FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE) – A journey to Armenia by a Fresno medical mission became exponentially more dangerous three days before it was due to leave – following a military strike on Nagorno Karabakh, a territory between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The area is home to 120,000 ethnic Armenians. The strike on September 19 ultimately claimed 30 […]
FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE) – On September 19, 2023, just three days before a medical mission from Fresno was set to depart, there was a military strike on Nagorno Karabakh — its territory between Armenia and Azerbaijan and home to 120,000 ethnic Armenians. While Karabakh is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, the Armenians had […]
Western Prelate Bishop Torkom Donoyan during his inaugural Mass and sermon on Jan 5.
Western Prelate Bishop Torkom Donoyan offered his inaugural sermon on the Eve of the Nativity and Theophany of Jesus Christ, on Tuesday, January 5 at St. Mary’s Church in Glendale.
During the first sermon as the newly elected Western Prelate Bishop Torkom Donoyan extended his hands to God and the people, saying: “Dear faithful, with faith in God, behold, let us put our hands together on the Holy Hand of God and progress forward. Amen.”
Throughout the Mass, the voices of the soloists and members of the choir echoed the centuries old Divine Liturgy of the Armenian Apostolic Church reached its zenith.