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Over the past months, working with members of the Diocesan Council, staff, and clergy, Diocesan Primate Fr. Mesrop Parsamyan has developed a “roadmap” for the Eastern Diocese, its parishes, and faithful, to help us live out God’s call over the coming years.
The Diocesan plan is titled “Growing In Faith Together”—and you can download a PDF file to read on your own, by …
Emperor Theodosius II, who started his rule over the Roman Empire in 408 at the tender age of seven, succeeded his father, Arcadius. Known as “the Younger” to differentiate him from his grandfather, Emperor Theodosius I the Great, his reign is notable for two major accomplishments: the promulgation of the Theodosian law code and the construction of the Theodosian Walls in Constantinople. His sister, Pulcheria, played a crucial role in his life, instilling in him a deep Christian piety and a strong devotion to the Orthodox Faith.
Our Lord Jesus Christ, like all believers of his time, went to Jerusalem as a pilgrim to participate in the Easter celebration. However, the difference was that he went as a “New Passover Lamb” to sacrifice his life on the Cross and free humanity from the captivity of sin through the shedding of his life-giving blood. He entered Jerusalem as the “Lamb of God,” who, through the sacrifice of his person, would tear the veil of sin between man and God and open the doors of the kingdom leading to God.
Seiran Khatlamajian is considered one of the founding fathers of the abstract art movement in Armenia.
He was born on April 20, 1937, in the village of Chaltyr near Rostov-on-Don. His parents were dispossessed landowners. Since childhood, Seiran was fascinated by drawing and at the age of 14 started his studies at the children’s art school in Rostov-on-Don. He entered the Mitrofan Grekov School of Art in 1953 and graduated in 1959 with honors.