Every Sunday during the Armenian Apostolic Church’s Divine Liturgy, the priest exhorts the worshipping faithful to sing together with the angels, to “boldly cry out” with the “seraphim and the cherubim.” The song from the Badarak, the Divine Liturgy, is known as the Sanctus, meaning “Holy,” in Armenian Surp. It...

by Dr. Christopher Sheklian This Thursday, the Armenian Apostolic Church commemorates St. John Chrysostom, one of the most important sources of Christian thought and theology in all of Christendom. Chrysostom was born in Antioch, which we discussed last week as a place with a lasting impact on Christianity. In fact,...

As a general rule, the Armenian Church offers Holy Communion only to those who are baptized members of the Armenian Church or one of the Oriental Orthodox Churches —the Coptic, Eritrean, Ethiopian, Syrian Orthodox or Malankara (Indian) Orthodox Churches. These are our closest sister churches who share with us the...