Cameraman Tigran Minasyan

The borders of Artsakh, NKR as well as the territories occupied by the Azerbaijani armed forces in 2020 are marked with a differentiated drawing through which it is possible to clearly locate the spiritual and cultural monuments that have remained in the occupied territories.

Our film crew joins the covenant of Liana Arakelyan, a social worker by profession, in the Tsiranavor Church in the Avan administrative district of Yerevan. It is the 301st church visited by Liana.  There have been cases when the pilgrim got lost on the long and difficult roads of Armenia.

The chain of four feasts dedicated to the Holy Symbol of the Lord ends with the Feast of the discovery of the pieces of the Holy Cross of Christ. The Feast is also the day of the covenant of the churches called Holy Cross.

The Ghazaravan women priory is still the only one in Armenia. It was founded a few years ago with the blessing of His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, and Primate of the Aragatsotn Diocese, His Grace Bishop Mkrtich. Some of the nuns have been living a monastic life since the early 2000s. In Ghazaravan, the nuns already have a household and are able to support themselves with a part-time job.

Numerous programs to support the displaced were implemented in the aftermath of the 44-day Artsakh war. One of the largest was implemented thanks to the WCC Armenia Round Table Foundation.

At the invitation of the teachers of the history of the Armenian Church of the N5 school of Armavir, the director of the CEC, Proto-Archimandrite Zakaria Baghumyan delivered a lecture on the diocese of the church, the election of dioceses, diocesan Primates, and the administrative structure of the Armenian Church. These are some of the topics that are most difficult for educators to understand.

The purpose of the visit of Makhtan Ikhsh, the director of the network of 39 AP-HP University Hospitals in Paris, was to personally get acquainted with the conditions, equipment and medical staff of the partner medical center. He was accompanied by French-Armenian surgeon, cardiologist Leon Khachatryan.

Rev. Fr. Grigor Grigoryan brought St. Anania's relic of the Holy Right Hand to the Chapel of Holy Anania, asking for the intercession of the Saint, then offered a blessing service in the church. On this occasion the relic of the Holy Right Hand of the saint was taken from the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin to the Holy Mother of God Church.

A three-day course was held at the Central Office of the World Youth Union of the Armenian Church from October 6 to 8 for the students of journalism department of the universities and office members.  The three-day training on "Religious-Ecclesiiastical Journalism: Peculiarities of coverage" was organized on the initiative of the ACYOWorld Information Department.