Tag: Armenian Diocese

Members of the Brotherhood of Holy Etchmiadzin Travel to Diaspora for Holy Week and Easter Services

OCP- April 16, 2014

April 2014 With the Blessings of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians; several priests from the Brotherhood of Holy Etchmiadzin ... Read More

Supreme Spiritual Council Meeting in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin

OCP- August 3, 2013

August 2013 From July 30 to 31, under the presidency of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, the regular meeting ... Read More

Relics of students of Jesus found in the Armenian Church of Tabriz

OCP- February 13, 2013

13/2/13 Relics of Saints were found during the reconstruction of St. Stepanos Monastery in Tabriz in 2006. These were supposed to be the bones of ... Read More

Georgia’s Diocese Blasts Saakashvili

OCP- January 31, 2013

31/1/13 TBILISI—The Armenian Diocese of Georgia called on President Mikheil Saakashvili and his United National Movement party to refrain from making provocative statements in relation ... Read More

Armenian Diocese calls upon Saakashvili and other leaders of the UNM to abstain from provocative statements

OCP- January 27, 2013

27/1/13 The release of political prisoners and other amnestied persons, including Vahagn Chakhalyan caused furious reactions from the opposition party, United National Movement. During the ... Read More

New Primate Appointed for the Armenian Diocese of Australia and New Zealand

OCP- December 8, 2012

Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin – 8/12/2012 By Pontifical Order of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, His Grace Bishop ... Read More

“Armenian Churches in Tbilisi, Yesterday and Today” Exhibition Opens in Georgia

OCP- December 4, 2012

4/12/2012 An exhibition entitled "Armenian Churches in Tbilisi, Yesterday and Today" opened on December 1, 2012 at the “Hayartun” Cultural Center of the Diocese of ... Read More

Armenian Catholicos makes new appointments in Armenian Church dioceses

OCP- October 29, 2012

28/10/2012 ETCHMIADZIN. – The All Armenian Catholicos Karekin II has made new appointments in various dioceses of the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC). Aren Shahenyan, who ... Read More

His Holiness Karekin II has private meeting with Pope

OCP- September 19, 2012

18/09/2012 His Holiness Karekin II, the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, met with Pope Benedict XVI in Vatican on September 12, priest Vahram ... Read More

“Hayartun” students cleared and improved Armenian Pantheon of Tbilisi

OCP- August 27, 2012

26/8/2012 YEREVAN, AUGUST 25, ARMENPRESS: "Nerses Shnorhali" children group of Georgian Armenian Diocese's Hayartun cultural house centre, Armenian Apostolic Church carried out volunteer labor patriotic ... Read More

Visit of Youth Pilgrims from the Armenian Diocese of Argentina to the Mother See

OCP- August 8, 2012

Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin 6/8/2012 On August 5, in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, His Eminence Nathan Hovhannisian, Director of the Publishing Department ... Read More

Head of AAC Iraqi Diocese inspects Armenian church construction in N. Iraq

OCP- August 21, 2011

19/8/2011 PanARMENIAN.Net - Earlier this month His Eminence Archbishop Avak Asadourian, Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Iraq, paid a pastoral visit to the autonomous ... Read More

Pontifical Visit of the Catholicos of All Armenians to the Armenian Diocese of Argentina (May 15-16)

OCP- May 24, 2011

On May 15, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, celebrated a Pontifical Divine Liturgy in the Church of St. Gregory ... Read More

Pontifical Visit of the Armenian Catholicos to the Armenian Diocese of Brazil

OCP- May 14, 2011

12/5/2011 On May 6, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians arrived in Sao Paulo, the Republic of Brazil for an ... Read More

Karekin II to raise Georgian-Armenian Diocese Problems

OCP- March 1, 2011

1/3/2011 “We cooperate with the Georgian Orthodox Church, Georgian authorities and international organizations to achieve preservation of our churches and their return to the Georgian-Armenian ... Read More

Newly Appointed Locum Tenens of the Armenian Diocese of Bulgaria

OCP- February 10, 2011

Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin 10/2/2011 By the Pontifical order (dated February 9, 2011) of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All ... Read More

Armenian Diocese of Georgia Condemns Official for Demeaning Church

OCP- November 20, 2010

19/11/2010 TBILISI (Combined Sources)—The Armenian Apostolic Church of Georgia on Wednesday condemned Georgia’s Deputy Minister of Reintegration for refusing to acknowledge the Armenian Diocese of ... Read More

Re-consecration of the Church of St. Mary of Sardarapat

OCP- November 5, 2010

Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin On November 1, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, accompanied by the Members of the ... Read More