In a nation of martyrs, she was the first: Santukhd, a royal princess who defied her father the king to worship Christ. Her death at a tender age set the Armenians on the path to become the world’s first Christian nation.
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Worship and Luncheon at the 115th Diocesan Assembly on Sunday May 7, 2017. Video by Ara Keshishian.
115th Diocesan Assembly Tampa/St. Petersburg 115th Diocesan Assembly Gala Banquet and Dinner-Dance on Friday May 5, 2017. Video by Ara Keshishian.
115th Diocesan Assembly Tampa/St. Petersburg Worship Service & Clergy Reception at St. Hagop on Wednesday May 3, 2017. Video by Ara Keshishian.
This episode of the “Bread & Salt” video series examines the significance of a special Holy Week service in the Armenian Church. The “Washing of Feet” service, performed in the evening on Holy Thursday, re-enacts Christ’s act of humility, service, and love, performed for his disciples at the Last Supper.
We often hear about the importance of Prayer and Fasting. But there is also a third dimension of Lent. In English this quality is known as Almsgiving; in Armenian it’s called Voghormoutiun: “mercifulness.” It’s the Lenten virtue that takes us into the world, to bring the light Christ to other people.
Every year on February 14—the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord to the Temple—Armenians in Armenia (and in parts of the diaspora) light bonfires and jump over the flames. Where does this tradition come from? And what does it mean?