the Primate of the Eastern Diocese, Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, conducted Divine Liturgy at St. John the Baptist Armenian Church. His visit marked the 77th anniversary of the parish’s founding. Very Rev. Mamigon Kilidjian, Dean of St. Vartan Cathedral, also took part in the celebration by conducting the church’s choir.
On Friday, September 8, the Armenian Church commemorates the Feast of the Nativity of the Holy Mother of God. The birth of the Holy Mother is not recorded in the Bible; the account of this event comes to us from …
When Jesus told the story of the Prodigal Son, He was painting a picture of God’s limitless, extravagant love! But imagine if the story had gone differently if the father had been like so many in the world today:
The son, broken, worn out, and desperate, finally makes his way home. He’s standing at the door, knocking, waiting, hoping for mercy. But instead of running to embrace him, his father cracks open a window and looks down with suspicion.
“Oh, it’s you,” he says. “Spent everything, I suppose? Look at you! What a mess. What do you want now? A handout? You had your share. And now, when you’re in need, suddenly you remember where home is.”
Musicologist Angelo Ephrikian was one of the rediscoverers of the work of Antonio Vivaldi in Italy.
He was born on October 20, 1913, in Treviso, Italy. His father, Sukias-Hagop Ephrikian (1873-1952), was a former member of the Mekhitarist Congregation of Venice and author of a valuable Illustrated Dictionary of the Homeland in two volumes (1902-1903), who worked at a local printing shop. Angelo Ephrikian received training in violin and composition but attended law school and started working as a lawyer, until he gave up his legal carer during World War II to join the partisan forces in the resistance to the fascist regime.
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