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April 26, 2026

Red Sunday: Resurrection, Judgment, and the Armenian Genocide Martyrs

Unknown preacher

On Red Sunday, the preacher reflects on Christ's words about resurrection and condemnation from John 5, explaining that resurrection awaits all but the question is whether we are raised to life or condemnation. Using a child's question about paradise and hell, he describes paradise as the peace of belonging to God and hell as the eternal awareness of being unworthy of that peace. He connects this to the Armenian Genocide martyrs, remembered as saints rather than victims, calling the faithful to emulate their willingness to sacrifice everything for the kingdom and to live lives of continual repentance and return to Christ.

John 5:19-29

July 2, 2023

What We Keep in the Box of Our Hearts

Rev. Fr. Mesrop Ash

Using Christ’s parable of the wheat and weeds and the feast commemorating the discovery of Saint Mary’s chest, the preacher urges the faithful to preserve their encounters with holiness and seek God’s healing. The heart should hold the gifts of the Holy Spirit rather than anger, resentment, impatience, and unforgiveness, while trusting God’s patient and merciful justice.

Matthew 13:24–30; Matthew 13:36–43