Topic: Armenian Church

(On June 28, the Armenian General Benevolent Union Central Board, issued the following statement in response to the current situation in Armenia. Ed.) The Armenian nation is at a[...]

By Susan Badalian YEREVAN (Azatutyun) — Catholicos Karekin II condemned Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s efforts to depose him and other senior clergymen of the Armenian Apostolic Church during a religious[...]

By Susan Badalian YEREVAN (Azatutyun) — Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan demanded the resignation of Catholicos Karekin II on Monday amid growing support for the supreme head of the Armenian Apostolic[...]

YEREVAN — On June 2, a meeting of the Supreme Spiritual Council was held in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, under the chairmanship of Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and[...]

By Arshaluys Barseghyan  YEREVAN (OC-Media) — The Armenian government and the church are facing renewed confrontation following Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s statement that churches have been turned into “storerooms.”[...]

At the initiative of Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, an international conference titled “Religious Freedom: Preserving the Armenian Spiritual, Cultural, and Historical Heritage in[...]

AMSTERDAM (PanARMENIAN.Net) — On May 10, a commemorative plaque honoring Armenian theologian, poet and philosopher Saint Grigor Narekatsi was unveiled at the historic St. Nicholas Church in Amsterdam. The ceremony[...]

By Miran Sarkissian Pope Francis’ recent death and the inevitable Conclave of the Catholic Church’s cardinals to elect a new leader of their Church numbering 1.4 billion followers, makes one[...]

BEIRUT (L’Orient-Le Jour) — Armenians across the Middle East and the rest of the diaspora were shocked by reports that on February 1, the Very Rev. Anania Koujanian, Deputy Archbishop of[...]

Sarkis Bedevian passed away on January 6, 2025. He was 89. He was born in the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem on September 4, 1936. From an early age, he accompanied[...]