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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. * * * STATEMENT OF THE NORTH AMERICAN PRIMATES OF THE ARMENIAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH October 15, 2025 |Read More| The Armenian Church
The Eastern Diocese has announced the recipients of the 2025-26 academic year Diocesan scholarships. The Diocese presents awards each year to students enrolled in four-year undergraduate programs who have demonstrated a high degree of scholarship and leadership in their local parishes. The program is supported by various endowment funds, including the Adrina Movsesian Scholarship, the Read More The post Eastern Diocese Announces 2025-26 Scholarship Recipients appeared first on The Armenian Ch...| The Armenian Church
Diocesan representatives were among the 75 leaders from 36 Christian communions gathered in Philadelphia for the annual forum of Christian Churches Together (CCT). The nation-wide ecumenical group met from October 7 to 9, under the theme “The Light of Life: The Gospel and the Witness of the Church.” Representing the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Read More The post Armenian Church Has a Defining Presence at Christian Churches Together Forum appeared first on The Armenian Church.| The Armenian Church
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. The liturgy was jointly celebrated by the Read More The post Worshipping Together in the Shared Love of Christ appeared first on The Armenian Church.| The Armenian Church
The Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches convened its fall meeting on Thursday, October 9. The gathering of church leaders was hosted by the Malankara Archdiocese, at its headquarters in Old Tappan, NJ. Archbishop Mor Titus Yeldho, Primate of the Malankara Archdiocese of the Syriac Orthodox Church in North America, welcomed his brother bishops. Present Read More The post An Ongoing Commitment to Unity and Collaboration appeared first on The Armenian Church.| The Armenian Church
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. Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, Primate of the Western Diocese; Bishop Abgar Hovakimyan, Primate of Canada; and Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan, Primate of the Eastern Diocese, met to discuss mutualRead More| The Armenian Church
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. Marking the 34th anniversary of Armenia’s independence referendum, the clergy of Etchmiadzin’s monastic brotherhood offeredRead More| The Armenian Church
Last week, scholars from the Armenian Oriental Orthodox, Orthodox, Catholic, and Lutheran churches, along with leaders on the world ecumenical stage, gathered at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin for an international conference titled, “Living the Creed Today: Commemorating the 1700th Anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea.” His Holiness Karekin II, the Supreme PatriarchRead More| The Armenian Church
Sunday School and Armenian School educators from across the Eastern Diocese met from August 15 to 17 for this year’s Mardigian Institute Teachers’ Symposium. The event—organized by the Diocesan Ministries Department, through its Children and Family Ministries and Armenian Language Ministry programs—was a greatly anticipated revival of the in-person, summertime teacher-training programs that the EasternRead More| The Armenian Church
A change in American legal policy is being seen as an important turning point in the ability of churches to participate in the political process. The change applies to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which has reversed a longstanding ban on churches endorsing political candidates. Henceforth, thanks to a new ruling from July of 2025,Read More| The Armenian Church
The Boyajian Young Choir Directors Program (BYCDP), organized by the Sacred Music Council of the Eastern Diocese, brought together a group of young Armenian faithful from across the country for three days of focused musical and liturgical training. The program running July 7-9 was held at St. Nersess Seminary in Armonk, NY. This year’s programRead More| The Armenian Church
St. Nersess Armenian Seminary will celebrate the vocations of 12 alumni—three bishops, seven priests, a deacon, and a lay minister—with a gala banquet on Saturday, November 22. This will be the third in a series of tribute events featuring alumni of St. Nersess who serve the Armenian Church in various capacities. The prior celebrations inRead More| The Armenian Church
Three disciples come face-to-face with the mind-boggling nature of God. How do they react? And is there a lesson for us in their experience? That’s the question the church poses in the Feast of the Transfiguration—which the Armenian Church will observe on Sunday, July 27. A Mystery There is a mystery at the heart ofRead More| The Armenian Church
Elisha the Prophet (the saint remembered by the Armenian Church this year on July 17) was a wonderworker whose miracles—healing the diseased, the multiplication of loaves, raising a child from death—anticipated those of Christ. Indeed, Jesus explicitly referred to these during his own ministry. The Old Testament prophet became greatly honored in the Christian tradition,Read More| The Armenian Church
A reminiscence of the day Hrant Dink was shot: January 19, 2007 The essay below originally appeared in the January 19, 2008 edition of The Armenian Reporter, marking the first anniversary of the murder of Hrant Dink. The year 2025 marks 18 years since that day of infamy. * * * Dink’s been shot? At firstRead More| The Armenian Church
