Tag: II

Georgia: Church-State Dispute in Tbilisi Exposes Anti-Armenian Undertones

OCP- July 16, 2011

Molly Corso 15/7/2011 A dispute over efforts to strengthen the legal rights of minority religions has opened a new fault line in Georgia’s fractured political ... Read More

Remonstrance: Some Georgians protest legalization of non-orthodox Churches

OCP- July 11, 2011

By SIRANUYSH GEVORGYAN ArmeniaNow reporter 11.07.11 Since Saturday, in Georgia, thousands of people have been holding demonstrations of protests, with calls against the “anti-Orthodox forces”, ... Read More

Catholicos of All Armenians meets Latvian President in Riga

OCP- July 4, 2011

1/7/2011 Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II left for a visit to Latvia on June 29. Priest Khosrov Stepanyan, head of Armenian community Arno Ter-Sahakov ... Read More

Catholicos of All Armenians met with Governor of St. Petersburg

OCP- July 1, 2011

29/6/2011 Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II visited St. Petersburg on the occasion of celebrations dedicated to 300th anniversary of local Armenian community. Catholicos met ... 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

Ilia II says Karekin II “too young and inexperienced”

OCP- June 20, 2011

19/6/2011 PanARMENIAN.Net - Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II said that the Georgian Church is “open for everyone but it will not allow suppression of ... 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

Patriarch of All Georgia receives Catholicos of All Armenians

OCP- June 10, 2011

10/6/2011 Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II received Catholicos of All Armenian Karekin II in Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi today. The Armenian and Georgian ... 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

Sharon Stone Becomes Emotional at Georgian Patriarchate

OCP- June 8, 2011

6/8/2011 Sharon Stone was photographed crying during her meeting with Iliya II, the Orthodox Patriarch of Georgia / Sakartvelo on 6 June 2011. It should ... Read More

Georgian Patriarch receives Sharon Stone

OCP- June 8, 2011

05.06.11 Sharon Stone visited the Georgian Patriarchy in Tbilisi on Sunday. Georgia`s Catholicos Patriarch Ilia II received the famous actress. The famous actress listened to ... Read More

Catholicos of All Armenians to leave for Georgia on June 10

OCP- June 6, 2011

6/6/2011 PanARMENIAN.Net - Catholicos of All Armenians, His Holiness Karekin II will meet with Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II as part of his ... Read More

Armenian Catholicos defrocks Fr. Abel Manoukian

OCP- June 3, 2011

2/6/2011 YEREVAN. - Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II defrocked Fr. Abel Manoukian. From now on the priest will bear his secular name Hrach Manoukian, ... Read More

Candidate for Armenian Patriarchate of Turkey cool toward Politics

OCP- May 31, 2011

VERCİHAN ZİFLİOĞLU ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News 30/5/2011 The Armenian Patriarchate of Turkey should do its best to steer clear of politics, according to a ... Read More

Georgian Patriarch urges Dialogue

OCP- May 31, 2011

29/5/2011 In a sermon in the main Orthodox cathedral of Tbilisi Sunday, the Georgian Patriarch Iliya II urged the government and the opposition to end ... Read More

Argentinean president received Catholicos of All Armenians

OCP- May 19, 2011

19/5/2011 Argentinean President Cristina Fernandez Kirchner received on Monday Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II in the course of his visit to Buenos Aires. During ... Read More

Armenian Catholicos declared honorable Buenos Aires citizen

OCP- May 17, 2011

16/5/2011 Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri declared Armenian Catholicos Garegin II an honorable citizen of Buenos Aires. Catholicos thanked the city authorities for showing a ... Read More