On Saturday, the Armenian Church will remember one of its most remarkable historical figures, during the Feast of St. Nersess the Great.
Prayers for Peace & Unity
In a message to clergy and lay leaders of the Eastern Diocese, Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan calls on the faithful to unite in prayer on Sunday’s Feast of Holy Etchmiadzin.
Fatherhood: Privilege, Duty, Blessing
This Sunday will be observed as Father’s Day across the United States: a chance to reflect, with gratitude, on the deeper meaning of fatherhood. While the surrounding popular culture may sometimes fail to treat fatherhood with due seriousness, the Armenian Church accords great reverence and respect to fathers.
Remembering the Martyrs of the Sayfo Genocide
On Friday, June 6, Diocesan Primate Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan joined clergy and faithful of the Syriac Orthodox Church for a solemn evening of remembrance and prayer.
Who Was the Prophet Elijah?
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”: