Official Communiqué: COMMUNIQUE According to the Status Quo, on January 18-19, the Armenian Apostolic Church has the right to celebrate the feast of Nativity and Revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ in the Nativity Church of Bethlehem. Before the Christmas season, the Status Quo communities of Armenians, Greeks and Continue Reading →
Armenian Christmas January 2020 Program for Christmas Eve, Saturday January 18 and Christmas Day, Sunday January 19 Times are approximately Saturday January 18 9.30 am His Beatitude Archbishop Nourhan Manougian, the Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem leaves from St. James, through Jaffa Gate, to Bethlehem. 10.00 am At the Continue Reading →
Christ is born and revealed! Good news for you and for us. Քրիստոս ծնաւ եւ յայտնեցաւ. Մեզ եւ ձեզ մեծ աւետիս Friday, the 18th of January we start our Christmas Eve celebrations. Around 9:45-10:00 am His Beatitude the Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem leaves from the Armenian Convent in Jerusalem to Continue Reading →
We wish all of you who celebrate Christmas on the 25th of December a very Merry Christmas! Picture: Ⓒ Piacenti Spa
Armenian Christmas January 2018 This is the schedule for our Christmas celebrations. The times mentioned are approximately!
These pictures give an impression of the Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem:
Herewith we cordially invite you for the following Christmas Celebrations: Or click on THIS to open a pdf file in a new window
The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem is originally built in 339 AD, and after a fire rebuilt in the 6th century AD. Necessary restorations are taking place at the moment, by the Piacenti Spa Organization. Recently the mosaic of an angel was discovered, until then completely covered by plaster. Continue Reading →