Tag: Armenia
Spitak Remembered
His Holiness Karekin of the Greater House of Cilicia, surrounded by Spitak residents after he climbed a damaged Cathedral. The Catholicoi of Armenia, His Holiness ... Read More
Searching for the ‘Armenia’ in Historic Armenia, and Finding A Small Bit of It
The exterior of the Armenian Church of the Savior at Ani is covered with scaffolding in September, 2013. Photo © 2013 Matthew Karanian, Reprinted with ... Read More
Armenian monastery finds unlikely saviour in Arab sheikh
Sheikh Sultan III bin Mohammed Al-Qasimi Agence France-Presse - 25/11/13 Standing next to a newly refurbished bell tower, priest Aristakes Aivazyan says it needed divine ... Read More
Eastern Diocese Welcomes Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem
Florence Avakian - November 2013 NEW YORK — “If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem…” is the biblical phrase signifying the emotional and spiritual power of the ... Read More
Record-breaking Jesus Statue Built in Syria
Grace Cuddihy - 22/10/13 A bronze statue of Jesus Christ, taller than the famous Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, has appeared in war-torn Syria. The statue, entitled "I Have Come ... Read More
Armenian Church, Survivor of the Ages, Faces Modern Hurdles
DAVID M. HERSZENHORN - 5/10/13 ECHMIADZIN, Armenia — In this ancient city, tucked in a valley that has witnessed the rise and fall of empires, King ... Read More
Keeping the Khachkars
Ansel Oommen anseloommen@yahoo.com 26/9/13 The Cross is arguably the most familiar symbol of Christianity, but nowhere is this iconography as crucial or culture-entrenched, as ... Read More
Bishops’ Synod in progress at Echmiadzin: Important issues for the Armenian Church on the agenda
Gayane Mkrtchyan ArmeniaNow reporter- 25/9/13 The first Bishops’ Synod of the Armenian Church, which commenced Tuesday at the Mother See of Holy Echmiadzin after a ... Read More
Catholicos congratulates Armenian people on Independence Day
23/9/13 Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin Ii congratulated the Armenian people on the occasion of the 22nd anniversary of Armenia’s independence. “Today is the day ... Read More
Armenians Celebrate First Baptisms at Aghtamar Since 1915
Two young women from Van are baptized at Sourp Khatch, the Church of the Holy Cross, at Aghtamar on Sept. 8. Three others were also ... Read More
Protest against Armenians’ church service on Akdamar island held in Turkey
9/9/13 In response to the next church services in the Armenian church on Turkish island of Akdamar, a group of Turkish citizens organized a protest ... Read More
Anti-Armenia group plans protest at Akdamar church
VAN - Doğan News Agency - 31/8/13 ASİMDER, an anti-Armenian diaspora association that “battles unfounded Armenian claims,” has announced that it will be placing flowers ... Read More
The Dangerous Life of Christianity in Egypt
Kathryn Jean Lopez - 15/8/13 Samuel Tadros is a research fellow at the Hudson Institute’s Center for Religious Freedom and author of the new book Motherland ... Read More
Jerusalem Patriarch Meets Aram I
10/8/13 ANTELIAS—Archbishop Nourhan Manougian, the Patriarch of Jerusalem, today visited the Holy See of Cilicia and met with Catholicos Aram I. The Great House of ... Read More
Body and soul in Armenia
Reliquary containing a fragment of Noah's Ark at Etchmiadzin Cathedral / Pictures: Stephen Scourfield Stephen Scourfield, The West Australian 27/7/13 In AD301, Armenia became the ... Read More
The Ambassador of Armenia in Lebanon meets with His Holiness Aram I
14/7/13 The Ambassador of Armenia met with His Holiness Aram I at his summer residence in Bikfaya. Ashod Kotcharian and His Holiness discussed Armenia-Diaspora relation ... Read More
General Assembly declaration on the commemoration of the 100-Ann. of the Armenian Genocide
June 2013 General Assembly of the Catholicosate of Cilicia (12-15 June 2013) Restoration of our Just Rights should be the axis of 100th Anniversary Commemorations ... Read More
Ambassador: Iranian archives about Armenian Genocide are open for historians
12/6/13 “I think, we should order the historians to study the Iranian archives. That means that they can take all the materials concerning the Genocide ... Read More
Prince Charles meets Catholicos Karekin, ends his visit to Armenia
1/6/13 Britain’s Prince Charles ended a three-day private visit to Armenia on Thursday with a meeting with Catholicos Garegin II at the Echmiadzin headquarters of ... Read More
Concert Held on the Feast of Ascension
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 ... Read More
Lukashenko attends opening of St. Hovhannes Church in Armenia’s Abovyan
YEREVAN, 15 May (BelTA) – President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko attended the opening of St. Hovhannes Church in the Armenian town of Abovyan on ... Read More