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January 7, 2024/by stjohnInArmenian Christmas, Christmas, David Luhrssen, News

ARMENIAN CHRISTMAS CELEBRATED AT ST. JOHN

St. John the Baptist Armenian Church celebrated the Feast of the Nativity and Theophany of Our Lord (“Armenian Christmas”) on January 7, in keeping with the community’s longstanding custom of observing the holiday on the Sunday closest to January 6. In his Nativity homily, St. John’s parish priest, Rev. Fr. Guregh Hambardzumyan, spoke of the mystery of the Incarnation: Why did God become human? One answer is that through his birth in Bethlehem, Jesus, the Son of God, lowered Himself to …

January 5, 2024/by stjohnInArmenian Christmas, Catholicos, Christmas, News, Sermon

HOLY NATIVITY 2024 MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS KAREKIN II

Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan, Primate

December 3, 2023/by stjohnInAnniversary, News

BISHOP MESROP CELEBRATES ST. JOHN’S ANNIVERSARY

Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan

October 20, 2023/by stjohnInBishop Mesrop Parsamyan, News

A DIVINE HOMECOMING: BISHOP MESROP’S RETURN DIVINE LITURGY

Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan

October 19, 2023/by stjohnInBishop Mesrop Parsamyan, Diocesan Primate, Eastern Diocese, News

RELIGIOUS LEADERS OF THE AREA GATHER AT ST. VARTAN

Karnig KerKonian

October 16, 2023/by stjohnInArmenia, David Luhrssen, News

“APATHY KILLS”: KERKONIAN ON ARTSAKH AND THE THREAT TO ARMENIA

Armenian Fest Breaks Records

July 17, 2023/by stjohnInArmenian Fest, News

MILWAUKEE ARMENIAN FEST BREAKS RECORDS

SAINTS & FEASTS

February 17, 2025InSaints, Saints & Feasts

COMMEMORATION OF STS. VOSKIANS PRIESTS

Sts. Voskians were five ambassadors sent by the Roman Emperor to the Armenian King Sanatruk in the 1st century. During their time in Armenia, they encountered St. Bartholomew the Apostle and, inspired by his preaching, were baptized and converted to Christianity.

One of them, Khrussi (whose name in Armenian means “Voski pronounced Vosgi” or “Gold”), was ordained into the holy order of priesthood…

February 14, 2025InBishop Mesrop Parsamyan, Saints & Feasts

FEAST OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE LORD

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February 10, 2025InSaints & Feasts

PRESENTATION OF THE LORD TO THE TEMPLE

Sons and grandsons of St. Gregory the Illuminator

February 3, 2025InSaints, Saints & Feasts

SONS AND GRANDSONS OF ST. GREGORY

SAINT GREGORY THE THEOLOGIAN

January 28, 2025InChurch Fathers, Saints, Saints & Feasts

SAINT GREGORY THE THEOLOGIAN

January 24, 2025InChurch Fathers, Saints, Saints & Feasts

HOLY FATHERS ATHANASIUS THE GREAT AND CYRIL, PATRIARCHS OF ALEXANDRIA

Vahan of Goghtn

January 23, 2025InSaints, Saints & Feasts

ST. VAHAN OF GOGHTN

WRITINGS OF BISHOP MESROP PARSAMYAN

April 9, 2025InBishop Mesrop Parsamyan

ANOINTED FOR PEACE

For years, I thought that verse from the famous psalm was just beautiful poetry—David’s way of saying God was keeping him healthy, maybe keeping his mind strong. But I didn’t realize just how powerful that imagery is—until I learned what David, the shepherd boy-turned-king, was really pointing to.

In the Middle East, shepherds would take special care of their sheep. Because out in those dry fields and rocky hills, the danger wasn’t always a wolf or a lion. Sometimes, the greatest torment came from the smallest enemies—flies.

April 5, 2025InBishop Mesrop Parsamyan

SECOND WIND

Baking a loaf of bread by Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan

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OVEN OVER MICROWAVE

April 1, 2025InBishop Mesrop Parsamyan

SOUL DETOX

March 31, 2025InBishop Mesrop Parsamyan

PLAYFUL PEACE

Press Play on Today

March 27, 2025InBishop Mesrop Parsamyan

PRESS PLAY ON TODAY

March 24, 2025InBishop Mesrop Parsamyan

THE MELODY WITHIN

This Week in Armenian History

May 16, 2025InThis Week in Armenian History

BIRTH OF GARNIK KALASHIAN

Garnik Kalashian had a short, but intense life both as a poet and a public person.

He was born on May 16, 1885. He graduated from the Nersisian School of Tiflis in 1906. He participated in the activities of the local Armenian Literary of Society and the literary circle led by Hovhannes Tumanian, called “Vernatun” (Cenacle). In 1907, he became an auditor in the Commercial Institute of Moscow. He was proficient in half a dozen languages.

Kalashian established close ties with the revolutionary students at the Lazarian College of Moscow and participated in demonstrations, while he also distributed pamphlets….

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