View videos below by various clergy and speakers from across our Diocese, exploring issues of faith and heritage.
In a nation of martyrs, she was the first: Santukhd, a royal princess who defied her father the king to worship Christ. Her death at a tender age set the Armenians on the path to become the world’s first Christian nation.
This episode of the “Bread & Salt” video series examines the significance of a special Holy Week service in the Armenian Church. The “Washing of Feet” service, performed in the evening on Holy Thursday, re-enacts Christ’s act of humility, service, and love, performed for his disciples at the Last Supper.
Every year on February 14—the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord to the Temple—Armenians in Armenia (and in parts of the diaspora) light bonfires and jump over the flames. Where does this tradition come from? And what does it mean?
The Apostles Thaddeus and Bartholomew brought the light of Christ to the ancient land of the Armenians. Learn about the quest of the “First Enlighteners” of the Armenian people.
This Christmas special follows the Magi on their spiritual journey to meet Jesus.
The sixth video in the series “Bread and Salt: Stories from the Armenian Church” shines a light on the meaning of candles in the Armenian Church.
Armenian Church history was made in 2015 when the martyrs of the Armenian Genocide were ceremonially recognized as holy saints. The splendid service at Holy Etchmiadzin marked the first time in centuries that new saints were designated in the Armenian Church. With their canonization, the Genocide martyrs joined other great exemplars of holiness, virtue, and…