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FROM PALM SUNDAY THROUGH EASTER, ST. JOHN KEPT A FULL SCHEDULE

Palm Sunday is the celebratory bridge between two periods of profound reflection on the Armenian Church calendar, Lent and Holy Week. On Palm Sunday, the sanctuary curtain was opened, the gospel reading commemorated Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem, Holy Communion was offered for the first time in 40 days and the Opening of the Doors ceremony was performed.

April 4, 2025/by stjohnInHoly Week, News

HOLY WEEK 2025 SERVICES AT ST JOHN’S IN MILWAUKEE

March 30, 2025/by stjohnInDavid Luhrssen, News

ST. JOHN MARKS MID-LENT WITH A POTLUCK AND A SPEAKER

March 15, 2025/by stjohnInNews

MANTI AN ARMENIAN DELICACY

January 5, 2025/by stjohnInNews

ST. JOHN CELEBRATES CHRISTMAS TWICE

December 16, 2024/by stjohnInNews

DECEMBER IS STEWARDSHIP MONTH AT ST. JOHN

November 12, 2024/by stjohnInDavid Luhrssen, News

ST. JOHN CELEBRATES 82 YEARS OF SERVING FAITH AND HERITAGE

SAINTS & FEASTS

GREEN SUNDAY, SUNDAY OF THE WORLD CHURCH

From Armenian Diocese of America

April 28, 2025InAfter Easter, Saints & Feasts

GREEN SUNDAY, SUNDAY OF THE WORLD CHURCH

Easter Sunday is followed by a period of fifty days (Hinoonk). This period from the Resurrection to Pentecost (Hokekaloost) is dedicated to the glorification of the Resurrection. Each of the seven Sundays of Hinoonk has a special name. This Sunday, May 5th, is Green Sunday (Ganach Giragi), also called Sunday of the World Church (Ashkharhamadoor), that commemorates the establishment in Jerusalem of the first Christian church where Christ had the Last Supper and met with the Apostles in the upper room after the Resurrection.

Green Sunday most probably originates from an ancient holiday celebrating spring. Our forefathers, seeing mother earth bloom after long winter months, glorified the Creator with an act of thanksgiving and celebrated by decorating the church …

April 26, 2025InAfter Easter, Saints, Saints & Feasts

ST. CYRIL OF JERUSALEM

WRITINGS OF BISHOP MESROP PARSAMYAN

April 28, 2025InBishop Mesrop Parsamyan

BEAUTY BEYOND THE BREAK

Growing up, many of us have those sweet memories of Easter Sunday, lining up with our red eggs, tapping them against each other’s, seeing whose would stay strong the longest. Back then, I didn’t know that the eggs were dyed red to remind us of the blood of Christ, poured out in love for the world. And the cracking of the egg symbolized the breaking open of the tomb, the moment when death gave way to life.

Last Friday, I had the great joy of spending time with my good friend, Archbishop Elpidophoros of America. We met at the St. Nicholas National Shrine, with other Orthodox hierarchs right there at Ground Zero, a place that once stood for sorrow but now stands tall as a witness to hope.

April 24, 2025InBishop Mesrop Parsamyan

HONORING THE LEGACY OF THE HOLY MARTYRS

April 22, 2025InBishop Mesrop Parsamyan, Diocesan Primate, Diocesan Primate's Message

NO STONE TOO HEAVY FOR THE RISEN LORD

April 16, 2025InBishop Mesrop Parsamyan

WORSHIP THAT HEAVEN REMEMBERS

April 13, 2025InBishop Mesrop Parsamyan

OPEN THE DOOR

April 12, 2025InBishop Mesrop Parsamyan

DO YOU BELIEVE THIS?

April 9, 2025InBishop Mesrop Parsamyan

ANOINTED FOR PEACE

This Week in Armenian History

April 24, 2025InThis Week in Armenian History

DEATH OF KONSTANTIN ORBELIAN

Konstantin Orbelian, a music prodigy, became one of the mainstays of Armenian jazz in the twentieth century.

He was born on July 29, 1928, in the town of Armavir (North Caucasus). His musical talents became clear at an early age. He was sent to a school for gifted children at the Baku Conservatory, but he studied there for a short time. His father was arrested and shot during the Stalin purges in 1936. Two years later, his mother was arrested and sentenced to five years of exile. Their children Haroutioun and Konstantin became “children of people’s enemies” overnight.

Eleven-year-old Konstantin Orbelian was immediately expelled from the musical school and had to earn some living as a musical accompanist to gymnasts.

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