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On the day after the re-consecration of the temple, under the chairmanship of His Holiness Karekin II, the Holy Liturgy was celebrated by the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople Archbishop Sahak Mashalyan. With the blessing of His Holiness the Patriarch, a Holy and Immortal Liturgy will be...
 
At the Mother See, His Holiness received the national benefactor, godfather of Muron blessing, Samvel Karapetyan and presented him with a silver jar, made in the likeness of muron distribution jars. On one side of the jar, the Cathedral is depicted, one of the benefactors of whose renovation...
 
For the peace of Armenia, the prosperous life of the people, the missing after the war, the victims and those in captivity and their families, a prayer is being offered in the Mother Cathedral for the third day in a row. In the re-consecrated Mother Cathedral, His Grace Bishop Teodoros...
 
The "Armenia 2041" Foundation operates within the framework of the Afeyan Initiatives for Armenia Foundation. The "Strong Diaspora" program awarded 10 grants worth $10,000 each. The grant was awarded mainly to Diaspora Armenians, individuals and groups with ideas on how to preserve and develop...
 
Believers are delighted, excited, longing, people walk around the Cathedral, and in the evening participate in the holy liturgy. This time, Bishop Narek Berberyan, Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Brazil, celebrated the Holy Liturgy. In the Cathedral, every day this week, in the evening,...
 
Pilgrims from Istanbul were excited and united on the occasion of blessing of the Holy Muron and re-consecration of the Temple. The believers who did not participate in the ceremonies are waiting for Archbishop Sahak's return of the group of 50 people, to receive the blessing and affection of...
 
After the consecration, the Cathedral and the surrounding area are crowded at all hours of the day. Pilgrims go with their families to see the renovated temple and offer their thanksgiving prayers. In the evening, at seven o'clock, the liturgy begins, the church is full of believers. On...
 
An exhibition "Beautiful things, immortalized images" was opened in Mashtots Matenadaran. "Treasures of Matenadaran and Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin". Ritual items brought from the Mother See and photographs and glass negatives kept in the Matenadaran, but left out of scientific circulation...
 
In order to take part in the ceremonies of the consecration and re-consecration of the church, pilgrim groups from each diocese included people who contributed to the life of the diocese, believers who, returning to their places of residence, will convey the love and blessing of Holy...
 
More than 20 representatives of the ecumenical diakonate working group of the World Council of Churches arrived in Armenia to participate in the three-day conference. The meeting was initiated by the World Council of Churches with the support of the Armenian Round Table Foundation. The...
 
With the blessing and direction of the Patriarch of All Armenians Karekin II, following the re-consecration of Etchmiadzin Cathedral, a Holy and Immortal Liturgy is served in the Cathedral in the evening for a week. The flow of people does not stop. In the Mother Church, believers forget their...
 
For 7 days, the bells of the temple rang as a call to prayer for the peace, prosperous life of Armenia, for the missing after the war, the dead and those in captivity and their families. On Saturday, His Eminence Archbishop Nathan Hovhannisyan offered a Divine Liturgy. Prior to that, the...
 
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Kosh was once a village of Ejmiatsin. Traditionally, a week after celebrating the feast of Saint Gevorg, the saint's relic is also brought to this church and a liturgy is offered. A water blessing ceremony was also performed. A few days ago, the clergyman blessed the water with the new blessed...
 
This is a unique ceremony, because the water blessing is performed on one day a year, on January 6, when the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church celebrates the birth and baptism of Jesus Christ. A water blessing ceremony is also performed immediately after the blessing of the Holy Muron, in order...
 
Pilgrims lined up in the courtyard of the church to participate in the first Sunday liturgy after the consecration. On the occasion of the historical events of the blessing of Holy Muron and the re-consecration of the Mother Cathedral, at the end of the Divine Liturgy, an offering and blessed...
 
The Munich-Germany initiative and AGBU Varna branch organized a meeting in Varna. Archbishop Vrtanes expressed his concern about the threats to the spiritual and historical-cultural heritage in Artsakh, and called to support around 120,000 forcibly displaced Artsakh Armenians. The Archbishop...
 
On September 28 and 29, two major events took place in Armenian spiritual and national life. The new muron of the Armenian Church was blessed and the Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin was re-consecrated and reopened. Both events caused great enthusiasm in Armenia and the Diaspora, and became major...
 
The Catholicos of All Armenians performed a sacred ceremony of blessing of the Holy Muron in the spiritual center of all Armenians. On that and the following days, Etchmiadzin hosted thousands of people-worldly and spiritual high-ranking guests, delegations of Christian churches and inter-...
 
 
 
On October 12, on the Feast of the Holy Translators, the miraculous Gospel of Shukhonts, which has been considered sacred in Ashtarak for more than 200 years, will be taken out of the Mashtots Matenadaran vault and taken to Oshakan. The Holy Liturgy of the Covenant will begin at 10:30 in the...
 
On October 8, the Holy Armenian Apostolic Church commemorated the feast of the Saints Virgins Thecla, Barbara and Pelagia. With the blessing of the Primate of Aragatsotn Diocese, His Grace Bishop Mkrtich Proshyan, the relic of the virgin was taken to Tsaghkevank, the Hermitage of Saint Varvara...
 
The bell of the Armenian church rang for the first time in Rubtsovsk, Russia. About 600 Armenians live in that city, who built the second Armenian church in the Altai region within eight years. The prayer house, built according to the rules of Armenian church architecture, is 25 meters high,...
 
