Go to your church and look upward above the Altar toward her dominating presence, where she is seated upright, and majestic – in a commanding position upon a throne. Immediately she captures our eyes and all our senses, as she …
The call of every Christian is to Be Light, to Give Light, and finally Live Light A popular song written years ago touched the hearts of many who listened to the words of its refrain “…And you light up my …
…icons in our churches do the same. The medium, the image becomes the message. And, reading this icon of the Incarnation and Revelation of Christ our God at His Baptism we get the message, of assurance and confidence that at …
In all of Christendom the Holy Cross has been the central sign and symbol of salvation since the 4th c. In a literary work called The Teachings of St. Gregory: An Early Armenian Catechism which is part of the History …
A picture (it’s often said) is worth a thousand words. But some pictures do more than just speak to us. They invite us to become a part of the drama they depict. That’s the role icons play in Armenian Church …