Etchmiadzin Partnerships

AGBU’s partnership with the Holy See of Etchmiadzin ensures that our common spiritual heritage thrives for future generations. AGBU donors have been integral in the realization of building and renovating numerous chapels, seminaries and centers in Armenia, including funding the erection of St. Gregory the Illuminator Church, the largest Armenian church in the world. 

In addition to buiding and renovating religious establishments, AGBU and the Holy See of Etchmiadzin administer the St. Nerses Hospital as well as three Children’s Centers and Senior Dining Centers (Soup Kitchens) in the Nork, Malatya and Arapkir suburbs of Yerevan. AGBU also provides financial assistance to the Holy See for various programs including the local TV studio, the purchase and distribution of textbooks for educational initiatives and various religious programs.

Among the countless partnership projects, AGBU donors have been responsible for the construction of: 

• Arapkir Church
• Erebuni Church
• Holy Etchmiadzin Administrative Building
• Holy Etchmiadzin Candle lighting hall and Catholicoi Museum (groundbreaking 2012)
• Holy Etchmiadzin Cathedral (renovation)
• Holy Etchmiadzin Chancellery building
• Holy Etchmiadzin Chapel
• Holy Etchmiadzin Children’s Center
• Holy Etchmiadzin Clergy Housing
• Holy Etchmiadzin Elderly Home
• Holy Etchmiadzin His Holiness Karekin I Education Center
• Holy Etchmiadzin Library/Repository (Matenadaran)
• Holy Etchmiadzin Museum (Alex Manoogian Gandzatun)
• Holy Etchmiadzin Old Veharan (restoration)
• Holy Etchmiadzin Outside Altar
• Holy Etchmiadzin Seminary
• Holy Etchmiadzin Service Center
• Holy Trinity Church
• St. Anna Church
• St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral
• St. Gregory of Narek Church
• St. Hakob Church
• St. Nersess Hospital
• St. Sarkis Church
• Vanadzor Children’s Center
• Vaskenian Theological Library
• Vaskenian Theological Seminary