Holy Etchmiadzin

Concert Held on the Feast of Ascension

May 17, 2013 Featured News

16/5/13 With the blessing of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, the Christian Education Center of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin presented a festive concert in celebration of the Feast of Ascension.  The event was organized in collaboration with several Ministries of the Republic of Armenia – Education and [...]

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Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin participates in “Museum Night” on 18 May 2013

May 17, 2013 News

17/5/13 With the blessings of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin will participate in “Museum Night”, being held throughout Yerevan on the EU created “International Museum Day”. Starting at 18:00, the Mother Cathedral Museum will be open to the public. Admission will be free. [...]

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Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Church in Georgia Celebrates Median Day of Lent

March 8, 2013 Featured News

7/3/13 The ‘Median Day of Lent’ (mid-Lent, or Michink) was celebrated at the Surb Echmiadzin Church  in Avlabari, Tbilisi. Michink is celebrated during the middle of lent to encourage people to persevere until the end of lent. An evening Divine Service was held after which the spiritual fathers of the church consecrated the traditional festive [...]

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Supreme Spiritual Council Meeting at the Mother See

March 2, 2013 Featured News

Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Information Services – February 2013 From February 19-21, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, presided over a regular meeting of the Supreme Spiritual Council at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. At the opening of the meeting, His Holiness extended his blessings and appreciation to [...]

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Catholicos of all Armenians voted on Armenia’s presidential elections day in Holy Etchmiadzin

February 19, 2013 News

YEREVAN, February 18. /ARKA/. Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II voted at 19/11 polling station in Etchmiadzin town, Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin reported Monday. Armenia’s presidential elections kicked off on February 18 at all polling stations at 8 a.m. sharp. Seven candidates are running for the country’s president today: incumbent president Serzh Sargsyan, former [...]

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Clergy Conference Held in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin

February 7, 2013 Featured News

On 5 February 2013, on the occasion of the Feast of St. Ghevond the Priest and his Companions, a Clergy Conference was held at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, under the presidency of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians. The main conference agenda item was: “The organization and functioning [...]

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New Primate Appointed for the Armenian Diocese of Australia and New Zealand

December 8, 2012 News

Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin – 8/12/2012 By Pontifical Order of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, His Grace Bishop Haykazun Najarian, has resigned his service as the Pontifical Legate of Central Europe and Sweden, and as of 1 January, 2013 His Grace will serve as the Primate of the [...]

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Artist Iosif Kobzon Visits the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin

November 23, 2012 News

On 21 November, 2012, His Eminence Archbishop Nathan Hovhannisyan; Director of the Publishing Department of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, and Monastic Council Chairman, received a delegation led by Iossif Kobzon, Russian Folk Artist; accompanied by Mr. Arthur Poghossian, Deputy Minster in the Ministry of Culture. His Eminence greeted Mr. Kobzon, and welcomed him [...]

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Consecration of St. Karapet Church in Gavar

November 23, 2012 News

Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin On November 17, the Saint Karapet Church in the town of Gavar was consecrated. The church was fully renovated during the course of 2012. The church was originally built in 1848 by compatriots who had immigrated to Armenia from Bayazet, Turkey led by brothers Barsegh and Mkrtich Artsruni Aghaner; the [...]

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13th Anniversary of Enthronement of His Holiness Karekin II

November 5, 2012 Featured News

On 4 November, 2012 following the celebration of Divine Liturgy at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, a special Pontifical Blessing service was offered before the Holy Altar of Descent in the Mother Cathedral, on the occasion of the 13th anniversary of Enthronement of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians. [...]

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Supreme Spiritual Council convenes at Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin

October 30, 2012 Featured News

30/10/2012 On 30 and 31 of October, in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, a meeting of the Supreme Spiritual Council is convening, under the presidency of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians. Following, a Diocesan Representative Assembly is being held from November 1st to 3rd, with delegates attending from [...]

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Newly Built Church of Aghavnatun Consecrated

October 25, 2012 News

Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin Armenian Orthodox Church On 21 October, 2012 in the village of Aghvanatun in the Armavir region, the consecration of the newly built St. Anna Church was offered by His Grace Bishop Sion Adamian, Primate of the Armavir Diocese.  Tigran Sargsian, RA Deputy Prime Minister; Ashot Ghahramanian, Governor of Armavir; Vahan [...]

