‘Do not weep; for she is not dead but sleeping.’ –Luke 8:52 There is a deeply stirring video going around which I have known about for several weeks, but could not bear to watch until recently. It was made by Holy Etchmiadzin’s media outlet, Shoghakat TV, and captures the baptism of about a dozen young soldiers,…
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing…”-Ep.1:3 On Friday, by the initiative of Bishop Daniel, I participated in our day of fasting and prayer for peace and justice in Artsakh. I was intending to share brief prayers with you all via…
‘For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.’ 1 Cor 1:18 Moved by the plight of our soldiers defending Artsakh and Armenia, and inspired by today’s feast of the discovery of the cross, I want to speak…
You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. -2 Tim 2:3 This past week, our church’s sacred calendar brings before us the life of soldier saint St. Gevork/George, who applied the discipline, courage and sacrifice of soldiering to the Christian faith. Tragically in this same week, Azerbaijan-with the full support of…
According to the Armenian tradition, Apkar, King of Edessa, is the first king who during the lifetime of our Lord Jesus Christ heard of His miracles and believed that He is in fact the Son of God. Based on the historical sources of Movses Khorenatsi, the Armenian Church recognizes Apkar as a king of Armenia.…
I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing…My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples. Jn 15:5,8 We all know the old expression that “it’s not what you know,…
And this is the boldness we have in him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have obtained the requests made of him. -1 Jn 5:14-15 Many of the great surviving churches and monasteries of the…