The Eastern Diocese has announced that the 118th Diocesan Assembly will not go forward as scheduled, in consideration of concerns over travel and large gatherings in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic.
2020 Diocesan Assembly Has Been Cancelled
Steward or Swindler?
The steward is a figure who comes up in many of Jesus’ parables—a “stock character,” we might say, who would have been very recognizable to Christ’s listeners.
What did stewards do, in the time of Jesus? What made them so interesting to our Lord?
A Pastoral Message to the Faithful
Diocesan Primate Bishop Daniel has issued a pastoral message to the public, on the Eastern Diocese’s response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19).
In Memory of the Victims of Sumgait
His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, marked the 32nd year since the anti-Armenian pogroms in Sumgait on February 28.
A Father’s Love
Perhaps the holiest moment in the Armenian Divine Liturgy is when the congregation fills the church with the singing of the Lord’s Prayer. We begin with the words Hayr Mer—“Our Father”; but what really do we mean by referring to God as a “father”?