The Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin has announced that the Blessing of the Holy Muron ceremony, planned to take place on October 1, has been postponed. Instead on that date, the Mother See will lead worldwide Armenian churches in a pan-national Prayer for Artsakh.
As news of yet another attack on Artsakh broke on the morning of September 19, Diocesan Primate Fr. Mesrop Parsamyan sent a message to Diocese leaders and the public. Read it here.
On September 18, His Holiness Karekin II, the Catholicos of All Armenians, met with a delegation from the World Council of Churches (WCC), led by its General Secretary Rev. Dr. Jerry Pillay, and Archbishop Vicken Aykazian, Diocesan Legate and Ecumenical Director of the Eastern Diocese, and Vice Moderator of the WCC’s Central Committee.
On Saturday, September 16, Diocesan Primate Fr. Mesrop Parsamyan attended the “Armenia Way Festival” at Holy Martyrs Church in Bayside, NY.
This week, a coalition of Christian church and organizational leaders in the U.S. made an urgent appeal to President Biden, to intervene on behalf of the Armenians of Artsakh.
