Every seven years since A.D. 301, priests have trekked to the ancient Cathedral of Etchmiadzin in Armenia to retrieve freshly brewed muron — a sweet-scented holy oil stirred with what is said… ...

Akhtamar Church on Lake Van (Courtesy Photo) March 29, 2007 -- A 10th-century Armenian church is scheduled to reopen today in Turkey after extensive restoration work.

Several thousand Armenian Christian pilgrims took boats to an ancient island cathedral in eastern Turkey on Sunday for the first Mass held in the church since it was abandoned during the mass ki ...

Christianity, as founded by the Apostles Thaddeus and Bartholomew in the generation after the death of Jesus, survives with inspirational power in Armenia.

AKDAMAR ISLAND, Turkey, July 16 (Reuters) - Swallows dart around the dome of the 10th century Armenian church rising from an island set amid the turquoise waters of Lake Van. Tombstones with ...

Kütahya (Agenzia Fides) - The ancient Armenian church of Surp Toros (Saint Torus) Kütahya, dating back to before the seventeenth century and long deconsecrated, was razed to the ground after being ...

The voices of a small Armenian choir reverberate off the ancient walls of a 17th century church in the rugged hills of Yerevan. Outside the tiny parish, churchgoers huddle, clamoring to get a peek ...

Just like the church has been important to my life, Armenia and the Armenian church have a significant place in spiritual history. In 301 A.D., Armenia became the first state to declare ...

Saint Sarkis Armenian Church in Texas mixes old and new with a digitally printed facade that represents the 1.5 million ... Saint Sarkis is a light-filled modern take on the ancient church form, ...