Saint Hagop Armenian Church Father Hovnan Demerjian

Well it just so happens that in today’s assigned reading, we see that over 2000 years ago, the Apostle Paul was also an Olympics watcher. We don’t know if Paul thought the Olympics a relatively good or bad thing.  Paul did not spend much time talking about the relative good or evil of things in…
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That’s a big difference between adults and kids. Kids like to repeat things almost without limit, whereas adults tend to see this as childish and boring, something that we grow out of.   However, in today’s Gospel reading, Jesus urges us not to grow out of this child-like state of simple, repetitive appreciation-but to prayerfully grow…
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The disciples missed out on a lot with their eyes half closed to their master, on this day and so many other times, and of course so do we. As all stories of Christ, this one does not happen only once, but once and forever, repeating permanent truths about who God is and who we…
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When we say Holy Etchmiadzin we reaffirm Orthodox and Catholics belief in sacred spaces. This includes the bricks and stones, architecture and icons of a place, as these can point to the story of God and man just as the words of the Bible do. And it is the story that is sacred. One Christian…
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Today we celebrate the feast day of Elijah, renowned prophet of the Old Testament. One of our assigned readings describes Elijah’s great prophetic demonstration of the power of God-picture Billy Graham preaching to 100k in Yankee Stadium-Elijah was that impressive!  The second reading, though, is much less dynamic.  It portrays Elijah at the end of ministry, basically as he enters retirement.  Yet…
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‘They act like they own the place.’ If you have been a boss or a landlord, you know this can be a good or a bad thing.  The good part of a worker or tenant acting like they own the place is that they feel buy in.  Apparently at Facebook/Meta ‘This is now YOUR company,’…
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