On September 8, 2022, at the conclusion of the World Council of Church’s 11th Assembly, the WCC’s Public Issues Committee released an official statement on the 2020 Nagorno-Karabagh war.
Today, September 8, the worldwide Armenian Church celebrates the Feast of the Nativity of the Holy Mother-of-God.
In stirring words delivered before the 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC), Archbishop Vicken Aykazian, the Eastern Diocese’s Legate and Ecumenical Director, spoke out passionately about the ongoing aggressions committed against Artsakh and the Armenian people.
Hard though it is to believe, an entire generation has elapsed since that infamous day of 21 years ago: September 11, 2001. We offer prayers to God for His mercy, protection, and remembrance, as across our nation, people solemnly commemorate the anniversary.
In the shadow of that infamous date, September 11, we offer a meditation on the reality of suffering, and the power of the Cross in Armenian Christian spirituality.
