During a meeting at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin on February 20-23, under the presidency of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, the Armenian Church’s Supreme Spiritual Council reviewed the past year’s developments at the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople, and discussed the prospect of organizing patriarchal elections.
Pilgrims visiting the holiest site in Christendom, Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, found its doors shuttered this week, in a protest against proposed legislation that would enable the government of Israel to tax and even confiscate properties owned by the city’s Christian churches.
A Message from Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, Primate
Over the past year a number of dedicated Diocesan clergy reached milestones in their ministries. And their respective communities commemorated these ordination anniversaries.
On January 9, 2018, the Fund for Armenian Relief’s Board of Directors met at the Diocesan Center in New York to evaluate FAR’s operations and set plans for the current year and beyond. Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, Diocesan Primate and FAR Board President, presided.
