Topic: Armenian Church
WORCESTER — On Saturday, September 29, the Armenian churches of Worcester County will hold their eighth annual Benefit Dance. Guests can enjoy Armenian, Arabic and Greek dance music from 7.30 p.m. to 1 a.m. All funds raised will be[...]
YEREVAN (Panorama.am) — The initiative group “Kamq” which is sponsoring a petition campaign named “No to Istanbul Convention” arrived on Monday, August 26 in Echmiadzin, Armenia’s Armavir region. “Our campaign continues in[...]
ECHMIDZIN — On August 18, Armenian Apostolic Church celebrated the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, attended the Divine Liturgy in Gayane Monastery. The Divine[...]
By Raffi Bedrosyan Hidden Armenians are the present descendants of Armenian orphans left behind in Turkey after the 1915 Armenian Genocide. These orphans, the living victims of the Genocide, were forcibly assimilated, Islamized, Turkified[...]
ISTANBUL (Armenpress) — Nearly five months since the passing of Mesrob II, the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople (Istanbul) has launched its organizational work to hold an election of a new patriarch. A new patriarch will be[...]
BIKFAYA, Lebanon — On Friday, July 5, Catholicos Aram I of the Holy See of Cilicia received a delegation of members of the Armenian Democratic Liberal Party (ADL) Supreme Council at St. Mary Monastery in Bikfaya. The delegation was[...]
PASADENA, Calif. — Tekeyan Cultural Association’s Pasadena-Glendale Chapter organized a book presentation that took place on Sunday, July 14, at Tekeyan’s Beshgeturian Center Hall in Altadena. Asdghig Khanjian was master of[...]
By David Medzorian HAVERHILL, Mass. — A brand-new Armenian Church in Massachusetts’ Merrimack Valley now has a brand-new cross to adorn its steeple. The cross was consecrated on Thursday, June 20, the gift of the Boston-based Knights[...]
NEW YORK — Recently the Holy See of Echmiadzin, the Great House of Cilicia, Armenian Evangelical World Council, the Armenian Missionary Association of America and the AGBU together welcomed an effort by various bodies of the United[...]
The Armenian Church has played a central role in Armenian history. When Armenia lost its sovereignty, the church replaced the role of the state. That is apparent particularly in the Ottoman era. The Sultans recognized the very special[...]