On Saturday the Armenian Apostolic Church celebrates one of the three feasts related to St. Gregory the Enlightener, who converted King Drtad and hence Armenia to Christianity and who was the first Catholicos of all Armenians. This particular feast commemorates …
Catholicos Nersess I, known as St. Nersess the Great, lived in the fourth century and was Catholicos from 353-373. He clearly would not have used the language of “social justice,” today a phrase meant to invoke wide-ranging demands for a …
St. Hripsime (Հռիփսիմէ), in her struggle with King Drtad (Տրդատ, also spelled Trdat) before his conversion to Christianity, was “strengthened by the Holy Spirit” and “struggled like a beast.” Drtad was known for his martial prowess and strength: the historian …
Զանգեր ղողանջեք, Bells, Ring out! Սրբազան քաջերին կանչեք. Call the Pure and …
The Hope of Easter In Times of Darkness A Special Easter Message from Bishop Daniel Findikyan The true joy of Easter and of the resurrection of Jesus Christ lies in the assurance that God—almighty and invincible—is alive and with us …
St. Gregory of Narek’s classic, the Book of Lamentations, the Մատեան Ողբերգութիւն/ Matean Oghbergut’ean needs no introduction. It is perhaps the most well-known text written in the Armenian language. Revered for a thousand years, the book is so closely identified …
February, in the Armenian liturgical calendar, is full of celebrations of what we think of as national heroes or national saints. Culminating this week with the celebration of Vartanantz, recalling the Battle of Avarayr in 451 A.D., February commemorates some …
St. Sahak is one of the most well-known figures in Armenian history. As Catholicos, he supported the work of Mesrob Mashdots in the creation of the Armenian alphabet and the translation of the Bible into Armenian. A scholar and theologian …
On several occasions in “Back to the Sources” we have had the opportunity to remark on the extensive commentary tradition of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Exegesis, the explication of a text, and hermeneutics, the work of interpretation, were highly refined …
Alexandria is a city almost synonymous with learning. The Library of Alexandria was the foremost repository of the written word in the ancient world. It was most likely established by Ptolemy II, ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt between 308 and 246 …