On Monday afternoon, 14 February 2011, in the St. Amenapirgic Chapel in the sub-gallery of the Galata St. Gregory the Illuminator Church, Patriarch Hovhannes Golod IX, was remembered on the occasion of the Feast of the Presentation of Christ (Diarnentarach), in a ceremony held at his burial site

In ceremonies held on 11 and 12 February a new member was added to our Patriarchate’s clergy. The Religious Council deemed that Deacon Hagop Hergelyan had sufficiently completed his preparatory period and was thus to be ordained

On Tuesday, 1 Feb 2011, one of the oldest clergy in the Holy Echmiadzin Catholicosate, Archbishop Husig Santuryan, surrendered his spirit to the Holy Father in his room at the St. Kayane Monastery

Late on Wednesday afternoon, 2 February 2011, a group of academicians, museum directors and curators, intellectuals, and writers visited the Patriarchate to see the Patriarch Hovhannes Golod collection

On Tuesday morning, 1 February 2011, the General Deputy of the Patriarch, Archbishop Aram Atesyan, visited the Istanbul “Millet” Manuscript Library at the invitation of the library’s director, Melek Gencboyaci

On Wednesday, 26 January 2011, the artist Metin Senturk, Head of the World Handicapped Foundation, visited our Patriarchate and was received by the Deputy General of the Patriarch, Archbishop Aram Atesyan