His Holiness Karekin II, the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, led the Pontifical Divine Liturgy at Yerevan’s cathedral of St. Gregory the Illuminator, marking the Feast of the Nativity and Theophany of Jesus Christ, on January 6, 2023.
As the blockade of Artsakh continues, two major ecumenical groups have issued statements strongly supporting Artsakh and Armenia in this time of crisis.
With deep sorrow, the Eastern Diocese mourns the loss of His Eminence Archbishop Vatche Hovsepian, the former and longtime Primate of the Western Diocese of the Armenian Church of North America, who passed away on December 18 in California, at age 92.
On behalf of Fr. Mesrop Parsamyan, Primate of the Eastern Diocese, we share the following statement issued on December 15 by Armenian organizations in the U.S., condemning the latest Azeri outrage and alerting the world to the existential threat posed to the Armenian people in Artsakh.
The Eastern Diocese’s Armenian Studies director, Gilda Buchakjian Kupelian, led an online presentation to more than 50 educators from the Diocese of Australia and New Zealand
