With the Feast of St. Vartan being celebrated this week (on February 20), the Eastern Diocese has dusted off a video treasure from its archives: a vintage episode of the “Lamp Unto My Feet” television series, retelling the dramatic story of Vartan and the Battle of Avarayr.
Participants in the Feat of Sts. Vartanantz at New York’s St. Vartan Cathedral will experience inspiring words and music during the commemoration on Thursday, February 20, 2020.
He would become a figure of enduring spiritual stature in the Armenian Church. But he began his sojourn among our people as a stranger. This Saturday we will honor his memory once more—some 17 centuries after his death—during the Feast of St. Sarkis the Warrior.
New York’s St. Vartan Cathedral will celebrate Dyarnuntarach—the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord to the Temple—with special services on February 13 and 14, 2020.
The 2020 Oratsouyts (Liturgical Calendar) issued by the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin is now available as a PDF document.
