"On the Day of Pentecost, the Armenian Apostolic Church ordains 4 new Bishops" by Carlo Coppola
"Nel giorno di Pentecoste la Chiesa Apostolica Armena ordina 4 nuovi vescovi" articolo di Carlo Coppola . Articolo pubblicato in lingua italiana sul giornale " Bari Connessa " al seguente link: https://www.bariconnessa.it/news/attualita/la-chiesa-armena-ordina-4-nuovi-vescovi-a-pentecoste-2026/3213 The Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin has announced that on 24 May 2026, on the solemnity of Pentecost — known in the Armenian tradition by the venerable name of Hokegaloust , meaning "the Coming of the Spirit" — four vardapets will receive episcopal ordination in the Mother Cathedral, during the Divine Liturgy presided over by the Catholicos of All Armenians , His Holiness Karekin II . The vardapet — a celibate monk-priest holding a doctorate in theology, a figure comparable to the Latin Monsignor or the Byzantine Archimandrite — occupies in the Armenian hierarchy the rank immediately preceding the episcopate. It is not an honorary title: it is a condition of...
