Topic: Khachkar

NEEDHAM, Mass. — On October 8, members of the St. Sebastian’s Armenian community and invited guests gathered to dedicate the recently installed cross stone, or khachkar, on campus. Wearing the[...]

By Therese Edu PASADENA (PasadenaNow.com) — In a significant move to preserve Armenian culture, Hovsepian School in Pasadena has installed a khachkar, or Armenian stone[...]

ALTADENA, Calif. — On Wednesday, July 24, Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger (5th District) visited the Tekeyan Cultural Association (TCA) Beshgeturian Center in Altadena to see first-hand the newly[...]

ALTADENA, Calif. — Saturday, June 22 was a milestone day for the Tekeyan Cultural Association (TCA) Metro Los Angeles Chapter, with the blessing of a stone cross (khachkar) from Armenia[...]

MADRID — During the Feast of Pentecost, on Sunday, May 19, an Armenian khachkar (a cross stone) was blessed and consecrated in front of Almudend Cathedral of Madrid by Archbishop[...]

LONDON — On September 23, a Khachkar symbolizing the eternal flame, was unveiled in Ealing Green. It is a masterpiece by a renowned artist from Armenia Varaztad Hampartsoumian. This marked[...]

YEREVAN — Azerbaijan resolutely is pursuing its cultural policy of threatening Armenian historical and cultural heritage in the occupied territories of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh), denying their links to Armenia. On February 3,[...]

ST. TROPEZ, France – On July 4, the mayor of the city of Saint-Tropez, Sylvie Siri, inaugurated a khachkar offered by the family of Harry Tenekedzian, famous ice cream seller[...]

NEW YORK – The New York-based Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America has created a special committee to protect the endangered Armenian heritage sites of Artsakh. The group[...]

LONDON —  An Armenian cross-stone (khachkar), dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide, was unveiled in Canterbury on March 2. The cross-stone by the initiative of[...]