"Menk" NGO teaches ethnographic dances


There are three ethnographic dance groups within the "Menk" educational and cultural NGO: basic, amateur, and children's. They not only master ethnographic dances, but are also well-versed in their semantics and have undertaken a mission to spread and teach our dances, from remote villages to the capital.

The relic of St. Bartholomew the Apostle was presented to the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin


The Catholic Church of the Czech Republic donated the relics of the Apostle Bartholomew to the Armenian Apostolic Church. The donation received by the archbishop of Prague, Jan Graubner, is a sign of the support and solidarity of the Primate of the Catholic Church towards the Armenian people and the church. In the 14th century, the relic was taken to Prague by King Charles IV.
 

Rev. Fr. Nerses Asryan


What are the differences between a temple, a church, and a chapel?
How to distinguish a prayer performed in a showy manner?
Why do we often feel the presence of an invisible force?
What is the connection between Gnosticism and Christianity?
How to understand the message “Faith without works is dead”?
Is it necessary to order a funeral service for the deceased?
 
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Sunday Liturgy prayers were offered for the prisoners in all the churches of the dioceses of Armenia and Diaspora


Divine Liturgy was served in the Mother Cathedral under the solemnity of the Catholicos of All Armenians. The day was previously announced as a day of pan-Armenian prayer. In the Mother See of Holy Etchmiatsin, in all churches of the dioceses of Armenia and the Diaspora, during the Holy Liturgy, according to the call of the Patriarch of Armenia, a prayer was offered for the servicemen, civilians and representatives of the military-political leadership of the Republic of Artsakh, who were abducted, captured and illegally detained by Azerbaijan. Holy Liturgy was served. The day was previously announced as a day of pan-Armenian prayer. During the Holy Liturgy in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiatsin, in all the churches of the dioceses of Armenia and the Diaspora, according to the call of the Armenian patriarch, a prayer was offered for the servicemen, civilians and representatives of the military and political leadership of the Republic of Artsakh kidnapped by Azerbaijan, captured and illegally held in Baku.

Rev. Fr. Manuk Zeynalyan


Does a person who accumulates wealth by dishonest means deserve to be blessed?
Is there any information about scarlet wormwood in the Bible?
Is the offering of a spiritual service mandatory?
Where is the responsibility of providing spiritual care if there is no contact with the godfather?
Why aren't spiritual music evenings organized in churches?
Can a priest be his own confessor?
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The Catholicos of All Armenians received the priests participating in the Clergy Training Course


His Holiness Karekin II urged the clergymen to support the overcoming of the challenges faced in the domestic and spiritual life with their service, pursuing also the preservation and strengthening of spiritual and national values ​​and the education of the nation's children with these values. His Holiness answered the questions of the clergy, which were related to the problems of the canonical, ritual and pastoral life of the Church.

Rev. Fr. Smbat Sargsyan


How to understand the words of the apostle: "We have a table from which those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat"?
Why did Christ not forgive Esau's sin?
Where does the form of addressing to the clergy come from?
How to bless a pet?
Why does the couple kneel during the wedding ceremony?
Is it necessary to have a treasury in the church?
 
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Rev. Fr. Tiratur Sardaryan


Does "purgatory" exist?
Is Saint Charbel an acceptable saint for us?
When being baptized, is it important to have the narot or the cross?
Who can follow Mother Teresa?
What are alpha and omega?
Why are liturgies not celebrated every day?
 
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Scribe brothers of the Holy Savior


Brothers Vakhtang and Ruben train every Sunday and walk to the Holy Savior Church of Ararat. They wear a shirt, serve at the altar with their friends, and after the liturgy they devote the whole day to the church.

 

After the consecration, the first Sunday Liturgy was served in the Cathedral


Pilgrims lined up in the courtyard of the church to participate in the first Sunday liturgy after the consecration. On the occasion of the historical events of the blessing of Holy Muron and the re-consecration of the Mother Cathedral, at the end of the Divine Liturgy, an offering and blessed water were distributed to the pilgrims under the direction of the Patriarch of All Armenians.
 

A group of around 50 people from the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople participated in the ceremonies


Pilgrims from Istanbul were excited and united on the occasion of blessing of the Holy Muron and re-consecration of the Temple. The believers who did not participate in the ceremonies are waiting for Archbishop Sahak's return of the group of 50 people, to receive the blessing and affection of the Mother See.

 

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.