December 7, 2025, marks 37 years since the 1988 earthquake struck Armenia. The excerpt here, from The Torch Was Passed (1998), recounts how the news broke to the Armenian-American community, and how the world replied in the immediate aftermath.
Pope Leo Prays Alongside Patriarch Sahak at Istanbul Patriarchate
Last Sunday, in a gesture of support for Christian unity and Christian minorities, His Holiness Pope Leo XIV met and prayed with His Beatitude Archbishop Sahak II, the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople, at the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Holy Mother-of-God.
Supreme Spiritual Council Holds its Fall Meeting
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.