Last week, in the context of the consecration of the Primate of the Eastern Diocese as Bishop Daniel, Daniel Srpazan, at the outdoor St. Drtad altar in Etchmiadzin, we had the opportunity to reflect on the sources of Christian leadership …
As all of us are surely aware, this past weekend the Primate of the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America was consecrated as Bishop Daniel Findikyan. In this week’s Cross Talk, I discuss the office of the bishop …
“Christ is risen from the dead, Alleluia! Come, all you peoples, sing to the Lord, Alleluia!” From Easter until the Feast of Pentecost, if Divine Liturgy is celebrated by the Armenian Apostolic Church, these words from the Jashu Sharagan are …
Onnig Isbendjian was born in Smyrna, today’s Izmir, on September 15, 1907. Years later, he had safely settled in New York, where he attended medical school at Columbia University. Like many Armenians, this was not a voluntary movement, but was …
2015, the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, marked a major change in the collective Armenian understanding of the Genocide. That year, as part of the centenary commemorations, in a major ceremony jointly presided over by the Catholicos of All …
Holy Week is the densest liturgical week in the Armenian Apostolic Church’s calendar. Beginning last Saturday with the Remembrance of the Raising of Lazarus, including today’s Remembrance of the Ten Virgins, and continuing straight to Easter Sunday, there are nearly …
Palm Sunday, the Triumphal Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, inaugurates the historical events leading up to Christ’s betrayal, crucifixion, and resurrection. Together with the “Remembrance of the Raising of Lazarus” the day before, it also inaugurates the dense liturgical time …
Few images are as universal and enduring as light. Illumination, the Bible tells us, is the beginning of creation. At first, “the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep.” Then the famous pronouncement: …
Stewardship, the work of supervising or looking after something such as property or funds, is the theme of the Gospel read last Sunday in the Armenian Apostolic Church. As we have written previously, the series of Lenten readings on Sunday …