2009 News and Press Releases

           "Year of the Youth" - Pontifical Message of H.H. Aram I  (Armenian) (English)
 

• Prelate’s Year End Message

• Historical Overview of the 50th Anniversary of the North American Prelacy (Video)

• 35th Anniversary of the Western Prelacy  (Video)
   

• News in Brief - December 24 (Armenian & English)

• The Lincy Foundation Makes a One Million Dollar Allocation to Prelacy Schools (Armenian & English)

• Las Vegas Parish Community is Endowed with a New Property (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• News in Brief - December 18 (Armenian & English)

• St Garabed Sunday School Christmas Celebration  

• Homenetmen Western Regional Headquarters Opening   

• Prelate Welcomes Glendale Police Chief (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• News in Brief - December 11 (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• "Year Of The Youth" Commemorated At Forty Martyrs Church (Video)

• News in Brief - December 4 (Armenian & English)

• News in Brief - November 25 (Armenian & English)

• NKR Prime Minister Araik Harutyunyan Visits the Prelacy (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• Vahan & Anoush Chamlian Armenian School Armenian Cultural Day Festival   

• 6th Annual Oriental Orthodox Churches Sunday School Gathering (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• Young Adults Forum at Fresno’s Holy Trinity Church (Video)

• News in Brief - November 20 (Armenian & English)

• Prelate's Remarks at the A.R.S. Centennial Logo Unveiling Ceremony (Text) (Photos)

• Prelate's Invocation at the ANC-WR Banquet (Text) (Photos)

• Western Prelacy Richard Tufenkian Pre-School 35th Anniversary  

• “YEAR OF THE YOUTH” CELEBRATION (Video)

• News in Brief - November 13 (Armenian & English)

• Prelate Celebrates Divine Liturgy at St. Sarkis Church on the 24th Anniversary of the Pasadena Parish Community
  (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• News in Brief - November 6 (Armenian & English)

• Prelate Welcomes Former President of NKR H.E. Arkady Ghoukasian (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• "Year of the Youth" Celebration Held at St. Mary's Church (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• Prelate Celebrates Divine Liturgy on the Name Day of Holy Martyrs Church (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• News in Brief - October 30 (Armenian & English)

• News in Brief - October 23 (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• Cilicia Museum 

• News in Brief - October 16 (Armenian & English) (Video1) (Video2)

• Episcopal Divine Liturgy Celebrated at Forty Martyrs Church in Honor of the Feast of the Holy Translators and Armenian Cultural Month (Armenian & English)  (Photos)

• News in Brief - October 9 (Armenian & English)  (Photos)

• Prelate Participates in Closed Door Meeting with President Serzh Sargsyan (Armenian & English)

• Sunday School Seminar Held at the Prelacy (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• Prelacy Hosts Meeting of the Council of Oriental Orthodox Bishops (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• News in Brief - October 2 (Armenian & English) (Photos) (Video)

• Very Rev. Fr. Vaghinag Meloian Appointed Pastor of St. Gregory Church in San Francisco (Armenian & English)

• Third Anniversary of the Re-establishment of the Las Vegas Parish Celebrated (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• News in Brief - September 25 (Armenian & English)  (Photos) (Video)

• Prelate Meets With A.R.S. Regional Executive Representatives (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• News in Brief - September 18 (Armenian & English)

• ACYA Summer Camp (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• Episcopal Divine Liturgy and Blessing of Madagh on the Feast of the Holy Cross (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• Prelate Welcomes Armenian Autism Outreach Project Representatives (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• News in Brief - September 11 (Armenian & English) (Video)

• Prelacy Hosts a Discussion on the Armenia-Turkey Protocols (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• Prelate Visits Chamlian and Minassian Schools (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• Prelate Welcomes Prof. Hans-Juergen Feulner (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• Prelate Welcomes Homenetmen World Executive Committee Members (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• "Armenia" Ship Crew Visit Prelacy Churches and Headquarters (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• Prelate and ARF Central Committee Members Discuss Recent Developments in Armenia (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• News in Brief - September 4 (Armenian & English) (Video)

