His Holiness Karekin II, the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral in Yerevan, on Easter Sunday: the Feast of the Glorious Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
April 7 is the fixed date for the Armenian Church’s celebration of the “Annunciation to the Virgin Mary”
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 Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan considers Christ’s Resurrection, and sees in it a Living Hope that that gives meaning to history—and to our own lives. Read the Primate’s message here, in English and Armenian.
Parishioners of St. Thomas Church of Tenafly, NJ, welcomed Diocesan Primate Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan on Palm Sunday, March 24. It was the continuation of a longstanding tradition, whereby the arajnort shares that feast day—which is also the parish’s consecration anniversary—with the Tenafly faithful.
