Topic: Armenian Church

BERLIN — During World War I it was not only the Armenians who fell victim to genocide under the Young Turk regime; other Christians, Greeks and Syrian Orthodox, Aramaeans, were targeted as well, deported, and massacred. At times, this[...]

SAN FRANCISCO — The St. John Armenian Apostolic Church in San Francisco offers these traditional Lenten-friendly recipes at its website. “The Great Lent is approaching and the Christian world is preparing for the season of fasting and[...]

HAVERHILL, Mass. — On Sunday, December 4, 2022, by the blessing of Primate of the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America V. Rev. Fr. Mesrop Parsamyan, Fr. Vart Gyozalyan, pastor of the Armenian Apostolic Church at Hye Pointe,[...]

BETHLEHEM, West Bank, Palestine (Facebook page of Chancellor Fr. Koryoun Hovnan Baghdasaryan) — On July 15, US President Joe Biden visited the Armenian Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem and had a meeting with Armenian Patriarch of[...]

WASHINGTON — In the 2021 Report on International Religious Freedom the US Department of State documents Azerbaijan’s ongoing destruction of Armenian monuments and refers to the attempts to “Albanize” the Armenian heritage in[...]

NEW YORK — When war strikes, we watch television or read the newspaper, hearing about attacks, geopolitics, international relations, and intervention by world powers. The 44-day war in Artsakh was no different. Among footage of[...]

CARROLLTON, Texas — The new Saint Sarkis Armenian Church, 4421 Charles Street, in Carrollton, Texas, designed by award-winning New York architect David Hotson, AIA, will be consecrated on April 23, 2022. The church will celebrate its[...]

ROME — On February 28, on the occasion of the day of remembrance of St. Gregory of Narek (or Grigor Narekatsi in Armenian), in accordance to the Roman Catholic Church calendar, an ecumenical prayer service and a special presentation took[...]

ECHMIADZIN — Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II led the Pontifical Divine Liturgy at Yerevan’s cathedral of St. Gregory the Illuminator, marking the Feast of the Nativity and Theophany of Jesus Christ, on January 6. In a message[...]

YONKERS, N.Y. (SVOTS Communications) – To address the growing need for priests and other vocations in the Orthodox Church, the Board of Trustees of St Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) has voted to relocate SVOTS from[...]