Tag: Apostolic Church

Catholicos familiarizes UK ambassadors with Armenian Church activities

OCP- February 22, 2012

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, ... Read More

Armenian Church to receive new privilege

OCP- February 17, 2012

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 ... Read More

Armenian Catholicos blesses newlyweds on Candlemas

OCP- February 15, 2012

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 ... Read More

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

OCP- February 10, 2012

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 ... Read More

Armenian cathedral to be built in Ukraine

OCP- February 6, 2012

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. ... Read More

New vicar of Atrpatakan diocese of Armenian Apostolic Church appointed

OCP- January 14, 2012

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 ... Read More

St. Garabed Armenian Apostolic Church debuts in Rancho Mirage

OCP- January 14, 2012

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 ... Read More

Georgian Patriarch promises to mediate for Armenian Churches in Tbilisi

OCP- January 14, 2012

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 ... Read More

Ordination of Deacons in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin

OCP- December 31, 2011

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 ... Read More

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

OCP- December 30, 2011

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 ... Read More

Opening presentation of new charity foundation takes place in Yerevan

OCP- December 26, 2011

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 ... Read More

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

OCP- December 23, 2011

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 ... Read More

Armenian church opens in Bulgaria

OCP- December 21, 2011

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, ... Read More

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

OCP- December 19, 2011

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 ... Read More

Pope Meets Sarkisian, Hails ‘Good Relations’ With Armenia

OCP- December 13, 2011

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 ... Read More

Armenian President had important meetings in Georgia

OCP- November 30, 2011

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 ... Read More

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

OCP- November 30, 2011

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 ... Read More

First Armenian theatre is opened in Los-Angeles

OCP- November 27, 2011

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 ... Read More

Armenian Minister introduces educational reforms to Catholicos of Cilicia

OCP- November 25, 2011

25/11/2011 YEREVAN. – Within the framework of its official visit to Lebanon, the Armenian delegation, led by Education and Science Minister Armen Ashotyan, was received ... Read More

Protestors call on Getty Museum to return pages of Armenian bible

OCP- November 21, 2011

21/11/2011 About 30 protesters gathered on Saturday near the Getty Museum calling to return seven pages of 75-year-old Armenian bible created by Toros Roslin. The ... Read More

Karabakh President meets primate of Western Diocese of Armenian Apostolic Church

OCP- November 21, 2011

21/11/2011 President of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Bako Sahakyan attended on Sunday a religious service held at the St. Leon Cathedral of the Western Diocese of the ... Read More