Today is Holy Friday: the most solemn day of the Armenian Church calendar, recalling the suffering, execution, and death of our Lord. These events are memorialized with readings from the psalms and gospels. Here are the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ last moments on the Cross:
In his Easter message, Diocesan Primate Fr. Mesrop Parsamyan looks at a world in desperate need of restoration, and asks: “What power is great enough to make us what we were meant to be?” Read the Primate’s message here, in English and Armenian.
April 7 is the fixed date for the Armenian Church’s celebration of the “Annunciation to the Virgin Mary”
This Saturday starts the most important week in the Armenian Church liturgical calendar, a period dense with unique services and ceremonies that chronicle the final week of Jesus Christ’s ministry, and lead us to his resurrection.
A common image runs through the Gospel readings for the upcoming Sunday of Great Lent: the Sunday of the Judge. Two stories show Jesus talking about the coming of God’s kingdom, and the way to pray to our Heavenly Father.
