Today, the Armenian Church celebrates the Feast of the Ark of the Old Covenant and the New Ark—the Holy Church. In the Book of Exodus, God commanded Moses to build the Ark of the Covenant (Exodus 25:10–22). It was a wooden chest covered with gold inside and out. Above it stood two golden cherubim, and within it were placed the tablets of the Ten Commandments, a vessel containing manna, and Aaron’s staff that had miraculously blossomed. The Ark was called the “Ark of the Testi

Yesterday, there was a major emergency in Midtown Manhattan. Along East 42nd Street, police officers, firefighters, and emergency vehicles surrounded a high-rise building under construction. Two structural columns had buckled, several floors were sagging, nearby buildings were evacuated, and streets were closed. Thankfully, no injuries were reported. The building, once part of Pfizer’s headquarters, is undergoing a major transformation from offices into apartments. The exact

The first chapter of Genesis repeats a beautiful sentence: “God saw that it was good.” God created the light, the oceans, the land, the trees, and every living creature. After each act of creation, He looked upon His work and declared it good. When He created humanity in His own image, Scripture says: “God saw everything that He had made, and indeed, it was very good” (Genesis 1:31). Yet when we look at our own lives, we do not always see what is good. We see unanswered praye