Held up for display before the crowd of expectant onlookers was an eight-inch silver cross—one unlike any other.
Embedded within its central gemstone was a tiny sliver of wood: a holy relic of the True Cross of Jesus Christ—the cross Jesus carried to Golgotha, and on which he was crucified.
Educators representing nine Diocesan Armenian schools attended the annual “Armenian Teachers Symposium,” on Saturday, September 8, at the Diocesan Center in New York.
Worshippers visiting New York’s St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral on the evening of September 16 will have a rare opportunity to glimpse an actual relic of the True Cross of Jesus Christ.
The August 17 visit to the Eastern Diocese of Archbishop Avak Assadourian, Primate of Iraq, was an occasion of joyful reunion for senior alumni of St. Nersess Seminary.
New York’s St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral will hold a special service on the evening of Sunday, September 16, to honor the major feast day known as Khatchveratz, or the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.
