Church Calendar

  • Feast of the Discovery of the Holy Cross

    This is the crowning of the celebrations of the Holy Cross, within the cycle of an entire calendar year. The Apostolic Churches owe this important feast, upon which the other celebrations of the Cross throughout the year are established, to Queen Helena (Heghineh), the mother of Byzantine Emperor Constantine. In 327, the Queen, who was in... Read More »

  • Commemoration of the Pontiff St. John the Chrysostom

      The Pontiff St. John the Chrysostom, is one of the most prominent and gracious Fathers of the Universal Church. He was born in Antioch, in 347 AD. He studied in the Theological School of Antioch and advanced his skills in rhetoric art in the School of Libanios. Since a young age, he led an... Read More »

  • Commemoration of Archangels Gabriel and Michael and the Entire Heavenly Class

      According to the Angelology of the Armenian Church the angels are unfleshly, spiritual, independent, always moving, asexual, immortal creatures and God’s servants. According to the Church Fathers, the angels, as luminous creatures, have been created on the first day of Creation, together with the light. By God’s order they are servants, they have been... Read More »