The first monument of the Armenian Genocide in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin


The first monument to the victims of the Armenian Genocide was built in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, in 1965.

 

 

The "My Diocese" project in the days of the epidemic


Rev. Fr. Archimandrite Tovma Khachatryan, head of the office of the World Youth Union of the Armenian Church, is convinced that the pandemic emergency provides new opportunities for the office to invent and create. Our video touched upon the new programs of the Pan-ACYO.

 

 

Elderly people who use the soup kitchens continue to receive food in packaged baskets


The Mother See and the AGBU continue to provide social assistance to the beneficiaries of charitable soup kitchens in Yerevan, Etchmiadzin and Vanadzor. In the conditions of the epidemic, the volunteers deliver the food to the elderly in baskets.

 

 

Beneficiaries of probation services and families of former convicts were provided assistance


The Social Service Department of the Mother See has provided food packages to the beneficiaries of probation service centers throughout the Republic of Armenia, to 114 families of former convicts.

 

 

120 Bibles were donated to the Artashat Medical Center


120 Bibles and blessed icons were distributed to the Artashat Medical Center. According to the director of the hospital, this is the number of people receiving treatment for coronavirus at the moment.

 

 

The Armenian Apostolic Church during the Second World War


During the Second World War, Archbishop Gevorg Chorekchyan, later the Catholicos of All Armenians, appealed to the Armenians of the Diaspora to help the homeland. With the money raised, with the donation of the Catholicosate, the "David of Sasun" and "Hovhannes Baghramyan" tank columns are created.

 

 

Peacekeepers of the RA Armed Forces killed in the Artsakh war


His Grace Bishop Vrtanes Abrahamyan, Head Chaplain of the Armed Forces offered a requiem service in the Holy Mother of God Church in Kanaker for the soldiers who fell in the Artsakh war.  
Attending the service were the Peacekeeping forces Brigade of the RA Armed Forces; peacekeepers' relatives and friends.

Examining the effects of coronavirus


The "Caucasus Research Resource Center-Armenia" conducted an assessment of Coronavirus awareness and its impact among Armenian Facebook users. We talked to the head of the center Sona Balasanyan about the results of the online survey.

 

 

Packages are Packed for the Beneficiaries of the Senior Dining Centers (Soup Kitchens)


Rev. Fr. Markos Mangasaryan, Director of the Social Services Office of the Mother See; along with volunteers packs food worth about 8 million AMD, which will be distributed to 900 beneficiaries of five charitable Senior Dining Centers (Soup Kitchens) operating under the auspices of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin and AGBU.

Gevorkian Theological Seminary Accepting Applications for 2020-2021 Enrollment


Gevorkian Theological Seminary (Theological University) of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin and the Vaskenian Theological Academy accepting applications for 2020-2021 enrollment from May 10. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic the admission exams will be held under the easy conditions.

The Mother See donated medical protective clothing to the healthcare system


In the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, about 2,000 medical protective uniforms were handed over to the Humanitarian Aid Center of the Ministry of Health. These days, they are essential for the first-line medical workers fighting the virus.

 

 

Consecration of a Cross-stone at the St. Marianne Church of Ashtarak


On May 17, the consecration of a newly installed cross-stone was offered by His Grace Bishop Mkrtich Proshyan, Primate of the Aragatsotn Diocese in the grounds of the St. Mariane Church of Ashtarak.