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.
H.H. Karekin II’s Message on Armenia’s Independence Day
On September 21, Armenian Independence Day, a special prayer service for the Republic of Armenia went forward at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, with the blessing of His Holiness Karekin II, the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians.
A Prayer for Armenia’s Independence
Sunday, September 21, marks the 34th anniversary of the establishment of the Republic of Armenia: a blessed reality in which all Armenians should rejoice, and give thanks.
Catholicos Karekin II Meets With Pope Leo XIV
On Tuesday, September 16, His Holiness Karekin II, the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, met with His Holiness Pope Leo XIV, pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. It was the first personal meeting between the two church leaders.