Last Saturday was the feast day of St. Nersess Shnorhali, a genius of the Armenian Church, who authored many of the hymns and prayers which continue to be said in our sanctuaries throughout the world.
As part of my personal regime, I’ve committed to praying his seminal work, Հաւատով խոստովանիմ or “I Confess with Faith”, once a day. Toward that goal I’ve formatted the text for my digital devices: the iPad, iPhone, and the Kindle.
Having this prayer with me at all times has allowed me to easily incorporate it into my daily schedule. When I find myself with 10 free minutes, I can just pull out the most convenient device and pray.
I hope that this prayer will enrich your prayer life as it has the faithful of the Armenian People for centuries.
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Feel free to download this prayer which includes the original (Ancient) Armenian, and the English translation. The English translation is courtesy of Western Diocese of the Armenian Church.
Two weeks ago, I received a Macbook for my 30th birthday. My wife ferried it halfway across the world, coming back from a recent visit home.
Anyway, as part of the glorious and tedious process of settling into a new computer, which includes transferring files, installing programs, and the like, I decided to seal it with a custom wallpaper.
The wallpaper is primarily a wood background that I found via prettify, but I added my personal touch by inlaying an engraving of the Virgin Mary found in the amazing book, Armenian Ornamental Art. Feel free to download it and sanctify your desktop!
The author of this article is the wife of my Grandfather’s brother’s son. I can truly attest to the fact that it has been a source of personal and cultural joy for our family to share our heritage with the Munoz’s and likewise share in theirs.
I particularly enjoyed Lorenza’s description of my grandfather Tony’s (Անդրանիկ), culinary habits; his love of mezze and martinis. Indeed, I come from a family with a rich love for food, not only for our Armenian culinary traditions, but food of all kinds.
The Munoz’s are a blessed family, and it has been an enriching experience for all us to share in our respective traditions.
The Armenian Diaspora shouldn’t consider cultural excahange a “challenge”, but instead intermarriage should be embraced as an opportunity to enrichen our lives and share our time-tested values.
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Our students from our Sunday School at St. James Armenian Church in Los Angeles performing the Armenian National Anthem. Very cool! Great job everybody.
