With the assistance of the Catholicos of All Armenians, a disabled soldier will receive a prosthetic leg in India


Artashes Amiryan's legs were frostbitten during the Artsakh war at the Omar positions. Later, doctors were forced to amputate his leg. After a chance meeting with the Catholicos of All Armenians in the Mother Cathedral, His Holiness offered him to travel to India with his assistance for prosthetics. Since 2020, dozens of soldiers injured as a result of the Artsakh war have been treated and prosthetically fitted in the best medical institutions abroad, restoring their quality of life, with the direct assistance of the Patriarch of All Armenians.

Students of the Gevorgyan Theological Seminary Defended Their Master's Theses


Deacon Narek Temuryan's master's thesis titled "The Christological Thought of the Armenian Church in the 8th-9th Centuries" summarizes the works of the great fathers of the period. Deacon David Sergeyenko touched upon the main principles of the church's social service and made a comparative analysis between the social concepts of the Roman Catholic and Russian Orthodox churches.

Father Maghakia Gevorgyan


Father Maghakia Gevorgyan, who has served in the Aragatsotn diocese for more than 25 years, has never seen persecution of priests or violation of their rights in the church. He has never heard from the leaders that they should be silent or tolerate injustices occurring in the church; on the contrary, they have always had opportunities to raise issues. He believes that priesthood teaches humility.

A memorial service was held at the Mother See in memory of Sargis and Amalia Karapetyans


At the end of the Sunday liturgy, a prayer was offered for the imprisoned Bishops Michael, Bagrat, and Mkrtich, for the benefactor Samvel Karapetyan, and for our compatriots held in prisons in Armenia and Baku for the defense of the homeland and the church. Under the presiding authority of His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, a requiem mass was held in memory of the late Sargis and Amalia Karapetyans. The parents of national benefactor Samvel Karapetyan were distinguished educators, having educated several generations in their birthplace, Lori.

Poghos Mrjumyan


Poghos Mrjumyan has undergone 12 surgeries, the last one months ago. Poghos, his father, brother, and son-in-law volunteered to participate in the 44-day operation. Poghos was seriously injured by a hailstone on October 2 in Jrakan. Almost his entire body was covered in shrapnel, and his legs were especially damaged. Armenian soldiers were the first to come to his aid, but they later died.

The Armenian Apostolic Church celebrated the feast of the Archangels and All the Heavenly Hosts


Those gathered in the courtyard of the Holy Mother of God Church in the village of Aratashen, Armavir Diocese, participated in a cross procession on the occasion of the feast. This was the first time an intra-community cross procession was organized in the Artimets parish, although pilgrimages to famous holy places have always been made. The participants of the cross procession walked to the village of Taronik with prayers and singing hymns. The occasion was not only the feast of the Archangels and All Heavenly Forces, but also the anniversary of the consecration of the Surb Zorats chapel in Taronik and the day of the vow.

Prayers for those in prison were offered at the Sunday Liturgy at the Mother Cathedral


Sunday liturgy was celebrated in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin by Archimandrite Tovma Khachatryan. During the sermon, the holy father commented on the miracles and healings of Christ. At the end of the liturgy, the faithful prayed for the imprisoned Bishops Michael, Bagrat, and Mkrtich, for the benefactor Samvel Karapetyan, for the defense of the homeland and the church, for our compatriots held in prisons in Armenia and Baku.

Catholicos of All Armenians receives 6 clergymen who received priestly ordination


His Holiness congratulated and wished the newly ordained priests good service. His Holiness noted that the guarantee of effective and successful service is the clergyman's love for the children of the church, pastoral care and complete dedication to the community entrusted to them. The Patriarch advised not to be discouraged by difficulties or problems, to overcome them with prudence and patience, to be firm in the vocation, to act with truth and a high awareness of self-sacrifice, holding a cross in one hand and the gospel in the other.

Rev. Fr. Narek Sargsyan


Father Narek, the spiritual pastor of the Holy Cross Church in Aparan, believes that the leaders are caring and nurturing for every clergyman and believer. They try to smooth out every situation so that the priest’s burden is light so that he can best serve the people. When he had a problem, the priest of the workshop immediately gave his consent. He believes that when priests are doing well, spiritual fathers encourage them so that they can achieve great success. He graduated from the priest training course and was ordained a year ago as the spiritual pastor of Aparan and several neighboring villages.

Feast of the Evangelists in the Diocese of Aragatsotn


On October 18, our church celebrated the feast of the Four Evangelists. All the priests of the Aragatsotn diocese, along with the faithful of their communities, were in the St. Mariane Church in Ashtarak. The Holy Liturgy was celebrated without the diocesan Primate, Bishop Mkrtich Proshyan. The Holy Father was detained for 2 months, and the diocesan secretary, Father Garegin Arsenyan, was also detained.

 

Father Vazgen Hovhannisyan


Father Vazgen Hovhannisyan has been serving at the St. Mesrop Mashtots Church in Oshakan, Aragatsotn Diocese, for about six years. Before that, he served in Yeghegnadzor, where he began to engage in cross-stitching. The church has greatly helped him in his creative life. After searching for a suitable place for cross-stitching with the diocesan Primate, Bishop Mkrtich Proshyan, they stopped at the area adjacent to the church, where the priest works today. The father presented the spiritual service, rights, responsibilities, and the relationship between spiritual leaders and priests.

The "Sun-Children" center has moved to a larger and more spacious building


The website zarkerak.am published an article on October 13, accusing the church of taking back the space allocated for children with Down syndrome. Moreover, the author of the unsigned article did not consider it necessary to verify what he knew from the center’s administration, presenting incomplete, false and defamatory information. The president of the “Sun-Children” Children’s Health and Development Center NGO, Father Grigor Grigoryan, assures all the so-called “heartfelt” media outlets that the center has not only not been closed, but also continues its work with greater opportunities.