The School Across from the Church: 150 Years in One Place
At 37 Bratya Miladinovi Street, across from the Armenian church in Ruse, stood the Armenian school Surp Mesrob Mashtots. Its history – and why the year 1944 is wrong.
Арменаг Бакърджиян
The Holy Badarak in the Armenian Apostolic Church
The Divine Liturgy of the Armenian Apostolic Church: the meaning of the Badarak, its two parts, the eucharistic canon and the symbolism of its rites.
Tsaghkazard (Palm Sunday) – When Faith Blossoms
Tsaghkazard, Palm Sunday in the Armenian Apostolic Church: willow branches, the opened altar and Trnpatsek – the opening of the gates of Paradise.
The Sundays of Great Lent
The eight Sundays of Great Lent in the Armenian Church – from Paregentan to the Resurrection – each with its Gospel reading and its spiritual meaning.
Diarnuntarach – the Armenian Feast of the Presentation
Diarnuntarach, forty days after the Nativity: Christ in the Temple, the Andastan service, the bonfires and the light carried home from the church.
The Holy Muron in the Armenian Apostolic Church
The Holy Muron, the sacred chrism of the Armenian Church: its forty ingredients, its biblical roots, its consecration at Etchmiadzin and its meaning as a sign of unity.
Saint Sarkis – Surp Sarkis Zoravar
Saint Sarkis the Commander: soldier and martyr of the fourth century, patron of young people and lovers, and the legend of the white horse.
Surp Hovhannes Garabed – Saint John the Forerunner
Saint John the Baptist in the Armenian tradition: his ascetic life beside the Jordan, his martyrdom under Herod, and his veneration as Surp Garabed.
The Nativity and Theophany in the Armenian Apostolic Church
Why Armenians celebrate Christmas on 6 January: the Nativity and the Baptism of Christ together, Jrakalouyts, the Christmas Eve table and the feast of Dznunt.
Surp Bedros and Surp Boghos in the Armenian Canon
Saints Peter and Paul in the Armenian tradition: the rock of the Church and the apostle to the nations, commemorated on the last Saturday of December.