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The liturgy of the Nativity of Christ was celebrated in the Mother Cathedral under the presiding authority of His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians. The pre-Christmas service was celebrated with the singing of Christmas hymns and the reading of the Gospel prophecies announcing the...
The salt, bread, and water were blessed by Archbishop Nathan Hovhannisyan, Archbishop Vazgen Mirzakhanyan, and Archbishop Arshak Khachatryan. The ceremony was attended by the Brotherhood and clergy of the Mother See. According to the ritual adopted from today, the clergy will visit the homes of...
The Christmas Candlelight Liturgy was celebrated at the St. Sarkis Cathedral with gospel readings announcing the birth and revelation of Christ, hymns praising the Mother of God, praise, and prayer. The faithful visited the church to hear the good news of the Lord's birth and to take the symbolic...
The celebrant was Bishop Vahan Hovhannisyan, Director of the "Garegin I" Educational Center of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. The participants of the candlelight service experienced the sacrament of the sacred ordination and partook of communion. Many awaited that moment with fasting and...
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The Brotherhood procession accompanied the Catholicos of All Armenians, dressed in the vestments of a Celebrant, to the Mother Cathedral. This year, the canopy of the Armenian Patriarch was carried by members of the Architectural Council of the Armenian Apostolic Church. A Pontifical liturgy was...
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On Holy Nativity, Bishop Narek Berberyan, the diocesan Primate, celebrated a Liturgy at the Church of St. Gevork in Brazil, at the end of which he performed the traditional ceremony of the Water-blessing. Bishop Narek also performed a Holy Nativity water blessing ceremony at the Church of St....
Led by the Catholicos of All Armenians, the Brotherhood of the Mother See visited the Yerablur Military Pantheon to pray for the repose of the souls of Armenians who sacrificed their lives for the defense of Armenia and Artsakh. Prior to that, a requiem service was held at the Mother See after...
The Christmas Liturgy at the Moscow Cathedral was attended not only by Armenians from Moscow, but also from the Moscow region and nearby cities. Some citizens followed the ceremony from abroad. The Divine Liturgy was celebrated by the diocesan Primate, Archbishop Yezras Nersisyan. The Liturgy was...
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His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, congratulated the employees of the structures of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin on the occasion of the New Year and Christmas, conveying his pontifical blessing and best wishes to them. His Holiness emphasized the zealous service and...
In the "Aram Khachaturian" Concert Hall, with the blessing of His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, the "Armenian Christmas" spiritual classical concert took place. The Armenian State Symphony Orchestra performed with the National Academic Choir of Armenia, sopranos Sarah Gilford...
With the efforts of the founders of the "Come Dance" initiative, citizens have been forming a dance circle for ten years. The number of citizens participating in the national song and dance is increasing year by year. The goal of the initiative is to continue the decades-long work of renowned...
On December 31, ten families from Artsakh who had children in 2024 were hosted at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. The Catholicos of All Armenians expressed his fatherly blessing and support to them. His Holiness blessed them with the “Protector” prayer, after which the little visitors and...
Accompanied by the leadership of the maternity hospital, His Holiness met with all the newborns and their mothers, blessed them and prayed for their health and happiness. Women awaiting childbirth were also blessed. His Holiness presented the maternity hospital with an icon of the Holy Mother of...
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 The social department of the Kotayk diocese implements various programs. Through their daily work, the clergy personally know people in need, including families displaced from Artsakh and resettled in various communities of Kotayk in recent years. Various support programs are implemented for them.
 Father Oshin Hayrapetyan and Father Paren Arakelyan from the Saghmosavank parish of the Aragatsotn diocese visited the home of a family forcibly displaced from Artsakh. The clergy brought the good news of the birth of Christ to a dignified working, creative, and productive family. They blessed the...
 On the Feast of Naming of Our Lord Jesus Christ, a Divine Liturgy is celebrated in all Armenian churches, and the day before, at the end of the evening service, a pre-Christmas ceremony is held. On this feast, the second chapter of the Gospel of Luke is read in all Armenian churches. Just as the...
 The Holy Nativity Liturgy was celebrated at the Holy Trinity Armenian Apostolic Church in Toronto by the Deputy Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Canada and the spiritual pastor of the church, Father Zareh Zargarian. At the end of the Liturgy, Father Zareh performed a water blessing ceremony. As...
The priest blessed the water, salt, and bread with the Holy Gospel, muron and cross, asking the Lord for bodily and spiritual healing and well-being within the threshold of each home. This order, established since the times of the apostles, is performed during the eight days following Christmas....
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Armenian faithful from Portugal and Spain participated in Christmas services
The community of the St. Karapet Church in Anapat, located in the Western Diocese of the United States, celebrated the 13th anniversary of the consecration of the sanctuary
Bishop Narek Berberian, Primate of the...
