"The Armenian community of Constantinople is closely connected with its Church,"Â writer and famous intellectual Rober Hatechian from Istanbul told "Radiolur"Â correspondent. At this point there are more than 30 operating Armenian Churches in Istanbul. On religious holidays these Christian Churches are crowded with pious people and, of course, if there are clergymen.
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On Holy Thursday, April 5, the major services of Holy Week began in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Armenia.
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Turkey opens an Armenian church but outlaws praying and worship in it. Turkey speaks of tragedy of 1915 but stubbornly denies the term "genocide."
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Turkey says it restores Armenian church, but does not allow worship and transforms the christian church into museum to attract tourism.
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Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem addressed the Christian faithful of the Armenian church on February 21, 2007 with the following message regarding to the conflict with the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem over the Easter ceremony in Jerusalem on the Tomb of Christ.
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On February 26, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, arrived in Kolkata (Calcutta), India. Accompanying His Holiness and the pontifical delegation from Delhi were His Excellency Ashot Kocharian, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Armenia and Mr. Haik Sookias, Jr., Chairman of the Armenian Church Committee of Calcutta and Chinsurah.
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Requiem Service to be offered in all Armenian Churches
His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, sent a letter today to His Beatitude Archbishop Mesrob Mutafian, Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople, on the tragic assassination in Istanbul yesterday of journalist Hrant Dink, editor of the Agos weekly newspaper.
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Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, Primate of the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern), asks all Armenian Churches in the Diocese to join those around the world in observing a requiem service Sunday, January 21, 2007, for assassinated journalist Hrant Dink, editor of the bilingual Turkish-Armenian weekly newspaper Agos. Dink was gunned down yesterday as he left the Agos offices in Istanbul.
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The Catholic Church is celebrating the Feast of the Epiphany. This year the Church is calling especially for more involvement in the missionary activity. Missionaries will be telling about their evangelization and charity work in churches around the country, at the same time raising funds for the needy in world's poorest countries.
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Christmas Divine Liturgy
The Christian faithful and the members of the Armenian community are invited to attend the Christmas Divine Liturgy on January 6th to be celebrated by His Eminence Archbishop Hovnan Derderian at the Diocesan Complex of the Armenian Church in Burbank, CA.
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In continuation of the inter-faith and inter-religious dialogues initiated by the Armenian Church, His Excellency Sheikh Ahmad Badr Ad-Din Hassoun, the Mufti of Aleppo and spiritual leader of the Muslims of the Syrian Arab Republic, traveled to Armenia last month upon the invitation of the Catholicos of All Armenians.
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