On occasion in my sermons, I have alluded to medieval Armenian Churchman Mkhitar Gosh’s Fables, his collection of morality tales using animals and plants as his characters. In the manner of Gosh, I have a humorous fable for you today to lead us into the spirit of stewardship Sunday: A pig and a chicken were…
In the past month, the leadership team of St. Hagop has spent significant time writing personal letters. At our young professional’s gathering our outreach ministry chair Grace Austin passed thanksgiving cards around the table to sign and send to our homebound parishioners. In my office that week I was doing the same, writing personal notes…
Our Lord Jesus Christ’s final commandment was that His Apostles go into the world to “make disciples” of all nations. We will explore Christian discipleship in the context of the Armenian Church. Looking to our own Holy Translators who made disciples of the Armenian Nation, we will look for answers on what is needed to…
Enjoy Tanya Sarafyan’s story of service over a lifetime at St. Hagop Armenian Church!
Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord. -Ep 5:19-20 In today’s reading, St. Paul reminds the church of the great power of music; a gift of God to the earth, which lifts us toward the heavens. St. Augustine even went so far…
Pianist Haig Yaghoobian and young talent Leo Chen perform at St. Hagop for Beethoven’s 250th Birthday Benefit Concert on October 17, 2021. Find other musical performances, sermons and information about St. Hagop Church at www.sthagopfl.org.
For God had something better in mind for us, so that (the saints) would not reach perfection without us. (Heb 11:40) Tomorrow is All Saints Day in the Western Church, and in the coming weeks the Armenian Church will celebrate All Saints in our own way. Of course, in our church the name for all Saints…