On November 2, 2026, through the mediation of Very Rev. Fr. Nerses Galstyan and the initiative and benevolence of Mr. Arkadi Dumikyan, a beloved singer originally from the Armenian Catholic community of Tashir, as well as with the heartfelt participation of beloved US-based singer Mr. Armen Gondrachyan (Armenchik), Mr. Davit Davtyan, and Mr. Levon Chakhoyan, large-scale charitable assistance was provided first for the children residing in the care homes of Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity in Yerevan and Spitak, and subsequently for the children at the “Our Lady of Armenia” Educational Center of the Sisters of the Armenian Congregation of the Immaculate Conception in Tashir.

Accompanied by Very Rev. Fr. Nerses Galstyan, the benefactors first visited Mother Teresa’s “Bethlehem” home in Yerevan, where the Sisters care for young children with varying degrees of disability, and then the Spitak Home of Charity, where, since the 1988 earthquake, older children and adults with disabilities reside and receive care. They were provided with large quantities of food and essential supplies. Furthermore, the benefactors provided winter clothing to the school-aged children at the Educational Center of the Immaculate Conception Congregation in Tashir. The children and youth also had the opportunity to converse warmly with the benefactors and enjoy beautiful musical performances dedicated to them by the beloved singers. The benefactors intend to make their large-scale donations to the Sisters’ centers continuous.

Very Rev. Fr. Nerses Galstyan conveyed to the benefactors the gratitude and appreciation of the Ordinary, H. E. Archbishop Gevorg Noratunkyan, for this God-pleasing initiative, invoking abundant divine blessings upon them.

Chancery of the Ordinariate for Armenian Catholics

November 4, 2026