New York’s St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral reached an exciting milestone on Sunday, June 30, 2024, when a magnificent new cross was blessed and raised to the summit of the cathedral dome.
Blessings on Independence Day
On behalf of our Primate Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan and the entire Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America, we extend to you our warm good wishes on Independence Day.
“Let Us Raise the Cross in Our Hearts”: Bishop Mesrop’s Sermon
Read Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan’s sermon at the cross-raising ceremony.
In the Dark About the Transfiguration
Three disciples come face-to-face with the mind-boggling nature of God. How do they react? And is there a lesson for us in their experience? That’s the question the church poses in the Feast of the Transfiguration—which the Armenian Church will observe on Sunday, July 7.
Servant of a Personal God
Elisha the Prophet (the saint remembered by the Armenian Church this year on June 27) was a wonderworker whose miracles—healing the diseased, the multiplication of loaves, raising a child from death—anticipated those of Christ.