Our sin is great. But God’s mercy is greater. God is not just merciful – he is rich in mercy.  “But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.” Inde...

Come with all your heart to Jesus Christ and ask Him in faith forgiveness of your sins, the salvation of your soul, the healing of your life, and you will be saved, you and your household. Indeed, God “desires all people to be saved.” 1 Timothy 2:4

Our Lord Jesus Christ does not want us to fear — no fear of insecurity, no fear of poverty and want, no fear of illnesses, no fear of death. He wants us to see that God is the kind of God whose people do not need to fear. God is our Father. And since He gives us a king...

Reading and meditating God’s Word is the key to turning on the lamp. When we do that, we bring light to our life. When this psalm was written, the “lamp” was a candle in a lamp people would carry around. The lamp, as the flashlight today, light downs our path at every...

One of the basic principles of reading the Bible is keeping in mind that it is written for us and about us. When God blesses Abraham, He blesses us. We are the people whom God freed from the slavery. The prophet and the disciple whom God calls are each one of us.

So, th...

The birth of St. Mary is celebrated by all traditional churches on September 8. The record of the birth of Mary is not found in the Bible. The traditional account of the event is taken from the apocryphal writings which are not part of the New Testament scriptures.

The...

Which of the five senses brings back your memories most sharply? For me, it is surely the sense of smell. A certain kind of soap takes me instantly to the French Provence. The delicious aroma of dolma brings back childhood and takes me to home. A certain kind of afters...

At Badarak and other liturgical services we see the altar servers and priests swinging censers, sending clouds of incense wafting through the air. In the Armenian liturgy, everything has a meaning and symbolizes a theological truth.

So, what does incense symbolize?

The u...

The Feast of the Assumption or Dormition of the Mother of God is of great significance for the Church. The Armenian Orthodox Church has revered the mystery of this Feast of Mary more as part of the oral sacred Holy Tradition of the Church rather than Apostolic preachin...

One of the main differences between the Protestant churches on the one hand, and the ancient Apostolic churches, including the Armenian Church, on the other hand is that the latter have canonized saints, while the former have not.

The first thing we must know about sain...