The Catholicos of All Armenians received the Minister of Justice Rustam Badasyan


On July 19, the Catholicos of All Armenians received RA Minister of Justice Rustam Badasyan in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. The Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women was discussed in particular.
 
 
 

The Catholicos of All Armenians received the participants of the Diaspora Armenian teacher training program


The training program for Diaspora Armenian teachers has been operating at the State Pedagogical University of Armenia since 2000. The teachers participating in this year's courses were received by His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians.
 

Admission Exams at the Gevorkian Theological Seminary


The ranks of Seminarians are being replenished- Admission exams at the Gevorkian Theological Seminary.

Young people who came to Armenia with AGBU summer programs at the "Izmirlian" Hospital


It is the third year that Izmirlian Medical Center and the Armenian General Benevolent Union are cooperating. Medical students have the opportunity to gain six weeks of experience working in a hospital.

The Bishop's Synod urges to refrain from ratification of Istanbul Convention


In the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, the Assembly of Bishops and Diocesan Primates of Armenia discussed the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women, Domestic Violence. The assembly took a certain attitude towards the so-called Istanbul Convention.
 
 
 

The issues of the renovation of the Mother Cathedral were discussed at the session of the Architectural Council


During the regular session of the Architectural Council in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, the issues of the renovation of the Mother Cathedral were discussed. The members of the professional commission - architects, archeologists, painters, builders, presented the process of construction works, the volume of work done, discussed design issues.
 
 
 

A collection of Avetik Isahakyan's stories has been published


The sixth volume of Avetik Isahakyan 14 academic volumes has been published.
 

Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Holy Mother of God Church in Vedi


Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ  was also celebrated in the Holy Mother of God Church in Vedi. Under the presidency of His Grace Bishop Gevork Saroyan, Spiriual Pastor of the Ararat region, the festive liturgy was offfered by Rev. Fr. Hovakim Harutyunyan. The celebration continued in the churchyard with Vardavar happy water game and concert program.
 
 

Eve of the Feast of the Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ


14 weeks after the Resurrection, the Armenian Apostolic Church celebrates the third of the five pavilion holidays, the Feast of the Transfiguration, better known to the people as Vardavar. On the initiative of the Youth Union of the Ararat Patriarchal Diocese, the Feast of the Transfiguration begins with ajoyful eve.
 
 
 

Students of "Eurnekian" school in "Tsitsernak" camp


Hundreds of schoolchildren spend their summer holidays at the "Tsitsernak" Camp in the Dioces of Gugark every year. At the time of our filming, there were 161 students and teachers from the "Eurnekian" and Gevork Emin schools in the camp.

 

 

Controversial provisions of the Istanbul Convention


Active discussions and confrontations on social networks continue in connection with the intention to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women. Opponents of the Istanbul Convention launched an initiative calling for "ratification of the Non-Istanbul Convention" and launched an indefinite petition in Yerevan against the third sex. Why did this convention drive a wedge in the society, what do people dispute, how well-founded are their concerns? Bishop Bagrat Galstanyan and Legal expert of the Chamber of Advocates Artashes Khalatyan are discussing.

 

Feast of the Universal Holy Church of Etchmiadzin


On 06 June, concluding the Araratian week, the Armenian Church celebrates the Feast of Holy Etchmiadzin.