Content tagged with Etchmiadzin

Prime Minister Pashinyan and 10 Bishops Announce "Roadmap"
REFORM DECISION IN THE ARMENIAN CHURCH
Prime Minister Pashinyan and 10 Bishops Announce "Roadmap"
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and 10 bishops have signed a joint declaration initiating a comprehensive reform process within the Armenian Apostolic Church. The declaration, which criticizes the current church administration for serving political agendas, outlines a concrete "roadmap" and the establishment of a Coordination Council to return the church to its spiritual mission.
5 January 2026
Bekçiyan calls for the support of people
Bekçiyan calls for the support of people
Değabah Karekin Bekçiyan released a written statement. He urged the clerics who voted for him to stand up for their votes and asked for the support of the representatives of the Armenian society.
31 March 2017 Haber Merkezi
Full text of the statement from Etchmiadzin
Full text of the statement from Etchmiadzin
Full text of the statement that Etchmiadzin released after the meetings concerning the patriarchal election in Turkey.
27 February 2017 Haber Merkezi
Patriarchate's statement before the visit to Etchmiadzin: there cannot be any instruction
Patriarchate's statement before the visit to Etchmiadzin: there cannot be any instruction
Patriarchate of Armenians of Turkey made a statement on the process of election a week after the eruption of the crisis.
20 February 2017 Haber Merkezi
Pope's call for Turkey and Armenia: build bridges, not walls
Pope's call for Turkey and Armenia: build bridges, not walls
Pope Francis' 3-day visit to Armenia has ended. Defining what happened in 1915 as genocide once again, the Pope made a call for Turkey and Armenia “to build bridges, not walls" at their frontiers.
27 June 2016 Haber Merkezi