... Etchmiadzin, Armenia. Translated by Hratch Tchilingirian from the original Armenian. ::/introtext:: ::fulltext::Source: "Hairenik" monthly (Boston) 7 May 1924, pp 84-86. Komitas wrote ...
... Etchmiadzin or in the Diaspora. I should note that some Hierarchical Sees are more aware of these issues and are carrying out more serious work in their respective jurisdictions. The Catholicosate of Cilicia, ...
... Los Angeles Asbarez, Los Angeles California Courier, Los Angeles Daily News, Los Angeles Etchmiadzin Monthly, Armenia Hrairk, Vienna Loosavohch, Yerevan Mother Church, Los Angeles Nor Gyank, Los Angeles ...
... Armenian Life Weekly, Los Angeles Armenian Reporter, New York Mirror-Spectator, Boston Observer, Los Angeles Asbarez, Los Angeles California Courier, Los Angeles Daily News, Los Angeles Etchmiadzin Monthly, ...
... of the Central Committee of the Cilician See -- the counterpart of the Supreme Ecclesiastical Council in Etchmiadzin -- the Executive members of the World General Assembly (Chairman and Secretary), ...
... of the Armenian Church [attached to the Council of Ministers of the Armenian SSR] recognized that for Etchmiadzin to retain its authority it had to function above the bare minimum needed for it to survive ...
... diocese and population figures for each community
Information compiled on the occasion of the meeting of the National Assembly in Holy Etchmiadzin, which had gathered delegates from around the world ...
... of the Genocide, we propose that the preparatory activities continue for the canonization of our victims." --Joint Communique of Catholicoi Vazken I and Karekin II April 29, 1989, Holy Etchmiadzin ...
... to interfere-but I believe and hope that Etchmiadzin, as the religious center of the Armenian nation, will play a more active, practical and vital role in the life of our society. I believe this is ...
Window view of the Armenian Church, Vol. 3, No. 1, 1992
THE END OF THE BEGINNING The Church in Armenia
by Hratch Tchilingirian
It is the end of the beginning-the euphoria that began with the freedom and independence of Armenia is over. Instead, hardship, struggle and anxiety have become part of everyday living in Armenia. For better or worse, a new era, a new "world order" has commenced in the history of the Armenian nation.
... Armenian Holy Etchmiadzin, Armenia
By Hratch Tchilingirian ::/introtext:: ::fulltext::Window view of the Armenian Church, Vol. 3, No. 1, 1992
THE PRICE OF FREEDOM
Conversation with His Holiness Vazken ...
... parishioners. Now we are trying to reestablish the parishes-to recreate the sense of community, mutual responsibility and shared faith-as such, we are giving practically all the old churches to Etchmiadzin ...
... let me say that the Armenian Church is represented with two delegations: representing the Etchmiadzin Catholicosate and the Cilician Catholicosate. Nevertheless, it has been our understanding that on ...
... ended the civil persecution of the Protestants.
Organization of Protestant Churches
On June2l, 1846, on the occasion of the feast of Etchmiadzin, Patriarch Matthew issued an encyclical of perpetual ...
... [in Armenia] would create such a situation for which, certainly, we were not prepared."
Responsibility for educating qualified clergymen lies with the Patriarchal Seminary of the Catholicosate in Etchmiadzin. ...
Frontier (Keston Institute, Oxford) June-August 1996 pp. 12-14
LATE HARVEST Armenia's new church leader, Karekin I, must heal the rifts within the Armenian Church before he can plan for the future, writes Hratch Tchilingirian
In April 1995, the new Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church was elected in Echmiadzin, Armenia. Almost 9 million Armenians in the republic, the 'near abroad', and the diaspora were represented a the ceremony by 400 delegates from over 32 countries. The event represented many historical firsts. The National Ecclesiastical Assembly, the highest legislative body of the Armenian Church, composed of 26 per cent clergy and 74 per cent lay people) was convening for the first time in 40 years. The election was taking place for the first time in a free and independent Republic of Armenia. For the first time in history, the Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, in Lebanon, was elected Catholicos of All Armenians in Echmiadzin. The President of Armenia addressed the NEA for the first time and witnessed the enthronement of the new Catholicos.
... and archbishops of the Armenian Apostolic Church convened a meeting in the Patriarchal Palace in Etchmiadzin. They discussed procedural issues and important agenda items before the National Ecclesiastical ...
Armenian International Magazine (AIM) July 1999, Volume 10, Number 7, pp 29-33
The End of a Journey Karekin I, Catholicos of All Armenians, 1995-1999; Catholicos of Cilicia, 1977-1995
By Hratch Tchilingirian
In April 1995, Karekin I was elected the 131st Catholicos of All Armenians in Ejmiatsin by the National Ecclesiastical Assembly, arguably, the most pan-Armenian body representing almost nine million Armenians in the republic and 32 countries in the Diaspora. Unlike other elections in the last five hundred years, this one was the first in a free and independent Republic of Armenia. And for the first time in history, the Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, in Lebanon, was elected Catholicos of All Armenians in Ejmiatsin.