A man is incomplete until he is married, and then he is finished. A woman is incomplete until she is married, and then she is finished. I sometimes begin marriage homilies like this to open hearts with humor and open up the profound sacrament of marriage. The humor is in the double meaning of ‘finished.’ …
I would like to start today’s Easter sermon with a few questions. ‘How many of you sent out hundreds of Easter Cards this year?” “Has anyone attended a work or family Easter party?” “Is anyone sick of hearing endless Easter carols on the radio and endless Easter-themed television specials?” That’s what I thought, almost nobody.Thank…
As you may know, I like to have a joke in my sermons from time to time. I recently found out that today on Easter Sunday, it is even more appropriate. It is actually a long standing tradition in some Eastern Orthodox churches for the priests to come prepared with a joke on Easter Sunday.…
Krisdos Hareav ee Merelots! Christ is Risen from the Dead! Not only am I warming up the crowd with that greeting, I also intend to make this our simple and profound Easter greeting the topic of today’s sermon. Like any greeting, like ‘how are you,’ it is used so formally that it can lose its…
The 2019 Easter message of our Primate, Very Reverend Fr. Daniel Findikyan.
Why do we color eggs on Easter?
THE EASTER MESSAGE OF ARCHBISHOP KHAJAG BARSAMIAN -Primate of the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America Peter was sitting in the outdoor courtyard when a maid came up to him and said, “You too were with Jesus the Galilean.” But he denied it before everyone, saying, “I don’t know what you mean.” ……