Armenian Catholicos, The Catholicos of All Armenians (Armenian: Ամենայն Հայոց Կաթողիկոս) is the chief bishop and spiritual leader of Armenia 's national church, the Armenian Apostolic Church, and the worldwide Armenian diaspora. Ա. Jun 12, 2026 · The newly elected Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi and Metropolitan of Bichvinta and Tskhum-Abkhazia, Shio III, has received Armenian Ambassador to Georgia Ashot Smbatyan. May 20, 2026 · Before the pope began his catechesis, he welcomed Armenian Apostolic Catholicos Aram I of Cilicia, who sat next to him during the audience. Բարձր նախագահութեամբ Ն. As the report shows, Pashinyan’s government has arrested one-third of the archbishops in Armenia, imposed travel bans on the Catholicos and other senior church leaders, and attempted to . According to the embassy Jun 26, 2026 · The Armenian community in Venezuela remains vigilant, yet on edge, following the two devastating earthquakes that hit the country this week, causing enormous damage and loss of life. Jun 29, 2026 · Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II (Karekin II) leads a service at the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial on the Genocide Remembrance Day in Yerevan, on April 24 Nov 1, 2021 · During this era, the Armenian Catholicos – the head of the Armenian Apostolic Church – held both temporal and spiritual power over the Armenian people, and so Nerses III exercised and wielded considerable political might. Zvartnots is the oldest and largest aisled tetraconch church in historical Armenia. He is Chief Shepherd and Pontiff to nearly 9 million Armenian Apostolic Orthodox Christians, dispersed throughout the world. However, an Armenian court overturned the travel ban on 13 April this year. Peter's Square at the Vatican May 20, 2026. This is a list of the catholicoi of all Armenians (Armenian: Ամենայն Հայոց Կաթողիկոս), head bishops of the Armenian Apostolic Church (Armenian: Հայ Առաքելական Եկեղեցի). Գ. Տ. ՌԱՓԱՅԷԼ-ՊԵՏՐՈՍ ԻԱ. ԿԱԹՈՂԻԿՈՍ-ՊԱՏՐԻԱՐՔԻՆ ՇՆՈՐՀԱՒՈՐԱԳԻՐԸ ԶՕՐԱՎԱՐ ԺՈԶԷՖ ԱՈՒՆԻՆ՝ ԼԻԲԱՆԱՆԻ ՆԱԽԱԳԱՀԻ ԸՆՏՐՈՒԹԵԱՆ ԱՌԻԹՈՎ. Կաթողիկոս-Պատրիարքի Տանն Կիլիկիոյ Տէրը օրհնութիւն կը հաստատէ այնտեղ, ուր եղբայրասիրութեամբ միատեղ կ’աղօթեն Իր պատկերին Ն. Feb 5, 2026 · Zohrabyan also cited Article 5. Ռաֆայէլ-Պետրոս ԻԱ. The information was released by the Embassy of Armenia in Georgia. Jun 30, 2026 · On June 30, at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, under the presidency of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, the solemn graduation ceremony of the Gevorgian Theological Seminary for the 2025–2026 academic year took place. In the case of Garegin 2, the historical inheritance, the mission continues. [1] From the months following the enthronement, the Pontifical and Patriarchal visits of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians started to the Armenian Apostolic Church dioceses in Armenia, Artsakh and Diaspora. 23 hours ago · In addition, the Church's leader, Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians, was barred from leaving the country in February 2026 as part of a criminal investigation. It also served as a focal point for Armenian cultural production, since Armenia proper was under foreign occupation at the time. The Catholicos of All Armenians is the supreme patriarch and chief bishop of the Armenian Apostolic Church, an autocephalous Oriental Orthodox communion that serves as the national church of the Armenian people and traces its apostolic origins to the evangelization by Saints Thaddaeus and Bartholomew, with formal establishment under Saint 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. May 4, 2026 · Since May 2025, Prime Minister Pashinyan has been publicly campaigning to force the head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Karekin II, to resign. Cilicia's significance in Armenian history and statehood is also attested by the transfer of the seat of the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church, spiritual leader of the Armenian people, to the region. He was elected the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians on October 27, 1999, when more than 450 delegates from Armenian Church jurisdictions around the world met in a National Ecclesiastical Assembly at Holy Etchmiadzin, the Church’s Mother See, located in the Republic of Armenia. Pope Leo XIV speaks to Armenian Apostolic Catholicos Aram I of Cilicia, who sat next to him during the pope's general audience talk in St. 4 days ago · The Armenian Church and Catholicos always fought against the Armenian Genocide and its consequences and became a target. Law-enforcement authorities indicted Catholicos Garegin II on Saturday one day after Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian implicitly pledged to prevent an upcoming meeting in Austria of the top clergy of the Armenian Apostolic Church. 1 of military service regulations, which stipulates that the service can be dissolved only with the blessing of the Catholicos of All Armenians and an official order Nov 24, 2019 · During this era, the Armenian Catholicos – the head of the Armenian Apostolic Church – held both temporal and spiritual power over the Armenian people, and so Nerses III exercised and wielded considerable political might. w3c6sy, zn, tdywa, 9llv, 0uftj, d4l, dtp4b, dv1j, dorc, rq0ghh,