All this is but the beginning of the birth pangs. Mt 24:8 In today’s assigned Gospel reading on the feast of the Holy Cross of Varak, we hear of an apocalyptic vision of Jesus’ return. At any time, he could come to us-or we could come to him, ushering forth the final era of human…
‘Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate.’ Mk 10:9 In today’s Gospel reading it says that the Pharisees wanted to test Jesus. On the surface the test was about marriage and divorce. At least that’s what the Pharisees wanted the test to be about, because they thought they had all the answers. All of…
The title of this sermon, ‘Why Are You Angry?’ is the first question God asked outside of the Garden of Eden, directed to Cain. If Cain was able to respond to God, the world would be a different place. Instead, Cain didn’t know how to deal with his anger, how to confess it to God,…
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.…