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Sermons Fr. Hovnan Demerjian St. Hagop Armenian Church

The Rejection Sermon

It seems that nowadays there is a podcast on every topic (including my personal favorite St. Hagop sermons). I stumbled upon one last week which resonated with wisdom, especially with today’s feast of Pentecost.  The podcast is called ‘We regret to inform you: the rejection podcast,’ with over one hundred episodes about people who are…

Sermons Fr. Hovnan Demerjian St. Hagop Armenian Church

Voice Recognition

Voices are trustworthy and deeply personal, and since God made everything including us, he knows this. So does his Son Jesus, which is why he uses the metaphor of voice recognition of a loved one to describe the intimate bond he wishes to have with us his faithful. Jesus illustrates the bond in the case…

Sermons Fr. Hovnan Demerjian St. Hagop Armenian Church

The Great Recyler

In this way you could say that the Armenian church has always been like a “recycle bin,” a “repurposing bin” for its people and for individuals. We come to church, confessing and putting aside our old sinful selves, and through communion with God, He recycles and repurposes us for a new week to do His…

Sermons Fr. Hovnan Demerjian St. Hagop Armenian Church

Heavy Things

There is an old story of two travelling monks, which might help us remember to put down our burdens and seek up for God. These monks come to a river where a woman was waiting, unable to cross alone without soiling her silken robes. She stood there with arms crossed scolding her attendants whose hands…

Sermons Fr. Hovnan Demerjian St. Hagop Armenian Church

God Enters HisStory

Last week we saw that the Creed gives us only 18 words to describe God the Father last week, because though words like Father and Creator point to His nature, God is beyond all words. We have a different problem when we try to describe Jesus the Son in our Creed.  Words aren’t enough to…