The year-end meeting of the clergy was held in the Armenian Western Diocese of the USA Khajak Archbishop Parsamyan participates in the Synod of Catholic Bishops in the Vatican Bishop Hovakim Manukyan and the spiritual fathers of the diocese visited the Armenian Community Sabbath...
 
Scientists from different countries participate in the international conference. Epics of different nations have been presented on one platform. During the conference, the books of Garegin Srvandztiantsi and the editions of the Sasna Tsrer epic were presented. In 1874, the folk-collecting...
 
 
 
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This year, the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church celebrated the feast of the holy translators on October 12. Many pilgrims visited the Saint Mesrop Mashtots Church in Oshakan. The translator's day is also the day of the vow of Saint Mesrop Mashtots Church. Every year, on this day, the Shukhonts...
 
With newly blessed muron and prayers, the Primate of Aragatsotn Diocese, His Grace Bishop Mkrtich Proshyan, re-consecrated the Holy Altar and the icons of the renovated church. Saint Narek Church of Ghazaravan Monastery was in need of partial repair. With the benevolence of the Avetisyan...
 
After the united prayer, the believers gathered in the park adjacent to the church to participate in the cross procession. From near the Saint Mesrop Church, the procession continued to the vicinity of the Erebuni Museum and then back to the church. It was accompanied by prayers and singing of...
 
The works of the Inter-Church Commission have started in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiatsin. The committee is preparing prayers and texts for the 2026 Unity Week of Prayer. The Week of Unity of Prayer is organized by the Vatican and the World Council of Churches, each year inviting one of the...
 
This year's awardees are Henrik Bakhchinyan for translation of French literature, Sergey Mkrtchyan for works from French and English, and Anushavan Mesropyan for translations from Ukrainian to Armenian and from Armenian to Ukrainian. The annual "Kantegh" translation award ceremony jointly held...
 
11 APD youth unions participated in the 3-round game. The victory cup was won by the youth union team of the Holy Cross Church of Arabkir. The second position was taken by the "Gandzasar" youth union of the Holy Mother of God Church of Nork-Marash, the third position was taken by the "Zoravor...
 
 
 
 
The Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Bishop Hovakim Manukyan, blessed the water with the newly blessed muron, which was distributed to the diocesan primates and sent to dioceses and hierarchical sees in September at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiatsin....
 
The commission prepared the texts for the week of prayer of unity to be held in 2026. Each year the texts are prepared in a new country by the local spiritual community. This year, the World Council of Churches chose Armenia, the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. The Brotherhood of Holy...
 
On October 19, the Armenian Apostolic Church celebrates the memorial day of the evangelists Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. On that occasion, the reliquary of Ghukas the Evangelist will be taken out of the treasury of the Mother See and will be transferred to the Masyatsotn diocese, to the Church...
 
 
 
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The new church of the Vahagn community was built in 2017 with the benevolence of the Paremuzyan family. Until then, there was no functioning church in the community. The only humble shrine was destroyed after the 1988 earthquake and has not been restored. The newly built church has been...
 
With the blessing of the Catholicos of All Armenians, 72 stone crosses were consecrated by Bishop Mkrtich Proshyan, Primate of Aragatsotn Diocese, and Bishop Moushegh Babayan, director of the Administrative and Economic Department of the Mother See. Before being anointed with holy muron, the...
 
On the occasion of the feast of Saints Matthew, Mark, Luke and John the Evangelists, with the blessing of His Holiness the Patriarch, the relic of Saint Luke the Evangelist was taken from the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin to the Mother Church of St. Hovhannes the Evangelist in Artashat,...
 
On the nave of the church built in the administrative center of Voronezh region, Archbishop Yezras blessed the crosses, bells, 16 pillars and the baptismal font of the church dome and belfry. The diocesan primate blessed the Holy Altar and offered the first Divine Liturgy. The church was named...
 
 
 
 
His Holiness Karekin II urged the clergymen to support the overcoming of the challenges faced in the domestic and spiritual life with their service, pursuing also the preservation and strengthening of spiritual and national values ​​and the education of the nation's children with these values....
 
Five graduates of the Chair of Historical Theology defended their master's degrees in the Auditorium of the Gevorgyan Theological Seminary. The examining committee was chaired by Archbishop Vazgen Mirzakhanyan, director of the Office for Developing Social Teaching of the Mother See. The material...
 
The dialogue between the Anglican and Eastern Orthodox churches began about 25 years ago. The work of the Inter-Christian Commission began in 2002, and the first meeting was again in Holy Etchmiadzin, with the blessing of the Patriarch of All Armenians, Karekin II. In this era of ecumenism, i.e....
 
 
 
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The youth of the diocese took part in an event dedicated to the preservation of intangible cultural heritage in the courtyard of the Holy Mother of God Church in Yeghipatrush village. On the initiative of the "Infant of Our Lady" youth union of the Holy Mother of God Church of Yeghipatrush, a...
 
New manuscripts have been added to the Mashtots Matenadaran exhibition "Gifted Names - The Homecoming of the Records". 4 old medieval Armenian manuscripts, an ancient book from the beginning of the 19th century, came to Matenadaran from Lebanon and the United States. One of the two manuscripts...
 
Archbishop Khajak Parsamyan blessed and anointed the khachkars of the yard of the St. Nicholas church. An event dedicated to the 740th anniversary of Gladzor University was held in Yeghegnadzor Geology Museum. The youth of the Armenian Western Diocese went to Japan to participate in...
 
Alen Gevorgyan, a student of the Olympic karate class of the Youth Center of Vanadzor, participated in the "Autumn 2024" international karate tournament in St. Petersburg as part of the Armenian team and won a gold medal. He has been practicing karate for 12 years.