Shoghakat TV, is a television channel based in Yerevan, Armenia, owned and operated by the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin; the regulating body of the Armenian Apostolic Church. The channel has been broadcast since November 2002. The origin of the channel dates back to 1995, when a TV studio was opened in a small room within the prelacy building of the Araratian Pontifical Diocese, initiated by Catholicos Karekin II who was serving as primate vicar of the diocese at that time. The TV station is located in the Shengavit District of Yerevan, and the executive director is Mania Ghazaryan.