Jesus gives his life away through the bread and the wine but this is an applied religion Christianity first and foremost. Even the greatest ritual ever of the eucharist isn’t enough in itself. We have to do what it signifies. We have to act it out in our everyday lives. Love is the way that…
A Sermon for the Service of Washing of Feet 2021 The closest thing we have to a sacramental renewal of our baptisms is tonight’s service of the washing of feet, Votnlva. Votnlva is of course similar to baptism in its use of water and oil and its imagery of repentance and cleansing. But it also…
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.