Tag: Armenian Church

Armenian Church owned by Turk used as warehouse in Turkey

OCP- December 16, 2011

16/12/2o11 Armenian Church in Turkey’s Svaz province is still used as a warehouse. As the Turkish IHA agency informs, as the renovation works of the ... Read More

Western, Eastern Armenian language classes being taught at St. Gregory of Narek Armenian Church in Richmond Heights

OCP- December 12, 2011

By Jeff Piorkowski, Sun News 11/12/2011 St. Gregory of Narek Armenian Church, 678 Richmond Road, is conducting Western and Eastern Armenian language classes. The Western ... Read More

St. Nersess Seminary launches Annual Appeal

OCP- December 3, 2011

2/12/2011 NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. - "We look to you, our long-time friends, to support this year's direct appeal campaign, which serves to not only sustain, ... Read More

Armenian Church is anointed in Russian Stavropol Region

OCP- December 3, 2011

1/12/2011 MOSCOW. – South Russian Diocese leader Bishop Movses Movsesyan and Armenia’s Kotayk Region Diocese leader Bishop Arakel Karamyan anointed St Gevorg church in Russian ... Read More

Armenian Church in Britain and Ireland celebrates its new bishop

OCP- November 22, 2011

22/11/2011 The Armenian Church in Britain and Ireland has been celebrating its new bishop over the second weekend in November. The Very Rev Fr Vahan ... Read More

Church History now available in Braille for schoolchildren with visual impairment

OCP- November 19, 2011

By SIRANUYSH GEVORGYAN ArmeniaNow reporter 17/11/2011 The Bible Society of Armenia, by the initiative of the Christian Education Center of Mother See of Holy Echmiadzin, ... Read More

Six Bishops Consecrated for Armenian Church

OCP- November 15, 2011

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 ... Read More

Disagreements in foundation of Istanbul’s Armenian Church Continue

OCP- November 7, 2011

7/11/2011 ISTANBUL. – Disagreements in the foundation of the greatest Armenian Church of Istanbul continue and have reached the court. One of the members of ... Read More

Ultra-Orthodox spitting attacks on Old City clergymen becoming daily

OCP- November 4, 2011

By Oz Rosenberg 4/11/2011 Clergymen in the Armenian Church in Jerusalem say they are victims of harassment, from senior cardinals to priesthood students; when they ... Read More

Georgian and Armenian Church leaders still seeking a solution for disputed Churches

OCP- November 3, 2011

Etuna Tsotniashvili 3/11/2011 What is the situation in the dispute between Georgia and Armenia on the issues of Georgian churches on Armenian territory? This issue ... Read More

Tax Breaks Planned For Armenian Church

OCP- October 29, 2011

Sargis Harutyunyan 28.10.2011 In a further boost to the Armenian Apostolic Church, Armenia is poised to introduce major tax breaks for hundreds of worship sites ... Read More

Quake cracks dome of ancient Armenian Church in Van

OCP- October 29, 2011

ASLIHAN AYDIN, ANKARA 28/10/2011 The 10th-century Armenian Church of the Holy Cross on Akdamar (Ahtamar) Island in Lake Van has a crack in its dome ... Read More

Armenians were baptized at St. Kirakos Church in Western Armenia

OCP- October 25, 2011

24/10/2011 A group of Armenians, raised as Sunni Muslims, were baptized on October 23 as Armenian Orthodox Christians at the historic St. Kirakos (Surb Kirakos) ... Read More

Annual Orthodox Prayer Service Held at St. Vartan Cathedral

OCP- October 22, 2011

19/10/2011 New York-USA: Members of the United Nations community and Orthodox Christians in the New York metro area gathered for the annual Orthodox Prayer Service ... Read More

A History of Destruction: The Fate of Armenian Church Properties in Adana [i]

OCP- October 16, 2011

Mehmet Polatel 14/10/2011 Genocidal processes involve the loss of large numbers of human life. The motivation behind these processes is always related to the destruction ... Read More

Surp Giragos Armenian Church in Diyarbakır prepares for Liturgy

OCP- October 13, 2011

YONCA POYRAZ DOĞAN, İSTANBUL 12/10/2011 Once one of the largest churches in the Middle East, Surp Giragos Church in Turkey’s southeastern province of Diyarbakır will ... Read More

Third Meeting of the Liturgical Committee of the Armenian Church

OCP- September 19, 2011

Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin 17/9/2011 From September 14 to 16, the third meeting of the Liturgical Committee of the Holy Armenian Apostolic Church was ... Read More

Armenian Church blessed Army spiritual leadership Flag

OCP- September 17, 2011

16/9/2011 ECHMIADZIN. – Holy See of Echmiadzin on Friday held blessing ceremony of the flag of spiritual leadership of the Armenian Armed Forces by Armenian ... Read More

Karekin I: The All Armenian Catholicos of blessed Memory

OCP- September 2, 2011

by Ashot Vavyan 30/8/2011 The prophets are persons sent by God, transmitting His words, called to certain mission by the Almighty. They are the men ... Read More

Tourists flow to Turkey’s east to visit historical Armenian Church

OCP- August 22, 2011

22/8/2011 Akdamar Church, located on Akdamar island in Lake Van, had been opened to worshippers for a single day. Tens of thousands of tourists have ... Read More

THE ARMENIAN CHURCH IN EUROPE TODAY

OCP- August 21, 2011

08/03/2011 On 3 August 2011, Deacon Heratch Chiliguirian lecturer at Cambridge University, who is also serving the St. Sarkis Church in London, visited the Seminary ... Read More