The Canadian Armenian National Representatives Assembly is scheduled to convene May 24 through 25, 2013, in Toronto, Ontario. The city’s St. Mary Armenian Church will host the Meeting, which will bring together Armenian Church leaders from throughout Canada. Archbishop Khajag Hagopian, Prelate, will preside over...
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On May 9th, the Armenian Church celebrated the Feast of the Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ (“Hampartsoum” in Armenian). The day marks the ascent of our Lord into heaven, on the 40th day after his resurrection. According to Biblical scripture the Ascension took place in...
On Sunday, April 7, the Armenian Church will celebrate the Annunciation to the Virgin Mary. This feast day is one of five devoted to the blessed mother of Jesus Christ, and the first such feast to arise in a given year. It concerns the defining...
This Sunday, March 24, is Palm Sunday commemorating Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem and the beginning of Holy Week. The Church is joyful after forty days of repentance. Christ is coming into Jerusalem. He is coming in the name of the Lord in fulfillment of the...
Lent concludes with the Sunday of the Advent (March 17, the sixth and last Sunday of Lent): that is, the coming of Jesus Christ, through whom God entered human history and restored what had been lost in the exile from Eden. The Advent calls to mind...
We are now more than half-way through Great Lent (Wednesday was Michink, the median day of Lent). This Sunday, March 10, is the Sunday of the Judge (Tadavori Giragi). The Gospel reading for this day is the parable told by Jesus about a widow and...
The principles and practices of Lent in the Armenian Church are deeply rooted in the Bible, the ancient Christian traditions, the life-example of Christ and His disciples, and the lives of the great church fathers, all of whom contributed to the establishment of the canons...
Today, Thursday, February 7, the Armenian Church celebrates the Feast of Vartanantz, commemorating the war between pagan Persia and Christian Armenia in 451. The king of Persia ordered all Christians under his rule to abandon Christianity and embrace Zoroastrianism. The Armenian clergy and ruling princes refused...