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.
St. Vartan Cathedral in New York was the site of a community gathering “In Solidarity with Artsakh,” in the early evening of Thursday, September 21.
On September 21, at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin’s St. Gayane Chapel, His Holiness Karekin II, the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, led a special prayer service for the Republic of Armenia, on Armenian Independence Day.
Leaders of Armenian churches in the United States wrote an urgent letter to U.S. President Biden, calling for “immediate action to prevent a second Armenian Genocide” against the people of Artsakh.
The Eastern Diocese is deeply grieved by the passing of Nazar Nazarian, the gracious and visionary benefactor of the Armenian Church, nation, and numerous institutions, who passed away on August 28, 2023, just weeks after his 98th birthday.
