Recently, I came across old videos of Bob Ross on YouTube, the painter known for The Joy of Painting. From time to time, I watch his videos. There is something peaceful about them. The quiet way he creates mountains, trees, clouds, and rivers brings a sense of rest to the heart. Bob Ross was known for his “wet-on-wet” technique. Sometimes he painted on a dark canvas. He would explain that dark colors help reveal the light, and light colors help reveal the dark. In one episode

At the Diocese, we have the first printed Armenian Bible. In 1666, in Amsterdam, Bishop Voskan Yerevantsi printed the first complete Armenian Bible. Many people know about the Gutenberg Bible. For us, Armenian Christians, the Voskan Bible has that special place. For centuries before that, the Word of God was copied by hand, slowly and prayerfully. Because of this, complete Bibles were very rare. Many churches and families had only portions of Scripture: a Gospel book, a Psalt

On Sunday, May 17, I was at St. Mary Armenian Church in Livingston, NJ, for their 100th anniversary banquet. As I sat at the table, I noticed that the tablecloth looked old and a little unusual. When I looked more closely, I saw names sewn into the cloth. At first, I began reading them out of simple curiosity. But soon I realized that these were the names of Armenian Church Youth Organization of America (ACYOA) members from St. Mary, from the years 1961 to 1964. Each name rep