Armenian Church celebrates Feast of Ascension of Jesus Christ
The Armenian Church celebrates the Feast of the Ascension of Jesus Christ on the fortieth day following the Feast of the Glorious Resurrection, Qahana.am reports.
Following His Resurrection and defeat of death, Christ remained on earth for forty days, and continued to appear to His disciples. On the fortieth day, Christ is seen by His disciples for the last time. He blesses them and leaves them with instructions, after which He ascends into heaven.
Two of the Gospel writers, St. Mark and St. Luke, testify about Christ’s ascension. There is also an account of it in the Acts of the Apostles.
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Beloved Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
We are fast approaching Great and Holy Week and the Glorious Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. Our annual commemoration of this last week in His earthly life is filled with pain, with suffering, with remorse, and with unspeakable love and sacrifice. And when this Week of weeks is over, we pass over to the ineffable joy of Pascha.
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Edgar Ghazaryan: Armenia’s ‘pathetic’ government decided to ‘punish’ Holy Church and the faithful
Edgar Ghazaryan, a former chief of staff of Armenia’s Constitutional Court, took to Facebook on Sunday to denounce the move to make the Remembrance Day of the Dead following Easter a working day in the country.
“The pathetic government of Armenia, which finances satanic futuristic performances, has decided to “punish” the Armenian Apostolic Holy Church demanding their resignation for treacherous and destructive steps and the faithful people,” Ghazaryan wrote.
“As a result of their deadly and incompetent actions, relatives of more than 5,000 young servicemen and almost as many victims of COVID-19 were deprived of the opportunity to mark the Remembrance Day of the Dead (Merelots) of their relatives in line with the Christian tradition. Merelots, following the Feast of the Glorious Resurrection, has been established as a working day, preventing hundreds of thousa
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