In honor of the Armenian Church’s “Feast of St. Ghevont and His Companions” (Feb. 25, 2024), 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.
Yesterday, the St Garabed Armenian Church was privileged to have Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan visit the Kansas City mission parish, and celebrate the Divine Liturgy with the faithful community. Though small in number, the St Garabed parish is mighty in faith, embodying the resilience, heritage, and unwavering spirit of the Armenian Christian identity.
Diocesan Primate Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan visited St. Sarkis Church in Charlotte, NC, over the weekend of February 15-16, to mark the parish’s Name Day and its 20th anniversary.
On the weekend of February 21 and 22, Diocesan Primate Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan will visit St. Sahag Church of Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN, where he will ordain Deacon Serop Krajekian into the Holy Priesthood of the Armenian Church.
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.
