On October 31, with the blessings of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians; an international conference on “Regional Peace: Realities and Perspectives” was held in the Vatche and Tamar Manookian Library of the Mother See. The conference was organized through the initiative of the WCC Armenian Round Table Foundation. The Conference dedicated to finding ways to establish peace in the region was chaired by Rev. Fr. Vahram Melikyan, Director of the Information...

Auf Einladung von Patriarch Kirill haben sich das Oberhaupt der Armenischen Apostolischen Kirche, Katholikos-Patriarch Karekin II., und der Großmufti und Scheich-ul-Islam des Kaukasus, Allahshukur Paschazade in Moskau getroffen, um über Wege zur Entschärfung der Krise um Berg Karabach zu sprechen. Zum Abschluss des Treffens im Moskauer Danilow-Kloster, dem Amtssitz von Patriarch Kirill, unterzeichneten die drei religiösen Oberhäupter ein gemeinsames Statement, in dem sie zu einer friedlichen ...

On June 28, an inter-religious Armenian-Iranian discussion on Religion and the Environment, was held in the Vatche and Tamar Manookian Library of the Mother See. The event was organized by the World Council of Churches Armenia Round Table Foundation; in cooperation with the Ecumenical Relations Department of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, and the Cultural Center of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Armenia. During the meeting His Eminence Archbishop Nathan Hovhannisyan, Dir...

On June 6, under the presidency of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians; the 6th Armenian Church Representative Assembly commenced a four day meeting in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. The meeting is being attended by Bishops of the Mother See and the Hierarchal Sees; Primates of the Dioceses of Armenia and Diaspora; Locum Tenens; Pontifical Delegations; members of the Supreme Spiritual Council; elected clergy and lay representatives from the Hierarch...