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Intellectuals propose coordination of assistance to Syrian Armenians

June 20, 2012 News

19/6/2012 YEREVAN. – A group of Armenia’s thinkers have called on for the establishment of a Council of Coordination of Assistance to Syrian Armenians. As per the intellectuals, it is necessary to form a rapid reaction council comprising representatives from Armenia’s state agencies, the Armenian Apostolic Church, “Hayastan” All-Armenian Fund, and political parties …

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Residency of the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church opened in Stepanakert

June 17, 2012 News

16/6/2012 On June 16 President of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Bako Sahakyan participated in the solemn opening ceremony of the residency of the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church in capital Stepanakert. The President noted that the opening of the residency in the capital would play a great role in the spiritual development of [...]

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Armenian Patriarch Blesses All Bulgarians

June 15, 2012 News
Bulgarian Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov (l) with Catholicos Karekin II, Patriarch of the Armenian Apostolic Church, during Borisov's visit to Armenia and the city of Echmiadzin in April 2012. Photo by BGNES

14/6/2012 His Holiness, Catholicos Karekin II, Patriarch of the Armenian Apostolic Church has blessed all Bulgarians during the visit of Culture Minister, Vezhdi Rashidov to the country. The blessing of the Patriarch was conveyed by the second-ranking priest in Armenia – Archbishop Ovanesyan. Karekin II was unable to meet personally with the Minister “Culture cannot [...]

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Armenian Church to mark feast day of St. Gayane, her Companions

June 4, 2012 News

4/6/2012 The Armenian Apostolic Church will celebrate Tuesday the feast day of Saint Gayane the Virgin and her Companions. At 10am, an ecclesiastical procession, together with pilgrims, will head from the Mother See of Saint Etchmiadzin to the St. Gayane Monastery, also taking along the reliquary of the Holy Virgin Gayane being kept at the [...]

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Armenian School and Church in Homs were shelled by the rebels

May 20, 2012 Featured News

19/5/2012 YEREVAN, MAY 19, ARMENPRESS: Armenian community in Syria also suffered from the latest events taking place in the country. The rebels did not cease their riots and lately have captured Armenian ‘’Isahakyan’’ school. Nazaret Elmadjyan , representative of Armenian community informed Armenpress that the school belongs to Armenian Apostolic Church in Homs, …

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Armenian churches must be granted to Georgian Diocese of AAC – Javakhk Diaspora of Russia

May 18, 2012 News

16/5/2012 The Javakhk Diaspora of Russia released a statement on the situation over the Armenian church Surb Nshan in Tbilisi. “The belfry of the church collapsed due to tremors hitting the region and heavy rains in Tbilisi recently. The church as if accidentally was in fire back in 2002 and this January as well. Renovation [...]

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The Khohanotz: Mijink, or Armenian Sweet Bread

March 16, 2012 News

FOOD — BY LIANA AGHAJANIAN 15/3/2012 When it’s time to cut the Mijink bread, all family members must be present. They must stand around, in anxious anticipation watching the knife glide across the top of the pastry in the form of a cross before being cut up and divided, each piece with the potential to [...]

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Catholicos familiarizes UK ambassadors with Armenian Church activities

February 22, 2012 News

21/2/2012 YEREVAN. – The Catholicos of All Armenians, Karekin II, received, at the Holy See of Saint Etchmiadzin, Jonathan James Aves and Catherine Jane Leach, the United Kingdom’s newly appointed ambassadors to Armenia. The Catholicos expressed confidence that the close ties between the British Embassy and the Holy See, which were established during the tenure [...]

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Armenian Church to receive new privilege

February 17, 2012 News

16/2/2012 YEREVAN. – The legalization payments will be exempt for Armenia’s churches and church structures which the individual benefactors had built, but without the appropriate formalities. The State Committee of Real Estate Cadastre presented such draft decision for the Government’s approval. And this matter is included on the Government’s session on Thursday. This decision refers [...]

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Armenian Catholicos blesses newlyweds on Candlemas

February 15, 2012 News

14/2/2012 ETCHMIADZIN. – The Armenian Apostolic Church celebrates on Tuesday Candlemas, The Coming of the Son of God into the Temple. And on this occasion a pre-festivity ceremony was held at the Holy See of Saint Etchmiadzin, after which the four corners of the world were blessed. Candlemas is also declared as the Blessing Day [...]

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Armenian Catholicos and Christian Conference of Asia Secretary General discuss interreligious dialogue

February 10, 2012 News

9/2/2012 Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia of Armenian Apostolic Church Aram I met with Christian Conference of Asia Secretary General Rev. Dr. Henriette Lebang on Thursday. The parties discussed issues and challenges confronting inter-church movement and especially the current situation of Asian inter-church movement. Lebang gave invitations to Aram I for inter-church congresses [...]

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Armenian cathedral to be built in Ukraine

February 6, 2012 News

4/2/2012 PanARMENIAN.Net – On February 3, Kiev hosted joint sitting of Ukrainian Association of Union of Armenians of Ukraine and Armenian Community in Kiev NGOs. Discussion of coordination of all Armenian organizations of the Ukrainian capital, construction of Armenian cathedral, as well as organizational and legal aspects of holding elections of the head of Armenian [...]

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New vicar of Atrpatakan diocese of Armenian Apostolic Church appointed

January 14, 2012 News

12/1/2012 Editor of Hask clerical journal of the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC), head of the communication and information department of Cilicia Catholicosate (Lebanon), Abbot Grigor Chifchian is appointed a vicar of Atrpatakan (Iran) diocese of AAC. According to another decision, Catholicos Aram I appointed Abbot Partev Kulimian, 36, a spiritual inspector at the AAC in [...]

