Tag: Armenian Apostolic

The case of an Armenian priest’s expired visa is upsetting many young parishioners

OCP- May 3, 2012

By Ruxandra Guidi 1/5/2012 Liliya Chobanian and Sossi Postajian attended the same services at Glendale’s St. Mary’s Church for years, but they didn’t know each ... Read More

Armenian Apostolic church trying to save buildings in Moldova

OCP- April 29, 2012

28/4/2012 YEREVAN.- The Armenian Apostolic Church intends to return the territories belonging to it in Moldova. The church territories were soled several years ago. There ... Read More

Memorial Walkway for Armenian Genocide created in Arizona

OCP- April 14, 2012

13/4/2012 PanARMENIAN.Net - Noubar Armen Manoogian, 17, of Scottsdale, Arizona, has become the first Boy Scout of Armenian descent to achieve the rank of Eagle ... Read More

Sumgait pogroms commemorated in Romania

OCP- February 29, 2012

29/2/2012 PanARMENIAN.Net - On February 26, Romania hosted events commemorating the 24th anniversary of pogroms of Armenians in the Azeri town of Sumgait. A liturgy ... 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

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

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

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

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

President Sargsyan attends the opening of the Armenian Apostolic Church complex in Moscow

OCP- October 25, 2011

24.10.2011 At the invitation of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev, President Serzh Sargsyan arrived in Moscow on a state visit. The President ... Read More

Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia welcomed in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin

OCP- September 22, 2011

18/9/2011 The Armenian Apostolic Church In the evening of September 18, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, welcomed His Holiness ... Read More

State Department on Armenian church collapsed in Georgia

OCP- September 14, 2011

14/9/2011 Georgian government respected religious freedom in law and in practice, says U.S. State Department’s report on religious freedom. The report contains information about the ... Read More

Demands for resignation of Armenian Catholicos are nonsense – Holy See of Etchmiadzin

OCP- September 7, 2011

5/9/2011 YEREVAN. - Issues related to the problems specified by We Demand Resignation of the Catholicos social initiative on the current state of the Church ... Read More

Armenia: Village Hopes Religious Revival Can Spur Economic Improvement

OCP- August 27, 2011

By:Liana Aghajanian Originally published by EurasiaNet.org 25/8/2011 Residents of one of Armenia’s most dilapidated villages are hoping a religious revival can improve their economic fortunes. ... Read More

Setting the Record Straight: List of Churches in Turkey

OCP- August 24, 2011

By: Raffi Bedrosyan 23/8/2011 (A.W.)–The recently appointed ambassador to Turkey, Francis Ricciardone, responding to questions submitted by Senator Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), made incorrect claims about ... Read More

Dmitry Medvedev congratulates Karekin II on 60th birthday

OCP- August 22, 2011

22/08/2011 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has sent a congratulatory message to Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, on his 60th birthday, according ... Read More

New lake pier constructed for Akdamar Church

OCP- August 18, 2011

Vercihan Ziflioğlu ISTANBUL- Hürriyet Daily News 17/8/2011 The Van Governor’s Office is aiding in the preparations for the second Divine Liturgy on Akdamar Island’s Surp ... Read More

51 sectarian organizations operate in Armenia

OCP- August 18, 2011

17/8/2011 PanARMENIAN.Net - 67 religious organizations are registered in Armenia, 10 of which function under the Armenian Apostolic Church, 6 are old branches of traditional ... Read More