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Sermons by Fr. Hovnan Demerjian (Page 4)

Sermons Fr. Hovnan Demerjian St. Hagop Armenian Church

Jet Lagged

The disciples missed out on a lot with their eyes half closed to their master, on this day and so many other times, and of course so do we. As all stories of Christ, this one does not happen only once, but once and forever, repeating permanent truths about who God is and who we…

Sermons Fr. Hovnan Demerjian St. Hagop Armenian Church

Sacred Place, Storied Place

When we say Holy Etchmiadzin we reaffirm Orthodox and Catholics belief in sacred spaces. This includes the bricks and stones, architecture and icons of a place, as these can point to the story of God and man just as the words of the Bible do. And it is the story that is sacred. One Christian…

Sermons Fr. Hovnan Demerjian St. Hagop Armenian Church

What’s Now & What’s Next

Today we celebrate the feast day of Elijah, renowned prophet of the Old Testament. One of our assigned readings describes Elijah’s great prophetic demonstration of the power of God-picture Billy Graham preaching to 100k in Yankee Stadium-Elijah was that impressive!  The second reading, though, is much less dynamic.  It portrays Elijah at the end of…

Sermons Fr. Hovnan Demerjian St. Hagop Armenian Church

Not for Sale

According to today’s scripture, and just about everything we read in the Bible, increase in numbers is never directly achieved by human effort, it always seems to be the result of something else that God has initiated.  That’s what we see in today’s passage.  The Apostles says that the new church was built up by…

Sermons Fr. Hovnan Demerjian St. Hagop Armenian Church

Pain Killers

So what is lament?  The shortest definition of lament is a prayer in pain that leads to trust.  The Psalms are full of Laments. Our Ter Voghormea is a lament. Beating our breast and saying Vay Indz, Vay Indz during Confession is a Lament.  Gregory of Narek wrote an entire famous Book of Lamentations.  Lament…