If a people progresses, it takes its first step from the family home;
If illuminated, its light derives from the family lamp;
If united, its spirit and bond is the family;
If empowered, its strength and arm is the family;
If it prospers, its treasury and treasurer is the family;
If a people wants to inherit heaven after earth by keeping its religion, faith and church,
Then, yes, the altar that maintains these holy Traditions incorruptible is the family.

—Khrimian Hayrig (1820-1907)