A Christmas Blessing from the V. Rev. Fr. Mesrop Parsamyan, Primate of the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America.
Armenian Church Community of Tampa Bay St. Petersburg Florida
Sunday Worship & Fellowship: 10:30AM-1:30PM
Sermons from 2022
It doesn’t matter how you learned to pray, the great equalizer is the prayer of desperation, the upside-down prayer, the prayer we pray with our backs up against the wall. And for so many people, scratch the surface of this holiday season and the New Year, and you will find times of great trial as…
The Sharagnots (Hymnal) of the Armenian Church contains a rich collection of hymns that extol the Holy Cross on which our Lord died. Bishop Daniel will discuss a selection of these hymns to reveal their rich theology, the light they shed on the death of the Son of God, and the importance of it all…
This again is not a question of prohibitions, but of priorities. Have your holiday spiced latte. Put dozens of giant inflatable lawn ornaments in your yard like my neighbor. Buy a bunch of gifts for yourself and your loved ones. But make sure you don’t buy into what you are buying, don’t live your life…
This presentation will reflect on the meaning and symbolism in khachkars (cross Stones), looking at their initial adaptation from pre-Christian types, their development across time, and meditating on the rich meaning of various symbolic elements and motifs found across a variety of khachkars.
Christianity is first and foremost an applied religion, and so therefore like all things on earth, there is a seasonality to our church and spiritual life. Today we begin the season of Advent, fifty days of learning to hold loosely the things of this world and hold fast to the one thing needed. ‘Seek first…
I hope all of you voted this past week, and I hope the people you voted for did not get elected. That’s right, I hope your guys and gals didn’t get elected, and I challenge you today to get to know the candidate you don’t like who got elected. Read more about them, talk to…