Interview with Armen Charchyan-It is possible to gain immunity against the new coronavirus


How to gain national immunity against the new coronavirus? How should the healthcare system respond to the current wave of the epidemic? The director of "Izmirlian" medical center Armen Charchyan talked to us.

 

 

Sunrise Service


It is the period of Great Lent in the Armenian Church. The Sunrise Service Liturgy was presided over by the Catholicos of All Armenians; in the St. John the Baptist and St. Vardan Chapel-baptistery of the Mother See. Attending the service was the Brotherhood of the Mother See. 

Seminars for teachers of the History of the Armenian Church are ongoing


On March 23, the Christian Education Center of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin held a regular seminar-lecture for the teachers of the subject of History of the Armenian Church at the Smbat Byurat public school in Yerevan.

Due to the epidemic, Shurishkan's miraculous gospel was not taken from the Matenadaran to Mughni


Due to the limitations of the epidemic, the miraculous gospel of Shurishkan was not taken out of the Matenadaran this year, which was traditionally taken to St. Gevorg Church in Mughni on this holiday. 

 

 

The Catholicos of All Armenians received the newly ordained priests ordained in the Artsakh Diocese


Rev. Fr. Mkhitar Haroyan and Rev. Fr. Khachatur Hayrapetyan, are the priests who were ordained on September 13, 1945 in the Diocese of Arstakh and spent their 40-day seclusion period of fasting in the Gandzasar Monastery during the war. On March 22, they were at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin to receive the blessings of the Armenian Patriarch.

 

 

 

The social function of the Armenian Church. Interview with Bishop Bagrat Galstanyan


The Primate of the Tavush Diocese, Bishop Bagrat Galstanyan spoke about the social function of the Armenian Church.

 

 

This year the citizens' march to Tsitsernakaberd will be organized virtually


This year the citizens' march to Tsitsernakaberd will be organized in a virtual space. The director of the Genocide Museum-Institute Harutyun Marutyan spoke about this year's events commemorating the Armenian Genocide.

 

 

 

Training for chaplains of the Armed Forces


Two-week training course for clergy serving in the RA Chaplaincy launched at the Vazgen Sargsyan Military University. 

Feast of St. Gregory the Illuminator’s deliverance from the pit celebrated in Khor Virap


On the occasion of the feast, the relics of St. Gregory the Illuminator were taken from the Mother See to Khor Virap. The feast commemorates the severe sufferings of Gregory the Illuminator in Khor Virap.

Sunday of Advent. Divine Liturgy in the St. Gayane Church


A Divine Liturgy was offered in the St. Gayane Church on the occasion of the Sunday of Advent, the 6th Sunday of Advent. The "golden chain" of the Great Lent is concluding. 
 

Sunday of Advent


On March 21, the Armenian Apostolic Church will celebrate the Sunday of Advent, through which will end the "Golden Chain" of the Great Lent.  Next Sunday is Palm Sunday. 

A social-educational center to be established in Noyemberyan community


A social-educational center will be opened in the Noyemberyan community of the Diocese of Tavish with the grant support of the RA ESCS. The signing of the memorandum was attended by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the Republic of Armenia Jun Yamada and the Primate of the Tavush Diocese His Grace Bishop Bagrat Galstanyan.