WCC Armenia Round Table Foundation summed up the plans for 2019


On December 10, the World Round Table Inter-Church Charitable Foundation of the World Council of Churches in Armenia summed up the past year at the Karekin I Educational Center of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.

 

 

The concert of the State Symphony Orchestra of Armenia was dedicated to the 85th anniversary of composer Alfred Schnittke


The State Symphony Orchestra of Armenia, led by its artistic director, chief conductor Sergey Smbatyan, performed a concert dedicated to the 85th anniversary of composer Alfred Schnittke.

 

 

 

The book "Wedding Ritual and Komitas" has been published


Through the efforts of "Naregatsi" Art Institute, the book "The Wedding Ritual and Komitas" was published

 

 

Concert dedicated to the 150th anniversary of Komitas at the Etchmiadzin Youth Center


The choir of "Eurnekian" public school performed a concert dedicated to the 150th anniversary of Komitas. The school dance group joined the choir.

 

 

The 14th Japanese Film Festival will be held from December 12 to 21


The opening ceremony of the Japanese Film Festival took place on December 12 at the Moscow Cinema. The festival is held on the initiative of the Embassy of Japan in Armenia, the Armenian-Japanese "Hikari" Scientific and Cultural Center. Modern films will be shown in Yerevan, Spitak, Gyumri, Etchmiadzin and Ijevann within the framework of the festival.

 

 

The Catholicos of All Armenians met with large families of the Armavir Diocese


On December 15, His Holiness's guests were 11 large families from the villages of the Armavir Diocese.

 

 

President Armen Sargsyan and 15 disabled servicemen were the guests of the Catholicos of All Armenians


On the eve of the New Year, 15 servicemen with disabilities, led by RA President Armen Sargsyan, visited the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin to receive the blessing of His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians. A republican prayer was made in the chapel of St. Vardan and St. Hovhannes Mkrtich under the presidency of the Armenian Patriarch. Prayers were raised for the steadfastness, strength and peace of the Armenian army.

 

 

The delegation of the Holy Book Museum in Washington was hosted at the Mother See


On December 16, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians;  received the delegation of the Holy Book Museum of Washington headed by Jeffrey Cloha in the Mother See.

 

 

Joint performance of Maxim Vengerov and Armenian State Symphony Orchestra


The 7th Aram Khachaturian International Festival launched with a joint concert by violinist Maxim Vengerov, two-time Grammy Award winner, and the State Symphony Orchestra of Armenia.

 

 

The 150th anniversary of the writer's birth was summed up in Hovhannes Tumanyan Museum


On December 20, the Hovhannes Tumanyan Museum summed up the anniversary of the poet's birth.

The guests of the Catholicos of All Armenians were members and students of the Youth Union


On December 21, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, hosted members of the Navasard Youth Union of St. Sargis Church in Nor Nork, Yerevan, and students of different grades of School No. 135 after Artsakh Hero Gagik Stepanyan.

 

 

Large families of Kotayk Diocese were hosted in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin


On the occasion of the Family Year, many pilgrim families from different regions and communities continue to visit the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. On December 21, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, hosted a large family from Hrazdan and Tsakhkadzor, accompanied by His Eminence Archbishop Arakel Karamyan, Primate of the Kotayk Diocese.