Saint Mary in the Armenian Church
One of the main differences between the Protestant churches on the one hand, and the ancient Apostolic churches, including the Armenian...
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Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan
Aug 13, 20175 min read
Blessing of the Grapes
In our national and church life great importance is given to the Divine traditions which originate from the Holy Scriptures. They became...
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Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan
Jul 23, 20173 min read
The Feast of the Transfiguration of Jesus Christ
On Sunday, July 23, the Armenian Church will observe one of its five major feasts: the Feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord Jesus...
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Fr. Hovel Ohanyan
Jul 22, 20175 min read
Vartavar With Water
The most joyous celebration among Armenians is Vartavar, when people sprinkle water on each other remembering the story of Noah and...
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Fr. Garabed Kochakian
Jul 22, 20175 min read
Transfigured by Light: Icon of the Transfiguration
When Jesus said: "I am the Light of the world" (John 8:12), He - as the Giver of Life and Light was identifying Himself as God; The...
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Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan
Jul 15, 20173 min read
Feeding the Five Thousand
The first Christian communities gave a major importance to the miracle of the Feeding the Five Thousand, so much that all four...
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Archbishop Shnork Kaloustian
Jul 15, 20176 min read
Commemoration of the Twelve Apostles of Christ and St. Paul the Thirteenth Apostle
The word Apostle is a Greek word, and it means one “who is sent forth,” having been entrusted with a special mission. It is related in...
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Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan
Jul 11, 20171 min read
Eternal Life
In his first letter St. John the Evangelist writes a lot about how a person can know if he/she belongs to God or not; He gives a series...
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Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan
Jul 4, 20172 min read
Independence Through Dependence
Before I came to the United States, the 4th of July was just a day for me. Yet since last year it became an opportunity for me, as it is...
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Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan
Jun 28, 20171 min read
The Lamp Of Hope
Today, many are wandering discouraged in the dim light of their poor lamps. Everything seems to them dark, drab and depressing. Indeed,...
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Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan
Jun 28, 20171 min read
Hold My Hand
The same Jesus Christ who promised “I am with you always, to the end of the age” (Matthew 28:20), is with us in our daily life,...
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Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan
Jun 24, 20173 min read
Mercy Not Sacrifice
“I desire mercy not sacrifice.” –Matthew 12:7 We celebrate the feast of St. Nerses the Great today. As a saint, he wasn’t foremost a...
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Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan
Jun 24, 20173 min read
Catholicos St. Nerses the Great
St. Nerses was an Armenian Catholicos (Patriarch) who lived in the 4th century and was the great-grandson of St. Gregory the Illuminator....
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Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan
Jun 18, 20171 min read
Father's Day Prayer
Our Father in Heaven, Bless those fathers, who have taken upon themselves the responsibility of parenting. Bless those fathers who have...
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Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan
Jun 18, 20172 min read
The Feast of the Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin
On the twenty-seventh day of the seventh month, Noah's Ark came to rest on Mount Ararat. When Noah emerged from the Ark, he prepared a...
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Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan
Jun 13, 20174 min read
Araratian Week
The second week after Pentecost, June 12-18, 2017, in the Calendar of the Armenian Church is called Araratian Week. All the events...
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Agathangelos
Jun 13, 201737 min read
History of St. Gregory and the Conversion of Armenia
Introduction Though we cannot date Agathangelos' History precisely, we know that it was written earlier than the tenth century, and most...
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Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan
Jun 10, 20174 min read
Elijah: The Man Who Knew How To Pray
On Sunday, June 11, 2017, the Armenian Church will celebrate the feast of the one of the biggest prophets of the Old Testament, the...
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Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan
Jun 3, 20172 min read
The Life Changing Wind
One of the symbols of the Holy Spirit in scripture is the wind (Gen 1:2, Acts 2:2). The word Spirit in Hebrew means breath or wind, so...
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Fr. Daniel Findikyan
Jun 3, 201712 min read
PENTECOST in the Armenian Church: Three Pentecost Prayers
Sunday (June 4, 2017) is the Feast of Pentecost. According to the New Testament book of the Acts of the Apostles, the disciples were...
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