Fr. Mesrop Parsamyan
Lord, increase our faith
"Lord, increase our faith"—the request of the apostles is also ours. In the difficulties of life, we sometimes feel alone and helpless to...
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Fr. Mesrop Parsamyan
- Dec 11, 2016
- 2 min
The Great Banquet
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...
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Fr. Mesrop Parsamyan
- Dec 9, 2016
- 2 min
Welcoming the Word
On our Christmas journey, we encounter this feast of Mary, which our Church calls "the Conception of the Holy Mother-of-God". The Advent...
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Fr. Shnork Souin
- Dec 9, 2016
- 3 min
Word of the Father, Now in Flesh Appearing
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...
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Fr. Mesrop Parsamyan
- Dec 3, 2016
- 2 min
The future is wide open!
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...
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Fr. Mesrop Parsamyan
- Nov 28, 2016
- 4 min
4 Tips for Overcoming Anxiety
In psychological science, anxiety disturbances represent a variety of mental disorders. Those experiencing anxiety commonly describe...
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Fr. Hratch Sargsyan
- Nov 28, 2016
- 3 min
Obedience to God brings Harmony
Look at this picture I took yesterday. These majestic feathers of clouds are singing the Glory of God. The nature is so beautiful and...
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Fr. Garabed Kochakian
- Nov 17, 2016
- 3 min
Live peace, have peace, to be at peace
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....
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Fr. Hratch Sargsyan
- Nov 8, 2016
- 3 min
Christian’s Attitude Toward Government
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...
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Fr. Mesrop Parsamyan
- Nov 5, 2016
- 4 min
The Heavenly Powers
Today the Armenian Church observes the feast day dedicated to the holy archangels Michael and Gabriel and to the Heavenly Powers. Every...
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Fr. Mesrop Parsamyan
- Nov 4, 2016
- 2 min
Ephphatha!
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...
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Fr. Mesrop Parsamyan
- Nov 4, 2016
- 2 min
Rivers of Living Water
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,...
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Fr. Mesrop Parsamyan
- Nov 2, 2016
- 2 min
The Light of the World
"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...
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Fr. Mesrop Parsamyan
- Nov 2, 2016
- 1 min
Whatever He Touches
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...
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Fr. Mesrop Parsamyan
- Nov 2, 2016
- 1 min
Heirs of the King
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...
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