Our Faith
The Faith of the Armenian Church is transmitted through the church’s Holy Tradition, i.e., the ongoing life of the church from the time of Christ to our times. The Bible, liturgy and worship, writings of the church fathers, church councils, saints, canons, religious art and rituals–organically linked together–formulate the Holy Tradition of the Church. This Faith is articulated in the Creed of the Armenian Church which in turn defines the church’s raison d’etre and sets the parameters of its modus operandi.
The Armenian Church professes her faith in the context of her worship. Theologically, whatever the church believes, the church prays. [Continue...]
The Divine Liturgy (Sourp Badarak) is the main worship service of the Armenian Church. But the Badarak, as we call it in Armenian, is much more than that. It provides the most intimate encounter we can have with God in this life. In the Divine Liturgy, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, comes to his people — to you and me — in two forms: First, by his Word, in the reading of the holy Gospel; and second, by his holy Body and Blood, in Holy Communion. These two actions — the reading of the Word of God, and the reception of Holy Communion — are the two pillars or building blocks of the Divine Liturgy in all ancient, apostolic churches.