The Easter Sunday Divine Liturgy on April 20, 2025, at New York’s St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral rejoiced in the glorious resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ and His victory over sin and death.
Ordinary Saints: Holy Apostles and Holy Martyrs
Saints and martyrs loom large in Armenian Christian spirituality. We look up to them; but could we ever be like them? Is saintliness an unattainable ideal? Or something more ordinary?
Holy Saturday: Conquering Death With Death
Today is Holy Saturday. Jesus was crucified yesterday. He will rise tomorrow. But what is happening today?
Holy Friday: The Last Words of Jesus
Today is Holy Friday: the most solemn day of the Armenian Church calendar, recalling the suffering, execution, and death of our Lord. These events are memorialized with readings from the psalms and gospels. Here are the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ last moments on the Cross:
St. Thomas Church Welcomes Primate on Palm Sunday for 60th Anniversary
Palm Sunday, April 13, was a special day at St. Thomas Church of Tenafly, NJ, as the parish welcomed Diocesan Primate Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan, who celebrated the Divine Liturgy, delivered the homily, and presided over a banquet marking the 60th anniversary of the church’s consecration.