The Armenian Church’s Supreme Spiritual Council issued a statement this week expressing concerns over the future status of Artsakh. Diocesan Primate Fr. Mesrop Parsamyan brought the statement to the attention of the Eastern Diocese in a directive dated May 24.
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.
His Holiness Karekin II marked Armenia’s annual “Victory Day” on May 9, 2023, with a message reflecting on the painful realities of war and loss experienced by Armenians in the past three years.
With Great Lent beginning on Monday, February 20, Diocesan Primate Fr. Mesrop Parsamyan offers his insights to help us experience this holy season to its fullest.
He would become a figure of enduring spiritual stature in the Armenian Church. But he began his sojourn among our people as a stranger. On Saturday, February 4, we will honor his memory once more—some 17 centuries after his death
