View videos below by various clergy and speakers from across our Diocese, exploring issues of faith and heritage.
Why do we color eggs on Easter?
View videos below by various clergy and speakers from across our Diocese, exploring issues of faith and heritage.
Why do we color eggs on Easter?
In recent years, an old Armenian New Year’s custom has gained new traction in our community: the “Blessing of Pomegranates” ceremony. Aside from being a delicious, exotic fruit native to our homeland, the pomegranate is also richly symbolic in Armenian folklore. Learn about its legend and lore in the latest video of the Eastern Diocese’s…
What does water have to do with Christ’s Transfiguration? For an answer, watch the latest Bread & Salt video.
Meet the men who first conquered Ararat! Mount Ararat has held a sacred fascination since the dawn of history. But it was not until the 19th century that any human being dared to conquer Ararat’s 17,000-foot elevation, and reach the summit. The story of that daring expedition is the subject of “Scaling Ararat,” the latest…
A young woman on the run. A beastly king obsessed by her beauty. And the destiny of a kingdom hanging in the balance. Watch the story of St. Hripsime and her sisters, whose martyrdom brought a king to ruin, and brought Armenia to the brink of a revolution in faith.
In a nation of martyrs, she was the first: Santukhd, a royal princess who defied her father the king to worship Christ. Her death at a tender age set the Armenians on the path to become the world’s first Christian nation.
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.