The Armenian Church calendar lists the following saints under the title “Holy Translators”: Sahag the Parthian, Mesrob Mashdots, Yeghishé, Movses the Grammarian, David the Invincible, Gregory of Nareg, and Nersess of Hromgla.
A New Chapter: A Message from Bishop Mesrop
Following his episcopal ordination by the hand of His Holiness Karekin II, the Catholicos of All Armenians, at Holy Etchmiadzin on October 8, our Primate Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan sends this special message to the faithful of our Diocese.
Seventy-Two Disciples?
You might think it’s a misprint. Everyone knows that Jesus had exactly twelve disciples—so why does the Armenian Church calendar reserve a feast day for the Seventy-two Disciples of Christ? (We’ll observe it this Saturday, October 7.)
Leaders of U.S. Armenian Churches Appeal Again to President
Leaders of Armenian churches in the United States have sent a letter to U.S. President Biden, expressing alarm “with urgency regarding Azerbaijan’s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh.”
Catholicos Karekin II’s “Prayer for Artsakh”
His Holiness Karekin II, the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, offered a special message to Armenian faithful throughout the world on Sunday, October 1, 2023: a day declared as a pan-national “Prayer for Artsakh.”