Before experiencing the ARMENIA! Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art here in New York City last Fall, I had been in a prolonged season of feeling displaced, homeless. I had even traveled back to my hometown of Cleveland with …
More than 30 years ago, one of my colleagues asked me to speak briefly about the Armenian Genocide to a Jewish congregation in Stamford, Connecticut. I prepared a 30 minute presentation. Rather than only listening to a lecture, I wanted …
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 …
Heaven is bathed in the light of Christ. This reality should lead us to ask ourselves: “If I want to be with God for all eternity, why not start living with him today?” Can you imagine someone courting and saying …
Keeping the attention of folks in the pews these days is not as easy as it once was. As a priest and teacher, I communicate the message of the Church to basically two groups of people. First, there are those …
I came across some old pictures when I, and a group of maybe 10 or so of us Armenians, served in the Massachusetts Air National Guard back in the 1960s. We shared membership with other Armenian airmen who served before …
So the day which was first will also be the eighth, so that the first life might not be done away, but rather made eternal. ~ St. Augustine Early church writings and practice prescribed certain feasts to be celebrated as …
…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 …
We Armenians know well, that whenever you meet someone for the first time and are invited to their house, you cannot go empty handed. Neither did the wise men when they went to see Jesus for the first time. It …
The name “January” comes from the Roman god Janus, the god with two faces, one looking to the past and the other looking to the future. This is indeed a time to look back at the year that is ending …