In honor of the Armenian Church’s “Feast of St. Ghevont and His Companions” (Feb. 25, 2024), read the oration Ghevont delivered before Vartan and his 66,000-man army, on the eve of the Battle of Avarayr in A.D 451—retold in English for a modern readership.
Yesterday, the St Garabed Armenian Church was privileged to have Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan visit the Kansas City mission parish, and celebrate the Divine Liturgy with the faithful community. Though small in number, the St Garabed parish is mighty in faith, embodying the resilience, heritage, and unwavering spirit of the Armenian Christian identity.
The story of a resurrected deer may be our earliest account of the evangelization of the Armenians. The Armenian Church remembers that story with an annual feast day.
The spirit of love was in the air on the evening of Thursday, February 13, as St. Vartan Cathedral held a “Blessing of Newlyweds” ceremony as part of its observance of the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord to the Temple, or Dyarnuntarach.
Every year on February 14, Armenian Christians observe a very meaningful day on our church calendar: the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord to the Temple.
