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In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. –Jn 1:1-3 God speaks and we get it, no other creature is like this. So when we…
A Sermon for the Burial Service of Our Lord 04/02/21 Jesus’ funeral is hardly like the funeral of a king. Heads of state and religious leaders and crowds of people would honor any real king at his passing. Important people would eulogize him. Yet at the funeral of the most influential human who ever lived,…
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…
Behold, your King is coming to you, lowly, and sitting on a donkey. -Mt 21:5 ‘What if the donkey on which Jesus was riding had thought all the cheering was for him? What if that small animal had believed that the hosannas and the branches were in his honor?’ Behind the humor, this is a…
Introduction to Healthy Church Culture & Why It is Important Prayer that God bless this Lent and this study….Իմաստութիուն Հոր Հիսսւս 1 Why Lenten Study? Thank you for joining us in church and via livestream for our sermon series 5 Signs of Healthy Church Culture. I love Lent and I love our Lenten Sermon Series.…
Like Abraham with Isaac, we Christians have benefited from receiving the gift of the Son of God twice, the first his marvelous life on earth and the second his life eternal—by which he guides—protects and counsels those who follow him. We Armenian Christians, whose weekly service is called “the sacrifice,” must always remember the essence…
O Lord, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand. -Is 64:8 As our annual Parish Assembly is before us, we will be looking at ourselves a lot in the mirror as a church community. Our wonderful treasurer, David Kazarian, will have…