• Prelate Welcomes Member of the Catholicosate Central Committee Vicken Kassabian (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• Prelate Conveys His Blessings to Prelacy Schools' Students at the Start of the New School Year (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• Prayers Offered for Families Affected by the Wildfires (Armenian & English)

• News in Brief - August 28 (Armenian & English) (Photos) (Video)

• The Flag of the Catholicosate of Cilicia Flies High Above the "Armenia" Ship  (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• News in Brief - August 21 (Armenian & English) (Video)

• News in Brief - August 14 (Armenian & English)

• Consecration - St. Sarkis Church - August 9 (Armenian) (Video)

• News in Brief - August 7 (Armenian & English)

• ACYA "Spiritual Growth" Summer Conference (Armenian & English) (Photos) (Video1) (Video2) (Video3)

• News in Brief - July 31 (Armenian & English)

• Prelate Celebrates Divine Liturgy on the 4th Anniversary of the Crescenta Valley Parish (Armenian & English)  (Photos)

• Applications Now Being Accepted for the "Harut Barsamian Disabled Students Scholarship Fund" (Armenian & English)

• News in Brief - July 24 (Armenian & English) (Video)

• Prelate Welcomes Consul General of Armenia the Honorable Grigor Hovhannisyan to the Prelacy  (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• Prelate Welcomes Chair of the Armenian International Medical Fund Mrs. Salpy Akaragian  (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• Requiem for Plane Crash Victims Offered at St. Mary's Church (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• Episcopal Divine Liturgy at the North Hollywood Parish on the Feast of Transfiguration (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• Special Requiem Service for Victims of the Iran Plane Crash (Armenian & English)

• News in Brief - July 17 (Armenian & English)

• Judge Samuel Der-Yeghiayan Visits the Prelacy (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• Divine Liturgy and Blessing of Madagh on the Name Day of the Prelacy Chapel (Armenian & English) (Photos) (Video)

• News in Brief - July 10 (Armenian & English) (Video)

• Very Rev. Fr. Vaghinag Meloian Called to Serve at the Western Prelacy (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• News in Brief - July 3 (Armenian & English) (Photos) (Video)

• Prelate Presides Over Last Bible Studies Before the Summer Break (Armenian) (Photos)

• Prelate Participates in Meeting of Council of Oriental Orthodox Bishops (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• Prelacy Hosts Visit of Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch  (Armenian & English) (Photos) (Video)

• "Lousavorich" Youth Choir Performs to Great Acclaim (Armenian & English) (Photos) (Video)

• News in Brief - June 26 (Armenian & English)

• Prelacy Youth Participate in 3rd Annual Oriental Orthodox Churches Youth Gathering (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• News in Brief - June 19 (Armenian & English) (Video)

• Prelacy to Host Community Forum with Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch (Armenian & English) (Flyer)

• Prelacy "Lousavorich" Youth Choir to Hold First Concert (Armenian & English) (Flyer)

• News in Brief - June 12 (Armenian & English) (Video)

• News in Brief - June 5 (Armenian & English) (Photos) (Video)

• News in Brief - May 29 (Armenian & English) (Video)

• Prelate's Call to Support the ANCA Telethon  (Armenian) 

• Prelate Welcomes House of Lebanon Representatives (Armenian & English)  (Photos)

• Prelate Welcomes Assistant Abbot of the Mekhitarian Monastery Rev. Vahan Ohanian (Armenian & English)  (Photos)

• News in Brief - May 22 (Armenian & English) 

• Hampartsoom Celebration (Armenian & English)  (Photos)

• Chamlian Graduating Class Receives Holy Communion at the Prelacy Chapel (Armenian & English)  (Photos)

• Prelate Presides Over Opening of New Davidian & Mariamian Educational Foundation Center (Armenian & English)  (Photos)

• 37th Prelacy Representatives Assembly Concludes Successfully (Armenian & English)  (Photos)

