Have you ever heard of the modern-day prayer? It goes this way: “Lord, give me patience, and I want it right now.” Patience is not a...

We live in a world that's obsessed with appearances. Everywhere we turn, society places an immense value on how we look—our bodies, our...

One of the most beautiful promises in the Scriptures is in Psalm 92:12: "The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree." Palm trees are...

The only begotten Son of God, Jesus Christ, left the glory of Heaven and came down to our world. He became human, walked among us, and...

Work was never meant to be a punishment or a curse. It’s true that after the fall, work became more difficult, but in the beginning, God...

21 years ago today, I stood before the altar of God at the Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin, taking vows that would shape the course of my...

Rechargeable batteries are nothing new. Way back in 1859, a brilliant French physicist named Gaston Plante came up with an early version...

Each day is a gift from God. It’s a fresh opportunity to pursue our dreams and aspirations. When we wake up in the morning, we do so with...

In his work "Christ,” Ivan Turgenev recounts a mysterious vision he had in December 1878, in which he found himself as a young boy in a...

Yesterday, we experienced something truly special at St. Vartan Cathedral; our choir sang without any instruments, just pure voices...

In Matthew 5:16, our Lord Jesus Christ tells us that there is a light within each of us—a light placed there by our Heavenly Father,...

Our society is quick to judge. Just turn on the TV, scroll through social media, and you'll see it everywhere—people tearing each other...

God constantly reminds us in the Bible that His love is not harsh or demanding; it’s gentle and kind, and it’s always there to lift us up...

Sometimes in life, we feel like we're up against impossible odds. We’ve given it our all, but the breakthrough seems far off. We're like...

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been constantly on the move—traveling from New York to Chicago and Racine, then to Canada and Armenia. As I...

There’s something special, something divine, about simply being there for someone. We live in a world that often measures success by how...

This morning, as I was flying back to New York from Armenia, I looked out of the airplane window and saw the magnificent Mount Ararat....

Today, with Archbishop Vicken Aykazian, we visited the Holy Etchmiadzin Cathedral, and our hearts were filled with awe and gratitude. The...

As the Olympics have just come to a close, there’s something interesting that I want to share with you. Did you notice that a bronze...

In the New Testament, the Apostle Paul writes about Abraham’s faith in this way: "Hoping against hope, he believed" (Romans 4:18)....