 Rev. Fr. Archimandrite Tovma Khachatryan has been studying the architecture of the Mother Cathedral since his years of study at the Gevorgyan Theological Seminary. In his study, the author addressed the sacred tradition of the construction of the Mother Cathedral, the vision of St. Gregory the...
 He assisted in the establishment of the Vazgenyan Seminary in Sevan. He sponsored the construction of a comprehensive school in Gyumri. With his philanthropy, the Mother Church of St. Gregory of Narek was built in Vanadzor, and 3 years after its consecration, the Armenian Children's Home was put...
 Journalist, photographer Zohrab Erkoyan and Candidate of Philological Sciences, Associate Professor Mher Kumunts have jointly published the book “Historical and Cultural Heritage of the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Zone” in English. Zohrab Erkoyan photographed the monuments of the Kashatagh region...
 To proclaim the good news and distribute blessings, priests visit the homes of believers, bless the goods of the house and family members. According to the testimony of the evangelists, the ceremony of blessing the house was established by Jesus Christ, commanding his disciples to wish peace in...
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The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem celebrated Christmas according to the old calendar at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem
A Christmas water blessing ceremony was held at the St. Mesrop Church in Homs, Syria
An ecumenical inter-church prayer service was held at the St. Jacob...
 Under the direction of His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, the Brotherhood of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, at the end of the liturgy in the Mother Cathedral, offered a prayer to God for the Armenian prisoners captured by Azerbaijan and illegally held in Baku on fabricated...
 The Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Georgia, Bishop Kirakos Davtyan, celebrated a Sunday Liturgy at the Holy Cross Church in Akhalkalaki, at the end of which an ordination of scribes was performed in the church. 23 young men were called to the first degree of church service. 10 of them serve in...
 This year, the organization celebrates its 25th anniversary. The central office is organizing a pan-Armenian pilgrimage to the Motherland and Holy Etchmiadzin. It will be titled “The Armenian Family, the Anchor of Armenian Identity.” All dioceses of the Armenian Church around the world are...
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 In the 1960s, Khoren Palyan and Lusine Zakaryan were among the first to become the bearers and disseminators of Armenian spiritual song. Khoren Palyan is the author of musicological, philological and historiographical articles and studies. He wrote the educational manual “Chronology of the Armenian...
The inter-church ceremony was dedicated to the 1700th anniversary of the Ecumenical Council of Nicaea. The first Ecumenical Council of Nicaea was held in 325 at the invitation of Emperor Constantine the Great. The council was attended by people from all over the Christian world, including Bishop...
Information about the relics and valuable works of art kept in the museums of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin will now also be presented through radio guide equipment. During group tours, radio guide equipment in large halls will allow for a more comfortable excursion.
James Fraser, director of the Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem, was the chief curator of the international exhibition “Luxury and Power: From Persia to Greece” organized at the British Museum. He temporarily borrowed a gold necklace from the History Museum of Armenia for...
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Under the leadership of His Holiness, the spiritual leader of the Armed Forces, Rev. Fr. Archimandrite Movses Sargsyan, served the Divine Liturgy. Every year, on the Sunday close to the day of the formation of the Armenian Army, a Divine Liturgy is served in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin,...
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 The History Museum displays the document with which tries to save the Catholic Church of Yerevan. He and Alexander Tamanyan write a letter to the city authorities and the Ministry of Education protesting against the demolition of one of the most important monuments in Yerevan, the three-nave...
The Pope expressed full support for the Armenian Church community in Syria
The Archbishop of Sevan performed a water blessing ceremony at the baptismal font of Christ
The Primate of the Diocese of Gougark presided over the celebration of the feast of the Name of the Lord in the old calendar...
 In parallel with spiritual education, children learn singing, dancing, drawing, etc. in Sunday school. The Sunday school operating in the St. Anna and Catholic Church of the Holy Mother of God is attended by about fifty children. Sunday schools operate in almost all dioceses of the Armenian...
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On the occasion of the Armenian Army Day, we bring our Patriarchal blessings and best wishes from the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin to the officers and soldiers of our army and to all our people.
The role and contribution of the Armenian Army in the sacred cause of protecting our newly...
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 At the Komitas Chamber Music Hall, the State Chamber Orchestra of Armenia performed Armenian sacred and secular music. Works by Komitas and Narekatsi were performed. The concert program has been updated many times and has been performed not only in Armenia, but also abroad, with performances by...
 The Babylonian map of the world, created in the 7th-5th centuries BC and kept in the British Museum, has been presented in a new light by Professor Irving Finkel, Senior Curator of the Department of the Near East at the British Museum. The professor has revealed that the map, preserved on a clay...
 During these 10 years, the museum has established a library and a center for sacred music. The Komitas archive has been digitized, which has made it possible to conduct scientific work. During this time, the museum has organized concerts, exhibitions, implemented educational programs, and published...
 For priests, the training courses are an opportunity to refresh their knowledge from the seminary years, to reflect on changes, new challenges and problems, to get to know each other, and to share pastoral experience. His Holiness said that the presence of priests is also important for the...
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