Tag: Armenia

Turkey renovates Armenian monuments as Gesture

OCP- May 7, 2011

By SELCAN HACAOGLU Associated Press 2011-05-04 Turkey has launched a project to conserve an ancient Armenian cathedral and church in what is seen as a ... Read More

Pontiff of All Armenians Receives Executive Director of Millennium Challenge Corporation

OCP- May 4, 2011

<a href="http://www.armenianchurch.org/resources/2011/05%20May/4-1.jpg"><img alt="" src="http://www.armenianchurch.org/resources/2011/05%20May/4-1.jpg" class="alignnone" width="500" height="344" /> On May 4, in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and ... Read More

Foundation Blessing Service held for St. Anna Church in Yerevan

OCP- May 4, 2011

30/4/2011 On April 30, the Foundation Blessing service for the St. Anna Church in Yerevan, being constructed on the grounds of the historical Holy Kathoghike ... Read More

Armenia Marks Genocide Anniversary, Slams Turkish Denial

OCP- April 30, 2011

29/4/2011 YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — Hundreds of thousands of people silently marched to a hilltop memorial in the annual remembrance of some 1.5 million fellow Armenians ... Read More

Matthew Karanian offers glimpse of Jerusalem Armenians

OCP- April 12, 2011

11/4/2011 FRESNO - A capacity crowd of 120 people attended a lecture and slide show about the Armenians of Jerusalem at California State University, Fresno, ... Read More

190th Anniversary of the Armenian College

OCP- April 5, 2011

Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin 2/4/2011 The 190th Anniversary of the founding of the Armenian College and Philanthropic Academy (ACPA), Kolkata, India was celebrated on ... Read More

Sheikh-ul-Islam Haji Allahshukur Pashazadeh to visit Armenia

OCP- March 30, 2011

30/3/2011 Baku – APA. Chairman of the Caucasian Muslims Office Sheikh-ul-Islam Haji Allahshukur Pashazadeh will attend the CIS Inter-Confessions Council meeting in Armenia on November ... Read More

Armenian church celebrates 175 Years

OCP- March 30, 2011

By Jennani Durai 27/3/2011 The Armenian community in Singapore celebrated the 175th anniversary of its church on Sunday, with more than 160 Armenians from 14 ... Read More

Hovannisian may stop hunger strike if Catholicos requests him to Do So

OCP- March 29, 2011

29/3/2011 PanARMENIAN.Net - Member of Heritage parliamentary group Armen Martirosyan did not rule out the possibility of Raffi Hovannisian’s stopping his hunger strike in case ... Read More

Turkish Deputy PM: We must solve our problems with Armenia

OCP- March 17, 2011

16/03/2011 Turkish Deputy PM Bulent Arinc, extended a speech at “Leaders’ of revolutions summit”, which kicked off in Istanbul, and referred to the significance of ... Read More

Exhibition “Armenia:far and close” to be opened in St. Petersburg

OCP- March 11, 2011

11/3/2011 On 11th March the museum of Religion of St. Petersburg will kick off the exhibition titled “Armenia: Far and close”. Tv100.ru informs that this ... Read More

Milwaukee talk gives the history behind Avarayr

OCP- March 6, 2011

By David Luhrssen 5/3/2011 Milwaukee, - Vartanants, commemorating the Armenian defeat by Persia at the Battle of Avarayr (AD 451), is familiar to all Armenians. ... Read More

U.S. Congressmen condemned Armenian pogroms in Azerbaijan

OCP- March 1, 2011

1/3/2011 PanARMENIAN.Net - A congressional event on commemoration of massacres of Armenians in Sumgait (1988) and Baku (1990), Azerbaijan, organized by the Congressional Caucus on ... Read More

Treasure of a different kind for Armenian Preschoolers

OCP- February 24, 2011

22/2/2011 In Armenia, the world's oldest Christian, Orthodox Apostolic nation, a book for preschoolers called 'My treasury' was recently launched at the Christian Education Center ... Read More

Love each other and be loved: St. Sargis is Coming

OCP- February 19, 2011

18/2/2011 By the order of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, the Feast of St. Sarkis the Captain and his ... Read More

Young ladies prepare for LA Debutante Ball Feb. 20

OCP- February 13, 2011

12/2/2011 Los Angeles - The Ladies Auxiliary of the Western Diocese of the Armenian Church of North America is in the midst of preparing for ... Read More

Sexy fashion shoot at ruined cathedral draws protest from Armenians

OCP- February 11, 2011

By Sandy Smith 2011-02-01 A Turkish fashion magazine has staged a sexy photo shoot on the grounds of a historic ruined Armenian church, sparking outrage ... Read More

NCFA to join AAC in project on revival of monasticism in Tatev monastery

OCP- February 5, 2011

3/2/2011 PanARMENIAN.Net - National Competitiveness Foundation of Armenia (NCFA) plans to continue works for reconstruction of Tatev monastery in the framework of Tatev Revival Project. ... Read More

RA President conveys invitation of Catholicos of All Armenians to Ieronymos II to visit Armenia

OCP- January 23, 2011

19/1/2011 PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, who is on a state visit to Greece, met with Ieronymos II, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, ... Read More

“Saakashvilli’s visit not to lead to revolutionary Changes”

OCP- January 23, 2011

22.01.2011 Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili's visit to Armenia will have merely working nature and will not lead to any revolutionary change in bilateral relations, political ... Read More

Meeting between Armenian Catholicos, Georgian President Possible

OCP- January 22, 2011

21/1/2011 The press service of the Holy See of Echmiadzin informed NEWS.am that Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II may meet with Georgian President Mikhail ... Read More