, Ghazaryan Suzanna, Shushan Andreasyan, Archimandrite Maghakia Amiryan, Andranik Ghazaryan, painting exhibition, ecclesiastical life


The painting exhibition "Coronavirus from my window" is the first event of the Nork Youth Center after the limitations of the epidemic.

 

 

 

Feast of the Exaltation of Holy Cross in Holy Cross Church of Nerkin Charbakh


Feast of the Exaltation of Holy Cross celebrated in the Holy Cross Church of Nerkin Charbakh. "The religious community formed around the church since 2006 resembles a large family", stated Fr. Hrachya Gyozalyan

 

 

​The rotation of the festive cross decorated with basil and sprinkled with rose water in the Holy Cross Church in Arabkir


The cross decorated with basil and sprinkled with rose water was taken out to the churchyard, after the cross rotation the Priest made an Andastan service, blessing the four corners of the world.

 

 

 

Day of the Remembrance of the Dead following the Feast of Exaltation of the Holy Cross


The Feast of Exaltation of the Holy Cross, which the Armenian Church celebrated on September 13, is the last of five major feasts of the Armenian Church. The following day of the feast a Divine Liturgy of the Rembemberance of the Dead is offered. 

 

 

 

 

 

The architects who restored the cathedral have discovered a tiled laying technology from the 4-5 centuries


During the fortification of the 4 corners of the Mother Cathedral of Etchmiadzin, the masters were confronted with the initial layers of the temple, dating 4th-5th centuries. The exposed tiled section showed a unique layout.

 

 

 

 

The office of the Armenian Church Youth Organization hosted the legendary Commandos


 

On the occasion of the Armenian Army Day, members of the Armenian Church Youth Organization met with high-ranking military officials and heads of Diaspora Armenian charities. The conversation with Arkady Ter-Tadosyan did not bypass the topic of the last Artsakh war. There are a lot of painful issues here, and more to do.

 

 

The people of Dilijan place the first stone of their church


The first stone of the Church of Dilijan was blessed by the Primate of the Tavush Diocese, His Grace Bishop Bagrat Galstanyan and Rev. Fr. Shavarsh Simonyan and placed by the young people of Dilijan.