On the Feast of Pentecost the Eastern Diocese observes “Vocations Day”: a day to reflect on how God might be calling us along a certain road in life. The Gospel of John devotes special attention to the idea of the Christian “calling”
A Season of Beginnings
The yearly transition to summer is a special time in the Armenian Church calendar. In quick succession, we observe our Lord’s Ascension, Pentecost, St. Gregory’s release from the pit, and the birth of Holy Etchmiadzin.
Feast of the Lord’s Ascension
On May 29 this year, the Armenian Church will celebrate the Feast of the Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ. The day marks the ascent of our Lord into heaven, on the 40th day after his resurrection.
A Cross Appears in Eastertide
For the Feast of the Apparition of the Holy Cross (May 18), a lost sermon by the late Archbishop Tiran Nersoyan.
Catholicos Honors the Memory of the Genocide Saints
On April 24, His Holiness Karekin II led members of the Brotherhood of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin to the solemn Genocide Memorial at Dzidzernagpert, to honor the memory of the Holy Martyrs of the Armenian Genocide.