By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, October 28 — “Sects are far more dangerous for the Republic of Armenia than the war threats made by Azerbaijan,” said Galust Sahakyan, the Head of the Republican Party’s faction, referring to the bill freeing the Armenian Apostolic Church from taxation. “The position of the Armenian Apostolic Church needs to be [...]

By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, October 27 — “The property belonging to the Mother Cathedral Saint Ejmiatsin must be returned,” said Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian commenting on the bill passed by the Government of the Republic of Armenia. According to the bill, the Armenian Apostolic Church must be exempted from taxation. “The government will gradually return [...]

By Vigen Margaryan YEREVAN, July 1 — His Holiness Karekin II made a pontiff visit to the Latvian capital Riga on Wednesday. In the framework of the visit His Holiness met with the Latvian President Valdis Zatlers and expressed his gratitude for the permanent good attitude and attention that is shown towards the Armenian community [...]

By Vigen Margaryan YEREVAN, June 23 – The Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian mentioned in the meeting with the Cardinal Gianfranko Ravasi, the Chairman of the council of Pop on Vatican’s cultural issues that the Republic of Armenia is proud of the relations with Vatican. As the press servicef of the Government reports, the Prime [...]

By Tigran Matosyan YEREVAN, May 17 — The President of Argentina Kristina Fernandes Kirshnere received Garegin the Second , who is in the Buenos Aires by a pontiff visit, in the Argentine Presidential Palace, Pink House on May 16. During the meeting, the President of Argentina highly appreciated the role of Armenians in the country’s [...]

By Tigran Matosyan, YEREVAN, May 3 — The Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II and the Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia in Georgia Hovhannes Manukyan discussed issues concerning the bilateral and inter-church relations,the press service of the Armenian Foreign Ministry reports. “During the meeting they discussed issues concerning the relations between the two sister [...]

By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, December 14 — According to the pontifical kontakion of Karekin II, the Catholicos of All Armenians, two new eparchies were established on December 10, in the Republic of Armenia — the Eparchy of Vayots Dzor and the Eparchy of Tavush. The colleges of the Vayots Dzor region are separated from the [...]