Armenia News News Armenia » Religion: Noah’s ark in Armenia’s religious imagination
When I was growing up, the story of Noah’s ark with its great flood, floating zoo, and new beginning atop a spectacular mountain always seemed to me, as it does to many, far-fetched—a colorful fable ...
News Armenia » Religion: 40 days to arrive, 40 days to leave: How Armenian culture honors life’s most important moments
Earlier this year, I gave birth to my fourth child. My baby and I entered “karasunk,” the traditional Armenian 40-day postpartum period during which mother and newborn remain close to home, sheltered ...
News Armenia » Religion: Armenian Museum of America to Present Beyond the Curtain: Materiality and Devotion in Armenian Art
The Armenian Museum of America will host the exhibit “Beyond the Curtain: Materiality and Devotion in Armenian Art,” starting on October 22. This exhibition includes more than 20 […] ...
News Armenia » Religion: Armenia builds record Jesus, church cries 'Idol!' as history crumbles
The world's tallest Jesus statue is being built right now in Armenia - what do you think? Armenia is building what will become the world's tallest statue of Jesus Christ, and construction is nearly ...
News Armenia » Religion: Protecting Armenian Churches in Nagorno-Karabakh Should Be a Condition for Peace | Opinion
See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. As the first nation to adopt Christianity in 301 AD, Armenia's identity ...
News Armenia » Religion: Armenia: ‘The National Assembly Has No Authority To Consider Internal Church Matters’ – Analysis
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has repeatedly said he aims to unilaterally remove the head of Armenia’s largest religious community, Catholicos Karekin of the Armenian Apostolic Church. His party, ...
News Armenia » Religion: Archaeologists found a 4th-century Christian church, among the oldest
Archaeologists working in the ruins of an ancient Armenian capital have uncovered a 4th-century Christian church that ranks among the earliest known anywhere, a find that reshapes how historians ...
News Armenia » Religion: Armenia at a Crossroads: The Church-State Rift Is Testing the Nation’s Future
Editor’s Note: The Register’s Europe correspondent visited Armenia Sept. 20-26, 2025, with the U.S. advocacy organization Save Armenia as part of a delegation working to highlight the existential ...
News Armenia » Religion: Moving Beyond Russian And Armenian Religious Revanchism – OpEd
Of the fifteen republics in the USSR, only Russia and Armenia harbored revanchist territorial claims towards their neighbors based on nationalistic myths of a historical state that was larger than ...
News Armenia » Religion: Armenia: Fear of the freedom of conscience and religion: violations of the rights of Jehovah’s Witnesses
Amnesty International is concerned that Jehovah’s Witnesses continue to be victims of human rights violations in Armenia, despite the country’s obligations under international human rights law to ...