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St. Garabed Armenian Apostolic Church debuts in Rancho Mirage

January 14, 2012 News

Colin Atagi The Desert Sun 14/1/2011 RANCHO MIRAGE — Coachella Valley Armenians for years attended church services by going to Los Angeles or San Diego or using a dining hall building in Rancho Mirage. But as this wasn’t the ideal way of worshipping they put in motion plans to build their own church in the [...]

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Georgian Patriarch promises to mediate for Armenian Churches in Tbilisi

January 14, 2012 Featured News

13/1/2012 Delegation of Armenian Community representatives inGeorgialed by Primate of the Georgian Diocese of theArmenian Apostolic Church, Bishop Vazgen Mirzakhanyan visited Patriarch of all Georgians Ilya the Second on January 11. They congratulated New Year and Christmas of the Georgian religious leader. Primate of the Georgian Diocese of theArmenian Apostolic Church, Bishop Vazgen Mirzakhanyan spoke [...]

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Ordination of Deacons in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin

December 31, 2011 News

26/12/2011 Armenian Church On December 26, the Feast day of St. Stephen the Proto-Deacon and First Martyr of the Church was commemorated in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. According to established tradition, an ordination of deacons was offered in the Mother Cathedral. With the blessings of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and …

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Turkey’s only all-Armenian village a lens to the past

December 30, 2011 Featured News
In Vakifli Koyu St. Astvatzatzin Armenian Apostolic Church has its first resident pastor in more than a decade. The community is the only all-Armenian village left in Turkey.. (Photo by Matthew Brunwasser.)

29/12/2011 Turkey’s Vakifli Koyu is the only place in Turkey with a population that is only Armenian. The population is dwindling, but tourism and innovative agriculture have the residents hoping they can hang on just a little bit longer. In Vafikli Koyu, Turkey, bitterness over the 1915 Armenian massacres and ethnic cleansing by Ottoman forces [...]

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Opening presentation of new charity foundation takes place in Yerevan

December 26, 2011 News

23/12/2011 YEREVAN. – Hovhannes Sage Catholicos of Odzun charity foundation’s opening presentation took place in the Armenian-Russian (Slavonic) university in Yerevan on Thursday. The foundation was created to bring to live at least some of the national historic and architecture monuments. The aim of the foundation is to restore the historic and architecture masterpieces in [...]

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Bako Sahakyan visits the residency of the Armenian Apostolic Church Patriarchic exarch in Moscow

December 23, 2011 News

YEREVAN,ARMENPRESS 22/12/2011 On 21 December Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan visited in Moscow the residency of the Armenian Apostolic Church Patriarchic exarch. President Sahakyan together with primate of the New Nakhichevan and Russian Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Patriarchic exarch bishop Ezras Nersisyan walked around the construction site of a new cathedral and church [...]

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Armenian church opens in Bulgaria

December 21, 2011 News

21/12/2011 The Saint Stepanos Armenian Church of Pazardzhik, Bulgaria, officially opened Monday. Father Abgar Hovakimian, Locum Tenens of the Armenian Apostolic Church’s Diocese of Bulgaria, celebrated a Holy Mass at the Church. Armenia’s Ambassador to Bulgaria, Arsen Shoyan, chair members of Armenian Apostolic Church Committee in Bulgaria, Mayor of Pazardzhik, and Armenian benefactors also attended [...]

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“Armenia: From Centuries to Eternity” presented at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

December 19, 2011 News

19.12.2011 The “Armenia: From Centuries to Eternity” book was presented at the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs today. It has been published by the Armenian Embassy in the United Arab Emirates. The book is dedicated to the 20th anniversary of independence of the Republic of Armenia. It includes general information about the Republic of Armenia [...]

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Pope Meets Sarkisian, Hails ‘Good Relations’ With Armenia

December 13, 2011 News

12.12.2011 Pope Benedict XVI met with President Serzh Sarkisian on Monday to discuss ways of deepening what the Vatican described as “good relations” existing between the Roman Catholic Church and Armenia. Sarkisian also had a separate meeting at the Vatican with Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone and visited the Armenian Catholic church of St. [...]

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Armenian President had important meetings in Georgia

November 30, 2011 Featured News

30/11/2011 On November 29 Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan met chairman of Georgian Parliament Davit Baqrazade and Patriarch all Georgians Ilya the Second in frame of hi official visit to Georgia. Press service of Armenian President informs about this. Armenian President and Georgian NA chairman discussed issues of bilateral interest and underlined this year was effective [...]

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Armenian Apostolic Church welcomes Caucasus Muslims’ spiritual leader’s proposal to hold border meetings

November 30, 2011 News

30/11/2011 ETCHMIADZIN. – The Armenian side welcomed Caucasus Muslim Board Chairman Allahshukur Pashazade’s proposal to also organize meetings at the border, Father Vahram Melikyan, head of the information system of the Holy See of St. Etchmiadzin, told Armenian News-NEWS.am. “During the November 28 trilateral meeting among the spiritual leaders of the region, they primarily …

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First Armenian theatre is opened in Los-Angeles

November 27, 2011 News

26/11/2011 On 25 November President of the Artsakh Republic Bako Sahakyan partook at a solemn ceremony of opening in Los Angeles the first Armenian theater “Shant”, central information department of the office of Artsakh Republic President informs. Expressing gratitude to philanthropist Robert Oghlaghjyan for realizing this undertaking, President Sahakyan considered the opening of the Armenian [...]

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