• News in Brief - May 15 (Armenian & English)

• Annual Clergy Conference (Armenian & English)  (Photos)

• News in Brief - May 8 (Armenian & English)

• Book Presentation of Prof. Harut Barsamian's Resurrection with Cane and Shoe (Armenian & English)  (Photos) (Video)

• News in Brief - May 1 (Armenian & English)

• Prelate and Executive Council meet with Clergy, Boards of Trustees, and Delegates (Armenian & English)  (Photos)

• Prelate Consecrates New Baptismal Font at Holy Martyrs Church (Armenian & English)  (Photos) (Video)

• News in Brief - April 23 (Armenian & English)  (Photos)

• The Passing of Diramayr Marie Mardirossian  (Armenian & English)

• News in Brief - April 17 (Armenian & English)

• PRELATE'S EASTER MESSAGE (Armenian & English) (Video)

• Prelate Celebrates Easter Divine Liturgy at St. Mary's Church (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• Prelate Officiates Over Good Friday and Easter Eve Services (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• News in Brief - April 10 (Armenian & English)

• Prelate Officiates Over Maundy Thursday Services (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• Commemoration of Holy Tuesday (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• Prelate Celebrates Palm Sunday at Holy Martyrs Church  (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• News in Brief - April 3 (Armenian & English)

• Prelate Welcomes New President of Armenia Fund Ara Aghishian (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• Prelate Participates in Meeting of Oriental Orthodox Council of Bishops  (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• Prelate's Visit to the St. Gregory Parish in San Francisco (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• Prelate Meets with ANC Representatives (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• News in Brief - March 27 (Armenian & English)

• Celebrating the Name Day of Forty Martyrs Church (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• News in Brief - March 20 (Armenian & English)

• California Assemblymember Kevin de Leon Visits the Prelacy (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• First Annual ACYA Spiritual Retreat (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• News in Brief - March 13 (Armenian & English)

• News in Brief - March 6 (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• News in Brief - February 27  (Armenian & English)

• Lebanese MP Jean Oghassabian Visits the Prelacy  (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• News in Brief - February 20  (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• Requiem Service for Departed A.R.S. Members (Armenian & English)

• News in Brief - February 13  (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• Prelate Welcomes Maestro Hovhannes Tchekidjian (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• Prelate Visits the Armenian Consulate to Meet with the New Consul General (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• Prelate Welcomes Iranian Parliament Member Gevorg Vartanian (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• Biennial Ghevontiants Clergy Conference of the Three North American Prelacies (Armenian & English)

• Prelate Celebrates Divine Liturgy on the Name Day of St. Sarkis Church  (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• First Divine Liturgy of the New Year Celebrated at the Prelacy Chapel (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• Prelate Welcomes A.R.S. Regional Executive & Centennial Committee Members  (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• News in Brief - February 6  (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• Prelate Welcomes New Consul General of Armenia (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• Prelate and Executive Council Meet with Board of Regents (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• News in Brief - January 30  (Armenian & English)

• Farewell Reception for Outgoing Consul General Armen Liloyan (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• Prelate and Executive Council Meet with North Hollywood Parish Committee (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• Homenetmen Regional Executive Visits the Prelacy (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• Prelate Welcomes Armenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry Representatives (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• News in Brief - January 23  (Armenian & English)

• Prelate Welcomes Representatives of Davidian & Mariamian Educational Foundation
  (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• Prelate Celebrates Divine Liturgy on the Name Day of St. Garabed Church (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• News in Brief - January 16  (Armenian & English)

• Prelate Welcomes Members of the Armenian Ecclesiastical Brotherhood (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• First Divine Liturgy Celebrated at the North Hollywood Parish  (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• News in Brief - January 9  (Armenian & English)

• Prelate's Traditional New Year and Christmas Dinner (Armenian & English) (Photos)

• Prelate's New Year and Christmas Message (Armenian & English)

• News in Brief - January 2  (Armenian & English) (Photos)