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Photo Gallery: Diocese of Artsakh

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Garegin II, Katholikos of All Armenians.
Garegin II, Katholikos of All Armenians — supreme spiritual leader of Armenian Christians
Church chorus performing during a liturgical ceremony at Gandzasar’s Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.
Church chorus performing during a liturgical ceremony at Gandzasar’s Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.
His Beatitude Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan, Head of the Diocese of Artsakh of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
His Beatitude Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan, Head of the Diocese of Artsakh of the Armenian Apostolic Church, in his office at the Gandzasar Monastery.
His Beatitude Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan, Head of the Diocese of Artsakh of the Armenian Apostolic Church (NKR).
His Beatitude Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan, Head of the Diocese of Artsakh of the Armenian Apostolic Church
(Nagorno Karabakh Republic).
Liturgical ceremony at Gandzasar’s Cathedral.
Father Ter-Hovhannes blessing bread during a liturgical ceremony at Gandzasar’s Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.
Altar in Gandzasar’s Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Nagorno Karabakh.
Altar in Gandzasar’s Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Nagorno Karabakh.
Father Ter-Hovhannes leading the Holy Mass at Gandzasar’s Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.
Father Ter-Hovhannes leading the Holy Mass at Gandzasar’s Cathedral
of St. John the Baptist.
Katholikos of All Armenians, Patriarch of Jerusalem, Katholikos of the Holy See of Cilicia and Patriarch of Constantinople.
Top four hierarchs of the Armenian Apostolic Church (left to right):
Patriarch of Jerusalem, Katholikos of the Holy See of Cilicia, Katholikos of All Armenians (supreme leader of the Church), and Patriarch of Constantinople.
Headquarters of the former Holy See of Gandzasar.
Headquarters of the former Holy See of Gandzasar of the Armenian Apostolic Church located opposite to the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.
Armenian priest burns incense - Gandzasar’s Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.
Armenian priest burns incense over the tomb of Grand Prince Hasan Jalal Vahtangian (ruled from 1214-1261)—the founder and patron of Gandzasar’s Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.
Interior of the Gandzasar’s Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.
Interior of the Gandzasar’s Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.
Miniature from the famous Red Gospel of Gandzasar, depicting the entry of Christ into Jerusalem.
Miniature by artist Abas from the famous Red Gospel of Gandzasar, depicting the entry of Christ into Jerusalem. The Red Gospel is one of the best-known and largest Armenian manuscripts. It was acquired by Gandzasar’s library in 1232, during the reign of Grand Prince Hasan Jalal Vahtangian. The Red Gospel is on display at the University of Chicago’s library (USA) and belongs to the Goodspeed Manuscript Collection.