Good news for those who are interested in spiritual information

Have you questions to the priest? Write to the e-mail address [email protected] and the clergy will willingly answer all questions interesting you. It is according to this principle that the website www.qahana.am continues to function already for 5 years.

“AZD Production” has elaborated and shaped the websites www.araratian-tem.am and www.qahana.am of Araratian Patriarchal Diocese according to new design having both ecclesiastical and meanwhile modern solutions. The website functions with the blessing of the Diocesan Primate His Eminence Archbishop Navasard Ktchoyan already for 10 years. And the website www.qahana.am functions only for 5 years and however, during that period it has been useful to Armenians and foreigners living in more than 32 countries throughout the world. Author of the program is Eliza Manukian, Responsible for the Press Department of Araratian Patriarchal Diocese. Sponsors of the program are Mr. and Mrs. Vahe and Irina Haroutunian.

Presently the websites www.araratian-tem.am and www.qahana.am of Araratian Patriarchal Diocese suggest the visitors a number of very important and useful innovations.

- Church Calendar
It is known that according to the Armenian Apostolic Church Calendar the dates of many church feasts are not fixed and are changeable, that is – each year they are celebrated or commemorated on various days. From now on visiting the websites visitors may know the date of any feast up to the year of 2030. The websites contain the church feast dates and their descriptions in Armenian, Russian and English Languages.

- Bible in One Year
For being acquainted with the Holy Bible and studying it we suggest you reading it divided into equal parts. That is, we suggest you a special program of studying the Holy Bible thanks to which it is possible to read every day the daily passage and in the end of the year to finish the reading and the study of the Holy Bible. In case of questions arising during the study of the Holy Bible please don’t hesitate to turn to the e-mail address [email protected].

- Hymns and songs sung during the Divine Liturgy
The hymns and songs sung during the Divine Liturgy are presented in the websites. The hymns and songs are sung by the Choir “Hover”

- Audio reports of spiritual nature in MP3 format
This innovation provides the chance of listening to the reports of spiritual nature installed in the website.

- Photo reports

Diocesan news, the activity of the Youth Association are elucidated not only by means of articles, but also photo reports and series.

- Questions
In this section any person may participate in voting concerning any topic of spiritual nature. Voting results are summarized by the clergy, psychologists, as well as specialists of other fields who provide analyses on the topics under discussion.

- Articles
In this section interesting articles and analyses on spiritual topics are presented.

- Links to other useful spiritual sites
Possibility to become acquainted with other useful spiritual websites.

- Search system
Possibility to find in the website any topic interesting the visitors.

It is proper to remind that in 2006 the websites www.araratian-tem.am and www.qahana.am of Araratian Patriarchal Diocese won the grand prizes in the All-Armenian e-Content Award Competition in the nominations of El-inclusion and El-design. The competition was organized under the auspices the Government of the Republic of Armenia.

Besides the above mentioned innovations the clergy continue to answer the questions interesting the visitors by means of the website www.qahana.am. Answers and questions to them, interviews on various topics with the clergymen and public, political figures, intellectuals, scientists and artists are installed in the website www.qahana.am. The sections of announcements, diocesan news and spiritual literature are periodically refreshed.