Weekly Sermons from St. Hagop Armenian Church features the weekly talks by Fr. Hovnan Demerjian during our Sunday Morning service. Please do share sermons or offer your comments!
“Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him” (John 2.1-11) Today’s Gospel reading reflects upon the very first miracle of the New Testament: It tells of a wedding in Cana of Galilee, during which the wedding took a sudden turn: the…
“And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn” (Lk. 2:1-7) Today’s Gospel reading reiterates the same biblical passage we read during the Nativity of Christ, since we celebrate the Nativity of Christ…
In today’s epistle reading from Hebrews it says that “every high priest is put in charge of things pertaining to God on their behalf, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.” In a similar passage in Peter’s epistle it says that each of you are part of “a royal priesthood, God’s own people.” That’s right…
“The apostles said to the Lord, ‘Increase our faith!’” (Lk. 17:5-6) There was a wise woman who once saw a very beautiful stone and picked it up from the riverbank. The next day, she ran into a traveler who was very hungry and asked for food from her. The woman willingly shared her one loaf of bread…
For all who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted. Lk 14:11 One day during Lent in a small Armenian Church in the village of Gyumri, the Der Hayr stopped in the middle of the morning service, bows low before the altar and cries out, ՛Տէր յիշեա զի ոչինչ…
“A man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it but did not find any.” (Lk. 13:1-9) One day, one of Socrates’s friends asked him, “Do you know what your friend told me about you?” Socrates said, “Wait, before telling me what my friend told you,…
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable…