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His Holiness Karekin II Visits Inmates of the Abovian Detention Facility
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Information Services, 27 March, 2002 

On Wednesday of Holy Week, March 27, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, visited the Abovian Detention Facility for Women and Juveniles. The facility, located outside of Yerevan, Armenia, is the only one in the Republic which houses women and juvenile offenders. The facility cu ... more


Palm Sunday Celebrated in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Information Services, 25 March, 2002 

His Holiness Karekin II Declares Palm Sunday to be ?Blessing of the Children Day? On Palm Sunday, March 24, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, presided over a solemn Divine Liturgy celebrated in the Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin. The celebrant was His Eminence Archbisho ... more


His Holiness Karekin II Receives California State Senator Jack Scott
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Information Services, 25 March, 2002 

On March 24, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, received Mr. Jack Scott, a member of the Senate for the State of California (USA). Senator Scott was accompanied by his wife, Lacretta and Messrs. Berdj Karapetian and Artin Manoogian from the ?Hay Tad? Committee of the Western Un ... more


His Holiness Karekin II Receives Boris Grizlov, Minister of the Interior for the Russian Federation
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Information Services, 23 March, 2002 

On March 22, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, received Mr. Boris Grizlov, the Minister of the Interior for the Russian Federation, and his delegation. Mr. Hayk Haroutyunian, Minister of the Interior for the Republic of Armenia, escorted the guests. In the course of the meetin ... more


His Holiness Karekin II Receives the United Nations Resident Coordinator for Armenia
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Information Services, 21 March, 2002 

On Thursday March 21, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, received Mr. Joel Boutroue, the Resident Coordinator for the United Nations in Armenia. Mr. Boutroue is also Armenia?s Resident Representative for the UNDP (United Nations Development Program). His Holiness welcomed the ... more


His Holiness Karekin II Receives the General Secretary of the United Bible Societies for the Middle East and European Regions
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Information Services, 20 March, 2002 

On Wednesday March 20, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, received Rev. Dr. Miller Milloy, General Secretary of the United Bible Societies for the Middle East and European Regions. His Holiness welcomed Dr. Milloy, noting that this was his first visit to the Mother See of Holy ... more


His Holiness Karekin II Receives the Newly Appointed Apostolic Nuncio for the Roman Catholic Church
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Information Services, 19 March, 2002 

On Tuesday, March 19, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, received Msgr. Claudio Gugerotti, the new Apostolic Nuncio for the Roman Catholic Church for the Caucasus. His Holiness greeted Msgr. Gugerotti and welcomed his new appointment. His Holiness expressed satisfaction, that t ... more


Members of the Brotherhood of Holy Etchmiadzin Defend Their Doctoral Theses
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Information Services, 15 March, 2002 

On March 15, three members of the Brotherhood of Holy Etchmiadzin defended their doctoral theses in the Mother See. Their presentations were held in the large hall of the Kevorkian Theological Seminary. His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, presided. The candidates made their pr ... more


Session of the Armenian Church Constitution Committee in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Information Services, 07 March, 2002 

On March 4-6, a three-day session of the Armenian Church Constitution Committee was held in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. His Eminence Archbishop Vatche Hovsepian, Primate of the Western Diocese of the Armenian Church of North America, and Chairman of the Committee, presided during the meetings. Since January 20 ... more


The 160th Anniversary of the Birth of Benefactor Alexander Mantashian Celebrated in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Information Services, 04 March, 2002 

On March 3, the 160th Anniversary of the birth of Alexander Mantashian, the prominent national benefactor, was celebrated in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. Alexander Mantashian is known as one of the greatest figures in the oil industry at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries. He is also known ... more

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