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 …
St. Nicholas of Myra (270-343), also known as Santa Claus, was one of 318 bishops who attended the Council of Nicaea in AD 325. The council was called together to discuss the beliefs of Arius. While Arius was defending his …
In a pastoral cohort that I met with regularly, I came to know an older colleague who is of Native American ethnic background. As you might expect, he has a very different take on American history then most people. He …
As individuals, as a Church and as a nation Armenians take the cross very personally. Jerusalem’s Patriarch Torkom Koushagian once said We Armenians have completely identified our cross with our soul….We have all shared in its experience and kept it …
It may be difficult for some of us to warm up to the idea of Mary, the Virgin Mother of God. Perhaps we were raised under the influence of traditions less hospitable to the notion of a human who became …
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 …
“Ah Lord God! It is thou who hast made the heavens and the earth by thy great power and by thy outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for thee.” (Jeremiah 32:17) The story according to the tradition of the Church …