View videos below by various clergy and speakers from across our Diocese, exploring issues of faith and heritage.
Fr. Haroutiun’s presentation will explore the Armenian Church’s tradition of praying for those who have fallen asleep. The presentation will look at the Hokehankeesd service as one among many prayers found in our Liturgy for the departed. He will also look at the reasons why we pray for the dead and the text of the…
Among the many subjects one finds in St. Gregory of Narek’s Book of Lamentations is that of the Church. St. Gregory speaks of her as a venerable queen, an amazing sign, and an ark of purity. In this session we will get to know the Church as a Being as portrayed by St. Gregory in…
In his latest video message, Bishop Daniel (Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America) addresses the stresses we are all encountering in these times — the pandemic crisis, societal uncertainty and unrest, the war in Artsakh. He counsels us on where to find the spiritual strength to face and overcome them.
The 2019 Easter message of our Primate, Very Reverend Fr. Daniel Findikyan.
Nearly a thousand years after his death, his influence is still felt every day in the Armenian Church. The soaring hymns that praise God, the sensitive prayers that beg His forgiveness, the policies of mercy and outreach that guide the operations of the church—all bear the mark of St. Nersess Shnorhali. His title Shnorhali means “full of grace”—and the…
Begin this holy season of Great Lent with our Primate.
The Feast of the Assumption of the Holy Mother-of-God commemorates how St. Mary at her death was taken up in body and soul, or “assumed,” into heaven. This act of tenderness was performed by Christ many years after his Ascension, as a loving tribute to the mother who bore and raised him. On this feast…