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August 2, 2026
Fr. Garabed Telfeyan
Reflecting on Christ’s Transfiguration and the imagery of light in John’s Gospel, Fr. Garabed teaches that God lovingly invites rather than coerces. Christians are called to use their free will to believe in Christ, enter the light, unite as the Church, and recognize Jesus as the divine Son who died and rose for humanity.
John 3:13-21; Matthew 17:1-8
January 6, 2026
Ter Mesrop
On the feast of Theophany, the preacher reflects on the baptism of Christ as equal in importance to His birth in Armenian tradition. Drawing on personal anecdotes about navigating in darkness—his mother's stormy drive and his own experience learning to drive in Los Angeles and finding orientation through Sutro Tower in San Francisco—he illustrates how baptism serves as the spiritual compass that always guides us back to Christ. Just as Jesus submitted to baptism to fulfill all righteousness, our own baptism is the central moment of our spiritual life, the place where the Father declared us His beloved children, and the anchor to which we must always return.
Matthew 3:13-17; John 8:12