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 Vigen Margaryan YEREVAN, November 29 — The author of the idea of commemorating the first Armenian church of St. Gregory the Illuminator is an expert IMAC Analitika.at.ua, the head of the Armenian historical club, David Davtyan, who also wrote a historical essay devoted to the church. The first St. Gregory the Illuminator church was [...]

By Vigen Margaryan YEREVAN, November 16 — The Turkish government is going to restore the old districts of Van, which once belonged to Armenia and was inhabited by the Armenians. The Governor of Van Munir Karaoglu said that the historic districts will be raised out of the ground and restored, in this way the historical [...]

By Adonia Agayan YEREVAN, October 4 — While the Turkish nationalists were uttering a Muslim prayer in the ancient Armenian cathedral of Ani on October 1, a cross was placed on the dome of the Surb Khach Armenian Church at Akhtamar Island, Turkey. Aram Ateshyan, the Armenian Deputy Patriarch of Constantinople, performed the ceremony. Abbot [...]

By Eva Sahakyan YEREVAN, October 4 — On October 1 the Turkish Nationalist Movement Party performed a group Muslim prayer in the Holy Virgin Cathedral of Ani by the authority of the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism. This act was an open protest to the liturgy that took place on September 19 in the [...]

By Alexander Tagvoryan YEREVAN, September 29 – Turkish nationalists want to gather in the Holy Virgin Cathedral of Ani to perform a group Muslim prayer, in an open protest to the liturgy that took place on September 19 in the Surb Khach Armenian church, located on the island Akhtamar in Van, Turkey. Ara Gochunyan, the editor of [...]

By Eva Sahakyan YEREVAN, September 16 — On Tuesday the office of the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent e-mail invitations to a number of Armenian public organizations, analysts, journalists and politicians from taking part in the liturgy in the Armenian church Surb Khach on September 19. According to Karen Bekarian, head of the [...]