The Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II received the priests of the training course


The December gathering of the priests’ training program has concluded at the Mother See. On that occasion, His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, received the priests from the dioceses of Armenia and the Diaspora participating in the course. For almost two years, dozens of priests have been undergoing a three-week period of prayer, reflection, and knowledge renewal at Holy Etchmiadzin.

The ceremony of opening the doors and consecration of the nave was held at the Holy Savior Cathedral of Gyumri, which was consecrated 36 years ago


A solemn procession of high-ranking clergy and religious fathers, led by the Primate of the Shirak Diocese, Archbishop Mikayel Ajapahyan, went from Vardanants Square in Gyumri to the Holy Savior Cathedral. The clergy, singing psalms and praying, led the faithful to the newly built cathedral. The Primate of the Diocese anointed the nave of the cathedral with holy myron, and the bishops anointed the columns and the baptismal font.

The Catholicos of All Armenians receives clergymen ordained as priests


His Holiness blessed the priests with a protective prayer, wishing them a fruitful spiritual mission. The newly ordained priests' fast will end before Christmas, after which, with the blessing of the Catholicos of All Armenians, they will celebrate their first liturgies and be called to serve in the dioceses and structures of the Mother See, replenishing the ranks of clergy serving in the church.

 

The students of Mkhitar Sebastasi Research School went on a pilgrimage to Jordan


Travel training with the author's program of the educational complex is a mandatory component of the curriculum in the Sebastsia educational complex. This program includes climbing, training and military sports camps, and educational exchanges. In that context, the head of the research school Martha Asatryan and deacon Hovhannes Martirosyan initiated an educational pilgrimage to Jordan.
 

A copied manuscript of Amirdovlat Amasiatsi’s “Benefits of Medicine” donated to Matenadaran


Through the efforts of Yerevan State Medical University named after Mkhitar Heratsi, an 18th-century copied manuscript of the 15th-century Armenian physician Amirdovlat Amasiatsi’s “Benefits of Medicine” was acquired and donated to Matenadaran. The manuscript was acquired through an auction from a private collection. They were also keen for the manuscript to find a place in Matenadaran and become a study material for medical scholars.
 

The Armenian Apostolic Church celebrated the 25th anniversary of the consecration and enthronement of the Catholicos of All Armenians


In the Mother Cathedral, the Primate of the Diocese of Argentina and Chile, His Grace Bishop Aren Shahenyan offered a Divine Liturgy of the covenant. On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the consecration and enthronement of the Patriarch of All Armenians, a Republican Prayer was fulfilled after the liturgy. The sacred ceremony was presided over by the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople His Eminence Archbishop Sahak Mashalyan.

 

5 graduates of Gevorgyan Theological Seminary defended their master's degrees


Five graduates of the Chair of Historical Theology defended their master's degrees in the Auditorium of the Gevorgyan Theological Seminary. The examining committee was chaired by Archbishop Vazgen Mirzakhanyan, director of the Office for Developing Social Teaching of the Mother See. The material of the deacons' scientific study was the important and turning points of the Armenian Church in the 16th-19th centuries.

At the school of St. Mesrop Mashtots Church in Oshakan, the "Kantegh" award ceremony took place.


This year's awardees are Henrik Bakhchinyan for translation of French literature, Sergey Mkrtchyan for works from French and English, and Anushavan Mesropyan for translations from Ukrainian to Armenian and from Armenian to Ukrainian. The annual "Kantegh" translation award ceremony jointly held by the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin and the Armenian Orthodox Church is held every year, on the day of the Holy Translator's Day, at the school of St. Mesrop Mashtots Church in Oshakan.

 

In the consecrated Mother Cathedral, His Eminence Archbishop Vahan Hovhannisyan offered a Liturgy


With the blessing and direction of the Patriarch of All Armenians Karekin II, following the re-consecration of Etchmiadzin Cathedral, a Holy and Immortal Liturgy is served in the Cathedral in the evening for a week. The flow of people does not stop. In the Mother Church, believers forget their private worries and personal problems. They pray for peace, safe life, for those missing during the war, for those who are in captivity.

 

The Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the newly consecrated Cathedral


On the day after the re-consecration of the temple, under the chairmanship of His Holiness Karekin II, the Holy Liturgy was celebrated by the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople Archbishop Sahak Mashalyan. With the blessing of His Holiness the Patriarch, a Holy and Immortal Liturgy will be offered in the re-consecrated Mother Cathedral on all days of the coming week at 7 pm, for the peace and safe life of the people in Armenia, as well as for the missing, captives and victims and their families.
 

The members of inter-church delegations visited Tsitsernakaberd and Yerablur


The members and representatives of the inter-church delegations that arrived in Armenia on the occasion of the blessing of Holy Muron and the re-consecration of the Mother Cathedral, the director of the inter-church relations department of the Mother See, Fr. Archimandrite Garegin Hambardzumyan and diocesan primates of the Armenian Church visited the Tsitsernakaberd memorial complex. The spiritual fathers commemorated the holy martyrs of the genocide. The guests, accompanied by Bishop Vrtanes Abrahamyan, Primate of Artsakh Diocese, also visited Yerablur Pantheon.
 

Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople Archbishop Sahak Mashalyan arrived at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin


The Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople Archbishop Sahak Mashalyan arrived in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. In the coming days, the Patriarch will take part in the solemn ceremonies of the Mother Cathedral re-consecration and Blessing of the Holy Muron. The procession of the clergy, led Archbishop Sahak Mashalyan to the Saint Vardan Chapel-Baptistry. Later he was received by the Catholicos of All Armenians.