His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, presided over the November 4-7 meeting of the Supreme Spiritual Council, at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.
A Valiant Spirit, for 26 Years
This week marks the 26th anniversary of the enthronement of His Holiness Karekin II. It was on November 4, 1999, that His Holiness was consecrated as the 132nd Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, in a magnificent ceremony at the Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin.
Worshipping Together in the Shared Love of Christ
Some 300 worshippers took part in a con-celebrated Divine Liturgy of Oriental Orthodox churches on Saturday, October 11, at St. Leon Armenian Church of Fair Lawn, NJ. The majestic service involved clergy, choirs, altar servers, and faithful of the Armenian, Coptic, Ethiopian, Malankara, Syriac, Knanaya, and Eritrean churches.
Three Primates of North America Meet in New York
Leaders of the three Armenian Church dioceses of North America held their latest meeting on Tuesday, October 14, at the St. Vartan Cathedral Complex in New York City.
North American Primates Issue Statement on Clergy Arrests
The Diocesan Primates of the Eastern and Western United States and Canada, meeting this week in New York, issued a joint statement on the recent arrests of clergymen in Armenia. Read it here, in English and Armenian.