Tag: Armenian Church

Armenian church re-opens to worship in southern Turkey

OCP- August 7, 2011

7/8/2011 An Armenian church was re-opened on Sunday to worship after being closed for nine years in Iskenderun town of the southern province of Hatay. ... Read More

Armenian Church Urged To Be More Active Against ‘Sects

OCP- August 4, 2011

Naira Bulghadarian 03.08.2011 A senior government official urged the Armenian Apostolic Church on Wednesday to be more active in countering the spread of non-traditional religious ... Read More

Two more historic churches open for Liturgy in Turkey

OCP- August 1, 2011

VERCİHAN ZİFLİOĞLU ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News 29/7/2011 Hundreds of people from the diaspora will be attending religious services in various churches all around Turkey ... Read More

Armenian Church criticized on-line campaign against Catholicos

OCP- July 23, 2011

22/7/2011 YEREVAN. - Campaign against the Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II recently unfolded in social networks does not bring honor to its participants, said ... Read More

Manuscript Pages Stolen from Isfahan Armenian Church

OCP- July 11, 2011

9/7/2011 The weekly paper Araks reports that pages from a manuscript belonging to the Armenian Church of the Holy Savior in Isfahan, Iran, have turned ... Read More

Turkish Minister visits Armenian Church

OCP- July 11, 2011

11/7/2011 Turkish Culture and Tourism Minister Ertugrul Gunay visited the Armenian Holy Trinity church located in Eskisehir province of Turkey. The Minister familiarized himself with ... Read More

Armenian Church Hails Georgia’s Religious Minorities Law

OCP- July 9, 2011

8/7/2011 YEREVAN -- The Armenian Apostolic Church has welcomed the decision by Georgian authorities that will allow it to gain legal status in Georgia, RFE/RL's ... Read More

Armenian Clergy in Georgia Hail Church Status Decision

OCP- July 4, 2011

04.07.2011 Tigran Avetisian The Georgia diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church has welcomed the recent amendments passed by Georgian lawmakers granting a legal status to ... Read More

Armenian Church in Mumbai has no Priest

OCP- July 4, 2011

4/6/2011 PanARMENIAN.Net - Zabel Joshi, now last surviving Armenian in Mumbai, India, was raised as a Lebanese Armenian in Beirut. She met her husband, a ... Read More

Legal status of Armenian Church in Georgia will secure religious heritage – MP

OCP- July 3, 2011

2/7/2011 YEREVAN. - The fact that Georgian Parliament amended the Civil code, granting 5 religions denominations, Armenian Apostolic Church among them, status of legal entity ... Read More

Book on Remaining Graves at Armenian Church, Dhaka-India, Published

OCP- June 28, 2011

27/6/2011 Family history researcher Liz Chater has completed her book: "Armenian Graves, Inscriptions and Memorials in India – DACCA – 1722-1977". It contains in excess ... Read More

Armenian Church Slams Georgian Patriarch

OCP- June 22, 2011

Karine Simonian 21.06.2011 The Armenian Apostolic Church hit out at Georgia’s Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II on Tuesday for making what it called “inappropriate” references to its ... Read More

Armenian, Georgian Church Leaders Reach Impasse

OCP- June 19, 2011

16/6/2011 YEREVAN (RFE/RL)—The spiritual leaders of Armenia and Georgia have failed to reach any concrete agreements on disputes between their state-backed churches after nearly one ... Read More

Echmiadzin spokesman: Armenian and Georgian churches signed no Documents

OCP- June 16, 2011

16.06.11 The head of the information center of the Mother See of Holy Echmiadzin has refuted reports that the Armenian and Georgian churches signed a ... Read More

Armenian Catholicos: Progress Made On Georgian-Armenian Church Disputes

OCP- June 16, 2011

15/6/2011 The Armenian Apostolic Church says its supreme head, Catholicos Garegin II, has reached agreements with Georgia's political and spiritual leaders that will help resolve ... Read More

100 Years Later – Armenian Catholicos Visits Javakhk

OCP- June 15, 2011

14.6.2011 Yesterday, Catholicos Garegin II started off on his visit to the region of Javakhk, Georgia. It was the first time that a head of ... Read More

Progress Reported In Resolution Of Georgian-Armenian Church Disputes

OCP- June 13, 2011

13.06.2011 Karine Simonian The Armenian Apostolic Church said over the weekend that its supreme head, Catholicos Garegin II, reached agreements with Georgia’s political and spiritual ... Read More

Armenian Church Leader Visits Georgia

OCP- June 10, 2011

Civil Georgia, Tbilisi 10/6/2011 The leader of Armenia's Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin II, arrived in Georgia on June 10. Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church, ... Read More

Word of Life sect members threaten Armenian Archimandrite

OCP- June 8, 2011

8/6/2011 PanARMENIAN.Net - The archimandrite of the Armenian Church in Jerusalem, Fr. Ghevond was threatened by the members of Word of Life sect. To expose ... Read More

Eastern Diocese Assembly in Boston honors Mass. Governor, Armenian American Activists

OCP- June 6, 2011

4/6/2011 BOSTON - Some 300 attendees from parishes throughout the Diocese gathered in the ornate Imperial Ballroom of the Boston Park Plaza Hotel on Friday ... Read More

550th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS OF THE ARMENIAN PATRIARCHATE OF CONSTANTINOPLE

OCP- June 2, 2011

29/5/2011 On Sunday 29 May 2011, the Armenian Church and the Armenian Community in Constantinople celebrated the 550th Anniversary of the establishment of the Armenian ... Read More