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Catholicos of All Armenians hails AGBU efforts

October 22, 2012 News

22/10/2012 PanARMENIAN.Net – Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II attended the 87th general assembly of Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) at Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. “AGBU members have addressed numerous problems in our spiritual and national life, giving ardent hopes to the Armenian people. The Union has many times contributed to the implementation of [...]

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Armenian church condemns ‘Innocence of Muslims’ film

September 21, 2012 News

21/9/2012 ETCHMIADZIN.- Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin hosted a meeting of inter-church and theological council on Wednesday to discuss issues related to inter-church relations. The council issued a statement condemning “Innocence of Muslims” film which provoked religious intolerance in several states. “Such a provocative move must be condemned as it is not contributing to religious [...]

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New Publications from Armenian Orthodox Church

September 19, 2012 News

  19/9/2012 With the blessings of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, the Publication Department of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin has published the books “Illustrated Calendar”, and “Arcadian Symphony” by Andre Jhidi. For Illustrated Calendar, the TV program, “Children’s Bible” produced by Shoghakat TV of the Mother See [...]

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The Feast of the Holy Cross in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin

September 19, 2012 News

Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin 18/9/2012 On September 16 the Armenian Apostolic Church celebrated with great solemnity one of the five major Feasts of the Armenian Church, The Feast of the Holy Cross, which is dedicated to the historical event of the return of the cross from captivity, its rising and glorification. His Grace Bishop [...]

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The Opening Ceremony of 2012-2013 Academic Year of Gevorgian Theological Seminary

September 13, 2012 News

On 10 September, 2012 in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, the Opening Ceremony for the 2012-2012 Academic Year of the Gevorgian Theological Seminary was held, with the participation of the members of the Brotherhood of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, faculty of the Seminary, and seminarians. Following the Lord’s prayer and singing of [...]

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Visit of Youth Pilgrims from the Armenian Diocese of Argentina to the Mother See

August 8, 2012 News

Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin 6/8/2012 On August 5, in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, His Eminence Nathan Hovhannisian, Director of the Publishing Department of the Mother See, received the graduate student class of the St. Grigor Lusavorich School of the Armenian Diocese of Argentina, students from the Vicente Lopez School, and members of [...]

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Catholicos receives young American-Armenian pilgrims

July 19, 2012 News

17/7/2012 ETCHMIADZIN. – The Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II on July 15 received a group of young pilgrims, from the Eastern and Western dioceses of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America, accompanied by their group leaders, Fathers Hakob Gevorgyan and Avetis Abovyan. First, the aforesaid clergy members informed the Catholicos that these …

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EuroNest delegation hosted at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin

February 25, 2012 News

23.02.2012 At the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians hosted the delegation of the EuroNest Committee of Social Affairs, Education, Culture and Civil Society accompanied by NA Deputy, co-chair of the commission Artak Zakaryan. Welcoming the visit of the delegation to the Mother See of [...]

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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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Catholicos of All Armenians hosted EPP delegation

November 23, 2011 News

23/11/2011 On November 23 Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin the Second hosted today delegation by European People’s Party (EPP) accompanied by Armenian Minister of Education and Science Armen Ashotyan. Department of Information Services Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin informs about this. Armenian religious leader expressed his satisfaction with the fact Armenian parties have started to [...]

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Six Bishops Consecrated for Armenian Church

November 15, 2011 Featured News

6/11/2011 On Sunday 6 November 2011, Holy Liturgy was presided over by His Holiness Karekin II Supreme Catholicos of all Armenians at the Cathedral Church of Holy Etchmiadzin. During the celebration 6 vartabeds (celibate priests) of the sister Armenian Orthodox Church were consecrated as bishops. Source:

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Annual Meeting of the Armenia Round Table Foundation

October 24, 2011 News

Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin 21/10/2011 On October 20, the 2010-2011 annual meeting of the Armenia Round Table Charitable Foundation was held in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. The Armenian Round Table Ecumenical Foundation (ART) was established by the World Council of Churches and by the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. For 15 years, [...]

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Catholicos of All Armenians Receives Rector of the Spiritual Academy of Moscow

October 24, 2011 News

Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin On October 19, in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, received His Eminence Archbishop Vereyski Evgeni, Rector of the Spiritual Academy of Moscow of the Russian Orthodox Church and Vicar General of the Diocese of Moscow. During the meeting [...]

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