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Can You "Trash" an Icon?
R. Rev. Fr. Barouyr Shernezian, D.Min. Members of the Armenian Church University Students Association (ACUSA - ՀԵՀՈՄ) engage with church attendees by placing stickers at the Catholicosate of the Holy See of Cilicia in Lebanon. I remember when I was very little. We were always taught never to let the sacred images fall to the ground. It was an ingrained lesson, a reflex passed down through generations. If a picture, whether an icon of Christ, the Mother of God, the Virgin


The Mystery of Teaṙnəndaṙaǰ Trough Iconography and Liturgical Celebration
V. Rev. Fr. Bsag Tepirjian Every year on February 14, according to the Armenian liturgical calendar, the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple (in Arm. Տեառնընդառաջ / Teaṙnəndaṙaǰ ) is celebrated. On this occasion, we are invited to meditate on both sacred art and liturgical practice and to reflect on the mystery of Christ’s presence among us. 1. Armenian Iconography of The Presentation In the Armenian manuscript tradition of the 11th to 15th centuries (cf


Images of the Nativity
Fr. Garabed Kochakian Although the word “Christmas” is never used in scripture, the word itself means “Christ's Mass,” a day (a...
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