Let’s go about it this way. If you asked the average person Olympic couch surfer what kind of medal they would prefer winning and rank them in order, 99% would say we first want Gold, if not gold then silver, if not silver then bronze. Well as is often the case, our Christian faith reverses…
Sermon by Diocesan Vicar Hayr Simeon Odabashian on June 30, 2024.
Sermon by Diocesan Vicar Hayr Simeon Odabashian on June 23, 2024.
A reflection on Father’s Day by Dn. Kevork Demirjian.
Next Sunday is Father’s day. A nice American tradition, but not very old, it was just made official in 1972. Next Sunday, and every Sunday is Father’s day in our much older, 2000 year old church tradition. Kiraki is the Lord’s Day, God the Father’s Day. One things both traditions hold in common is it…
Words have always played a supporting role in the Armenian Apostolic Church as compared to the post reformation churches. Thus, my sermons are short and I work hard to make them so. If you don’t believe me, let’s look at the data. Pew Research Center analyzed 50,000 sermons in 2020 and here is what they…
A man is incomplete until he is married, and then he is finished. A woman is incomplete until she is married, and then she is finished. I sometimes begin marriage homilies like this to open hearts with humor and open up the profound sacrament of marriage. The humor is in the double meaning of ‘finished.’ …