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!
“Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all…” Mk 12:43 This week I was surprised to see two thick Pinellas County voting ballots in our mail. Those of you who live in Pinellas have surely received your ballots also. What are we voting for now? Well, a few precincts will…
“Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.”–Mt 24:35 Does anybody have the time? This is just an experiment to see how many of you are ‘old school’ with an actual watch around your wrist, and how many fish out your smart phone from your pocket. Well the statistics say…
Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.’ –Mk 10:9 How to be a part of something, while remaining fully yourself? Asking this question draws attention to one of the biggest paradoxes we face as human beings, within ourselves, as members of our families, as inhabitors of planet earth. Let’s start with the…
“May I never boast of anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ” Gal 6:14 An Anglican Church poetess and hymn writer named Dorothy Greenwell stamped every page of every book she wrote with a picture of a hand grasping a cross and the Latin phrase, “Et teneo, et teneor,”which means “I hold and…
“Mortals, born of woman are of few days and full of trouble”-Job 14:1 Sometimes, in both secular and church calendars, we end up celebrating two very different people on the same holiday. Beginning with the secular, did you know that in several Southern States, Robert E Lee-the General and leader of the pro-slavery Confederate Army-has…
“Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart; for I am called by your name, O Lord, God of hosts.” Jer 15:16 Imagine going to your favorite restaurant, the Salt Rock Grille or Bonefish Grill, ordering delicious food and drink for…
“No one finds security by wickedness, but the root of the righteous will never be moved.” -Prov. 12:3 I am reading a book called Boomerang by Michael Lewis, he is the financial journalist who wrote the Big Short and Moneyball. A common theme that comes up in his books are that the security of financial systems are…