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  • 6 Nov 2012
    First anniversary of an Armenian bishop in the UK & Ireland

    On 6 November 2012, the Armenian Church and its community in the UK & Ireland recall the first anniversary of the ordination at Holy Etchmiadzin of their serpazan or bishop as the primate of the Armenian Apostolic Church.

  • 19 Oct 2012
    Remembering Armenian Patriarch Torkom II

    It has been a sad week for the Armenian patriarchate of Jerusalem, following the death of the late Patriarch Torkom II.

  • 17 Oct 2012
    Sorrow at the death of Armenian Apostolic Patriarch

    Church leaders across the world have expressed deep sorrow over the death of Armenian Apostolic Patriarch Torkom II Manoogian.

  • 27 Apr 2012
    Remembering Armenian sorrows and articulating Armenian hopes

    This week marks global remembrance of the 97th anniversary of the beginning of the Armenian Genocide. In an article that looks forward as well as back, Dr Harry Hagopian re-affirms the historical veracity of this genocide, not on the basis of presumed ethnic biases, but on the basis of the solid literature coming from international historians, organisations, scholars and lawyers - not least the International Association of Genocide Scholars. This confirms the horrid truth of forced deportations and massacres took place against Armenians of Turkish nationality (alongside Greeks, Assyrians and Nestorians) living in their homelands in Western Armenia during the ominous years of World War One. Out of recognition can spring hope, he suggests.

  • 30 Mar 2012
    Ancient wisdom in a changing world

    Our valued associate Dr Harry Hagopian, among other things Ecumenical consultant to the Primate of the Armenian Church in the UK and Ireland, has drawn our attention to the pioneering work of Fr Vazken Movsesian - whose areas of pastoral concern include the media (he is a consummate blogger!) and youth ministry.

  • 29 Jan 2012
    Christian local voice challenges the transformations in the Arab World

    A Christian-Muslim consultation on the Christian presence and witness in the Middle East took place at the Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia in Antelias, Lebanon, from 24-28 January 2012.

  • 21 Nov 2011
    Armenian Church in Britain and Ireland celebrates its new bishop

    The Armenian Church in Britain and Ireland has been celebrating its new bishop over the second weekend in November.

  • 27 Sep 2011
    WCC General Secretary visits Armenian genocide memorial

    The General Secretary of the World Council of Churches has participated in the 20th anniversary of Armenia’s independence.

  • 28 Apr 2011
    Armenia: from victims to victors?

    With Easter Sunday this year coinciding for the first time with the memorial day for the 1915 Armenian Genocide, Harry Hagopian explores a painful history and asks how, in the present and future, those who inherit the mantle of the victims can move forward to discover new life.

  • 29 Nov 2010
    The Armenian Genocide: A way forward?