He was a man of holiness and generosity; but also a man who could countenance the cruelest violence. His very name confessed his loyalty to God—but also prefigured the loneliness that can follow any man with such loyalties. He was Elijah the Tishbite, Elijah “the Stranger”:
A message from the Primate on the tragedies of violence in Minneapolis.
On the Feast of Pentecost the Eastern Diocese observes “Vocations Day”: a day to reflect on how God might be calling us along a certain road in life. The Gospel of John devotes special attention to the idea of the Christian “calling”
This past weekend gave us the seventh and last Sunday of the season known as Eastertide—called Hisnag in Armenian to designate the period of 50 days between Easter and Pentecost.
The Eastern Diocese’s Facebook page is sharing live and recorded broadcasts of church services this Sunday, May 24.
