Before becoming Christ’s disciple, Apostle Andrew had been the disciple of St. John the Baptist. He was the brother of the Apostle Peter and was a fisherman. After the Ascension of the Lord and the Descent of the Holy Spirit, Apostle Andrew preached in Northern Greece and in Scythe. The Gospel of John recounts... Read More »
The Eve of the Fast of Advent marks the day before the start of the period of “Fifty Days” (Hisnag or Yisnak) that concludes with the Feast of Holy Nativity and Theophany of Our Lord Jesus Christ. In the Armenian Church, the season is introduced by a week of fasting, called “the Fast of... Read More »
One of the feasts dedicated to the Holy Virgin is the presentation of three year old Mary (Holy Mother of God) to the temple. All Christian Churches celebrate this feast on November 21. According to the Holy Tradition of the Church, when Mary turns three the parents of the Holy Virgin, Joachim and Anna,... Read More »
Gregory Thaumaturgus (Miracle Worker) or Gregory of Neocaesarea was a Christian bishop of the 3rd century. Gregory was born around AD 213 to a wealthy pagan family in Neocaesarea. Originally he was known as Theodore ("gift of God"). He was introduced to the Christian religion at the age of fourteen, after the death of his father. He... Read More »
The first preachers of Christianity in Armenia Saints Thaddeus and Bartholomew were two of the original disciples of Jesus Christ. When they came to the land of our ancestors to spread the Good News of Christ’s Resurrection, they were not just offering an abstract philosophy. They told about their own first hand experience of... Read More »
