With the Feast of St. Vartan being celebrated this week (on February 24), the Eastern Diocese has dusted off a video treasure from its archives: a vintage TV retelling of the dramatic story of Vartan and the Battle of Avarayr.
The First Christian Miracle in Armenia
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.
Through Winter’s Darkness, the Light of Christ
St. Vartan Cathedral marks the Eve of the Feast of Christ’s Presentation to the Temple.
Celebrate Vartanantz at St. Vartan Cathedral
Diocesan Primate Bishop Daniel will preside over the Feast of Sts. Vartanantz at New York’s St. Vartan Cathedral on Thursday, February 24, 2022.
Way of a Warrior: St. Sarkis
He would become a figure of enduring spiritual stature in the Armenian Church. But he began his sojourn among our people as a stranger. This Saturday we will honor his memory once more—some 17 centuries after his death—during the Feast of St. Sarkis the Warrior.