Tag: II
Georgia: Church-State Dispute in Tbilisi Exposes Anti-Armenian Undertones
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
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
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
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
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”
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
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
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
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
Pontifical Visit to Georgia of His Holiness Karekin II – Snaps
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100 Years Later – Armenian Catholicos Visits Javakhk
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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