With the Feast of St. Vartan being celebrated this week (on February 12), 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.
A Voice from the 5th Century: St. Ghevont’s Address to Armenia’s Christian Soldiers
In honor of the Armenian Church’s “Feast of St. Ghevont and His Companions” (Feb. 10, 2026), read the oration Ghevont delivered before Vartan and his 66,000-man army, on the eve of the Battle of Avarayr in A.D 451—retold in English for a modern readership.
The Miraculous Story of St. Voski
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.
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. On Saturday, January 31, we will honor his memory once more—some 17 centuries after his death
Holiness in Exile: St. Vahan of Goghtn
Today, the Armenian Church calendar remembers St. Vahan of Goghtn: an 8th-century saint whose life of exile, wandering, and faithful defiance of persecution, speak to the larger story of the Armenian people.