March 2022

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The European Regional Forum of the World Youth Union of the Armenian Church has launched in Brussels. The construction of a new Armenian museum and cultural center has started in Glendale. The Vatican Foundation has launched a fundraiser to provide food for about 150 families displaced from...
 
Eight years ago in Vosketap village of Vedi community the foundations of Sahak-Mesrop Church were laid. Recently, the Primate of the Masyatsotn Diocese, His Grace Bishop Gevorg Saroyan, consecrated the crosses of the church.
 
Thirty doctors from Yerevan have left for Artsakh on different dates over the past year within the framework of the Armenian Relief Fund's "Doctors for Artsakh" program.
 
During the Great Lent, Spiritual Servant Rev. Fr. Vanand Andreasyan visits soldiers being treated in various hospitals in Yerevan. He was greeted by the participants of the 44-day war at the Soldier's House.
 
 
 
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Sunday of Expulsion, is named after the story in the Holy Bible, recounting the exile of Adam and Eve from Paradise. Rev. Fr. Manuk Zeynalyan, as the Spiritual Pastor offers his first Divine Liturgy in the Holy Mother of God Karmaravor church in Ashtarak. 
 
On March 05, His Beatitude Archbishop Sahak Mashalian, Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople, visited the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, to participate in the Supreme Spiritual Council Meeting. 
 
On March 7, in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, under the high presidency of His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, the first session of the Supreme Spiritual Council of this year started in an expanded format.
 
On March 06, in the St. Gayane Monastery of Etchmiadzin, His Beatitude Archbishop Sahak attended the Sunday Divine Liturgy; delivered a sermon about the sacrament of the day – the Sunday of Expulsion; and presided over the Repose of Souls Service.  
 
The Scientific Board is the governing body of the Gevorkian Theological Seminary, and the President is the Catholicos of All Armenians. Essentially, it is the return to the old tradition, when the Head of the Educational Department of the Seminary, founded in 1874, was also the Catholicos of All...
 
On the first Friday of the Great Lent, His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians; accompanied by a Church Procession attend the St. Gayane Monastery. Under the presidencys of the Armenian Pontiff, the Clergy and the Brotherhood of the Mother See participated in the Rest Service. 
 
 
 
 
The Christian Education Campaign Center of the Artsakh Diocese almost ceased operations due to post-war quarantine. The center has resumed its work with programs aimed at children, teenagers and young people.
 
At the end of the Evening Service in St. Anna Church in Yerevan, Proto-Archimandrite Zakaria Baghumyan talked to the faithful on the Gospel parable "The Return of the Prodigal Son" and its symbolism.
 
March 13, the third Sunday of Great Lent is called the Sunday of the Lost or Prodigal Son. A closed liturgy will be served in all the churches, the clergy will interprete about the parable. The parable of the prodigal son has been widely analyzed by theologians and clergymen and is a rich...
 
 
 
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From March 7 to 10, under the presidency of His Holiness Karelin II, the regular meeting of the Supreme Spiritual Council (SSC) was convened in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. The participants touched upon the renovation of the Mother Cathedral. The works carried out by the Mother See for the...
 
Candidate of Arts Zaruhi Hakobyan mentions that there is a myth that Armenians were a battle of images. However, the Armenians are at least icon-worshipers; they decorated the temples like manuscripts.
 
We talked about the situation in Ukraine and the Armenian community with the Primate of the Diocese, His Grace Bishop Markos Hovhannisyan.
 
The return of the Prodigal Son on the 3rd Sunday of the Great Lent is the day of remembrance of the Gospel parable. Under the presidency of His Holiness Karelin II, a Divine liturgy was offered in the St. Gayane Monastery of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. The Celebrant was Rev. Fr....
 
 
 
 
The "Armenian Relief Fund" donated apartments to 6 families displaced from Artsakh.
 
After the loss of Hadrut, Father Matteos Dravants was appointed to serve in the Askeran region.  There are 8 villages under the Pastor's spiritual care. Prior to that, he served in Hadrut for 16 years, from 2004 to 2020.
 
The first gathering of the “Association of Religious Women of Holy Etchmiadzin” in 2022 took place in Beirut. A personal exhibition of paintings by restorer Tigran Hakobyan has opened at the Armenian Diocese of Georgia. A video series has been launched in the Masyatsotn Diocese: "The Clergy...
 
The 3th Saturday of Great Lent out church commemorates the day of the St. John (Hovhannes) of Otzoon, St John (Hovhan) of Vorotan and St. Gregory of Datev who are the one of the greatest fathers of Armenian Church. 
 
The fourth Sunday of Lent is known for the parable of the unjust steward, which we read in the 16th chapter of the Gospel of Luke. This parable reminds us that life is a temporary establishment given to us by God, and one day the time will come to give an account.
 
 
 
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Spiritual songs by Armenian-Western European composers were performed. The soloist was Varduhi Toroyan, a conservatory student.
 
The fourth Sunday of Lent is symbolized by the parable of the Unjust Steward told by Christ. During the Sunday liturgy in St. Gayane Monastery, the fable was conveyed by Rev. Fr. Archimandrite Tovma Khachatryan.
 
Holy Trinity and St. Hripsime churches were reopened.  An ecumenical meeting was held in the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople.
 
Rev. Fr. Archimandrite Movses Sargsyan, Head Chaplain of the Republic of Armenia Armed Forces Ministry visited N military unit of the RA Ministry of Defense. 
 
It's spring break and only teachers are at school.  Each teacher submits a work by their favorite writer.  There are also creative teachers.
 
 
Median Day (Mijink) symbolizes that the first half of Great Lent has passed. It is not considered to be a feast and it does not interrupt the fasting. The mijink gata is also of Lent. Median Day ordinances symbolize the joy of the faithful who have reached the middle of the Great Lent period of...
 
 
Halfway through the Great Lent, the Median Day was also celebrated at the Nork Youth Center. 
 
Photo exhibitions about the monuments of Artsakh took place in France. We talked to Lusine Gharakhanyan, Advisor to the President of the Artsakh Republic.
 
Proto-Archimandrite Zakaria Baghumyan preached on the selfless prayer in St. Anna Church in Yerevan. 
 
March 27 is the fifth Sunday of Lent. Based on the Gospel parable of the Widow and Judge it is called Sunday of the Judge. 
 
 
 
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"Barnabas" Foundation donated 20 tons of humanitarian aid to the Armenian Diocese of Ukraine. The issue of excavation of a bowed sanctuary in Kanachut community of Masyatsotn Diocese was discussed. Admission to the TaUj - a four-year leadership training school has started in Tavush Diocese...
 
The message of the day teaches us the parable of the widow and the Judge which exhorts us to continually pray. This year it was commemorated on March 27. Under the presidency of His Holiness Karekin II, Sunday liturgy was offered in St. Gayane Monastery. The Celebrant was Rev. Fr. Adam Makaryan....
 
On March 25, in St. Gayane Monastery, along with the Armenian Patriarch and clergy, many faithful prayed to the Lord for a peaceful life. The Rest Service was offered in the church.
 
Arev-children with Down Syndrome play bells.  "Sunny Bells" is the name of their group.
 
The Republican phase of the History of the Armenian Church subject Olympiad is held in the territory of the Mother See. This year, 115 students from the regions of Armenia and Artsakh came to "Eurnekian" Public School.
 
To the north-east of Oshakan, on the way to Voskevaz, stands the 7th century St. Zion Church in a place called "Mankanots". It is dedicated to the memory of 40 Christian soldiers killed in Sebastia at the beginning of the 4th century. Every year during Lent, on the Saturday before the Sunday of...