In the shadow of that infamous date, September 11, we offer a meditation on the reality of suffering, and the power of the Cross in Armenian Christian spirituality.
Celebrate “Khatchveratz” on Sunday, Sep. 14
New York’s St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral will hold a special service on Sunday, September 14, to honor the major feast day known as Khatchveratz, or the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.
Seventeen Centuries of “We Believe”
It was the great religious convention of the 4th century: a gathering of Christian bishops from throughout the world, convened by no less an authority than the Roman Emperor Constantine I. This year marks its 1700th anniversary.
A Miracle Named Mary
On September 8, the worldwide Armenian Church celebrates the Feast of the Nativity of the Holy Mother-of-God.
Accuser and Accused
The Armenian Church calendar occasionally gives us an unlikely pairing of saints on a single feast day: an “odd couple” who don’t quite fit together. That’s the case with the day dedicated to St. John the Forerunner and Job the Righteous—observed this year on September 4.