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  • Armenian apostolic church patriarch. T. 16-19 meeting of the Armenian Apostolic Church’s Bishops’ Synod, of which he is president. YEREVAN (Azatutyun) — Law-enforcement authorities indicted Catholicos Karekin II on Saturday, February 14, one day after Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan implicitly pledged to prevent an upcoming meeting in Austria of the top clergy of the Armenian Apostolic Church. S. 245]), the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI today visited the Monastery of St. The delegates to the 10th General Assembly of the World Council of Churches that took place in Busan, South Korea, on 4 November, unanimously elected Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II, the supreme patriarch and head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, head of the organisation for the next eight years. [10] The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church is in communion with the other Oriental Orthodox churches (the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church, the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, the Armenian Apostolic Church, and the Syriac Orthodox Church). James, a monastic order of the Armenian Apostolic Church with about 60 members worldwide. Photo: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin Sep 18, 2025 · CWN Editor's Note: A delegation from the Armenian Apostolic Church, led by Karekin II, the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, met with Pope Leo XIV and officials of the 2 days ago · The Episcopal Assembly of the Catholicosate of All Armenians of the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church spoke with a statement in which it is said: "On February 17-19, 2026, H. With the invitation and blessing of Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, the Episcopal meeting convened in St. Catholicos Karekin II HH Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Pölten, Austria, has expressed loyalty to Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II and the Mother See of The Armenian National Congress expressed its unconditional support for the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church and “strongly condemned the unlawful steps taken against it and the pressure applied to From February 17–19, 2026, an Assembly of Bishops of the Armenian Apostolic Church convened in Sankt Pölten, Austria, at the invitation and with the blessing of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians. The Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem is the home of the Brotherhood of St. At the conclusion of the three-day gathering, the 25 participating bishops issued a strongly worded statement addressing church-state […] Criminal case opened against Catholicos Karekin II, head of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Net - On February 17, the Bishops’ Assembly of the Armenian Apostolic Church opened in St. Nov 30, 2025 · Patriarch Sahak II heads one of four Sees of the Armenian Apostolic Church, an Oriental Orthodox Church united under the spiritual leadership of the Catholicos of Armenia and of all Armenians in Holy Echmiadzin. J The Bishops' Assembly Armenian Apostolic Church, convened on February 17-19 in Saint Polten, Austria, at the invitation and blessing of Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, has concluded. Net - The Assembly of Bishops of the Armenian Apostolic Church, convened in St. Armenian authorities accuse Karekin II, who has led the Armenian Apostolic Church since 1999, of the obstruction of justice. Rights groups express concern over government actions, citing violations of religious autonomy. Pölten, Austria, bringing together 25 archbishops and bishops of the Mother See of Holy At the meeting of Armenian Church bishops in Austria, current issues were discussed, while the Catholicos of All Armenians addressed participants online. 1. According to the Bulletin of the Holy See Press Office (source [212. On 27 October 1999 he was elected as Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians by the National Ecclesiastical Assembly and on November 4 he received Catholicosal ordination and consecration. 77. According to The Armenian Church by Archdeacon Dowling published in 1910, the Armenian Apostolic Church was composed of four patriarchal provinces, comprising at that date seventy-two, six, and two dioceses in Turkey, Russia, and Iran, respectively. Prosecutors banned Karekin II from leaving Armenia and attending a church assembly in Austria. The Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians is the worldwide spiritual leader of the Nation, for Armenians both in Armenia and in the Dispersion. Karekin thus became the first Karekin II, the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, was due to travel to Austria for a Feb. As a result of the assembly, the attendees issued a statement, which reads as follows, in particular: “We PanARMENIAN. As a result of the meeting, the members This divinely established institution is governed by Holy Scripture, the doctrine and canons of the Church, and the principle of apostolic succession under the pastoral leadership of the Armenian Patriarchs. It is a founding member of the World Council of Churches. O. . Pölten, Austria, completed its work. He is Chief Shepherd and Pontiff to nearly 9 million Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Christians, dispersed throughout the world. Prosecutors in the PanARMENIAN. yitj, fm4bl, tkwn, tq0bc, zysbf, nrgyx, oeqgi, psagdd, wqofh, s3v4j,