The calendar of the Armenian Church singles out four members of St. Gregory’s family—two sons and two grandsons—and assigns them a special day of commemoration. This year it falls on July 20.
Dawn of the Christian Faith in Armenia
On Saturday, July 13, the Armenian Church will observe the Feast of St. Thaddeus the Apostle and St. Sandukht the Virgin. The story of these two saints sheds light on the early days of Christianity in Armenia.
Raising a New Cross Over St. Vartan Cathedral
New York’s St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral reached an exciting milestone on Sunday, June 30, 2024, when a magnificent new cross was blessed and raised to the summit of the cathedral dome.
In the Dark About the Transfiguration
Three disciples come face-to-face with the mind-boggling nature of God. How do they react? And is there a lesson for us in their experience? That’s the question the church poses in the Feast of the Transfiguration—which the Armenian Church will observe on Sunday, July 7.
Servant of a Personal God
Elisha the Prophet (the saint remembered by the Armenian Church this year on June 27) was a wonderworker whose miracles—healing the diseased, the multiplication of loaves, raising a child from death—anticipated those of Christ.