Author Sona Khachatryan

23 Armenians from Ashtarak were killed in the 44-day Artsakh state war.  Gevorg Nazaryan was one of them. Through the efforts of the Nazaryan family, a small chapel was built in the civil cemetery in memory of their son and his comrades-in-arms.  The clergy performed a requiem service and blessed the chapel.

At the invitation of the teachers of the history of the Armenian Church of the N5 school of Armavir, the director of the CEC, Proto-Archimandrite Zakaria Baghumyan delivered a lecture on the diocese of the church, the election of dioceses, diocesan Primates, and the administrative structure of the Armenian Church. These are some of the topics that are most difficult for educators to understand.

A three-day course for priests and social workers was organized on the initiative of the World Round Table Foundation of Armenia, the United Nations Population Fund Armenia Office. The topic was: "Promoting male involvement in prenatal and postnatal care, responsible fatherhood."  The foundations have been cooperating on various issues related to the family institution for more than ten years.

The Feast of the Remembrance of St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. Luke and St. John was declared a day of blessing by the medical staff last year, when the medics were fighting against the epidemic. On this occasion, the relics of St. Luke the Evangelist were taken out of the treasury of the Mother See and taken to the hospitals of the Masyatsotn Diocese.

The annual conferences of the Faculty of Theology of YSU are the first small scientific steps of the future theologians. This year, the "Eurnekian" and "Hay Aspet" high school students came to listen to the students of the Faculty of Theology.

On the initiative of the Bible Society of Armenia, a Conference on the "Contemporary Perspectives of Bible Translation and Interpretation" was held in the Mother See. Both Armenian and foreign scientists and researchers attended the Conference.

This time in the "Izmirlian" hospital are orthopedics, traumatology specialist, surgeon, professor Levon Dursunyan, and urologist Mikael Peromor. 

A new Rehabilitation Department has been opened in the Central Clinical Military Hospital. The department was renovated, furnished with the donation of "Sante Armeni" organization, with the support of the French AGBU and a number of other organizations.

The repair works of textile exhibits kept in the museums of the Mother See continue. Fabric painters-restorers are engaged in the repair of a unique shurjar of the 17th-18th centuries.

Gata festival will be held in Khachik village on September 18 and wine festival in Areni village on October 2.