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... Read More »
St Severianos (St Severian) was a senator from Sebastia, who was both an illustrious man of wealth and a fearless Christian. During the 4th century, the Forty Holy Martyrs (Karasoun Mangounk) were imprisoned by the pagan emperor Licinius, because of their steadfast refusal to renounce their faith. St Severian showed sincere compassion for the... Read More »
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 public speaking in the School of Libanios. From a young age, he led an... Read More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Pope Clement I (called Clemens Romanus to distinguish him from the Alexandrian), is the first of the successors of St Peter of whom anything definite is known, and he is the first of the "Apostolic Fathers". The Apostolic Fathers were a group of early Christian leaders who were believed to know the Apostles personally.... 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 »