“So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth, for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.” (Col 3:1-3)

The Religious Council of the Patriarchate, with Archbishop Aram Atesyan in the chair, convened in the Patriarchate on Friday, 22 January 2009

The Office of the Patriarchate has felt it necessary to inform our community by this announcement of the situation regarding the election process

“Look, the young woman is with child and shall bear a son, and shall name him Immanuel” (Isaiah 79:14)

"The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?" (Psalm 27:1)

The heads of the community and church councils met in the Hall of the Patriarchate on Wednesday evening, 9 December 2009, with Deputy Patriarch Archbishop Sahan Sivaciyan presiding

In regard to the signing of the document by the foreign ministers of the Republic of Turkey and the Republic of Armenia, which has begun the normalization of diplomatic relations between the two countries, the Armenian Patriarchate of Turkey perceives and interprets it as an historical event