"When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he was infuriated, and he sent and killed all the children in and around...

If we read the Bible attentively, we shall discover that one of the most important topics included is the theme of travel. Have you...

Whenever we see icons, paintings, and images of the Nativity of Christ, we often see the Holy Family surrounded by Angels, Wise Men,...

"Lord, increase our faith"—the request of the apostles is also ours. In the difficulties of life, we sometimes feel alone and helpless to...

In today’s gospel reading (Luke 14:12-24), the Lord depicts an image of eternity represented by a banquet. The banquet usually means the...

On our Christmas journey, we encounter this feast of Mary, which our Church calls "the Conception of the Holy Mother-of-God". The Advent...

As I get older, as I confessed to one of our young acolytes just the other day, I get lazier and count on my experience, choosing the...

You don’t have to look very far these days to see bad news: terror attacks, strife and conflicts, children dying of hunger around the...

In psychological science, anxiety disturbances represent a variety of mental disorders. Those experiencing anxiety commonly describe...

Look at this picture I took yesterday. These majestic feathers of clouds are singing the Glory of God. The nature is so beautiful and...

Every Sunday as we gather at the Divine Liturgy, the Soorp Badarak, no less than a dozen times do we hear the word and call for Peace....

In a matter of hours we will elect the next president of USA. I’m sure many will agree that this presidential election and campaigns have...

Today the Armenian Church observes the feast day dedicated to the holy archangels Michael and Gabriel and to the Heavenly Powers. Every...

St Mark summarizes the entirety of Jesus’s mission with one word, Ephphatha (Be Opened - Mark 7, 31-37). This word is so significant that...

Water is that without which man cannot live; and Christ is the one without whom man cannot live and dare not die. In the Gospel of John,...

"Light of the World" is the title of the famous painting by the British artist William Holman Hunt (1827-1910). In 2004 I had the...

There is a story about a little girl who proudly wore a shiny cross on a chain around her neck. One day she was approached by a man who...

There is an ancient story about a man named Astyages who determined to do away with a royal infant by the name of Cyrus. He summoned an...