On the 107th anniversary of the establishment of the First Republic of Armenia (1918-1920), a prayer of gratitude and hope, in English and Armenian.
Ecumenical Prayer for Peace Honors 1700th Anniversary of Council of Nicaea
On Tuesday, May 20, Diocesan Primate Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan was part of a solemn Ecumenical Prayer Service for Peace, hosted by Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Cathedral, in Brooklyn, NY.
Memorials and Memory
In the Armenian Church, memorial days of one kind or another are quite common: we observe merelots after the major feast days; we remember our departed loved ones on the karasoonk of their passing, and thereafter through annual hokehankisd services.
A Cross Appears in Eastertide
For the Feast of the Apparition of the Holy Cross (May 18), a lost sermon by the late Archbishop Tiran Nersoyan.
In Praise of Mothers
“Mothers are the ambassadors of God’s love and providence on earth,” wrote the saintly Patriarch Shnork Kaloustian in this classic Mother’s Day homily.