The feast of the Assumption of the Theotokos
“OUR YOUTH ARE OUR PRESENT AND FUTURE, WE SHOULD LISTEN TO THEM”
Said His Holiness Aram I in his sermon
Sunday 16 August was the Feast of the Assumption of the Theotokos. This Feast is also pilgrimage to the Monastery of St. Mary in Bikfaya (Lebanon).
Pilgrims started arriving at the Monastery on Thursday 13th to pray, assist the Vigil and share in the Eucharist during the Divine Liturgy.
In his sermon, His Holiness Aram I said: “On this day of the Feast of the Assumption of the Theotokos, I pray to her to intercede with her Son on behalf of our youth. We declared 2009 Year of Youth to remind ourselves that youth are both our present and future, and therefore, we should listen and respond to them. Today, our youth are facing many problems. We should enable them to discover the spiritual foundations of our church, the ethical values arising from the teaching of our church, and the cultural traditions shaped by our Armenian roots. Therefore, the Year for Youth is an invitation to all of us to pray and request from the Theotokos to intercede with her Son for our youth.”
After the Holy Eucharist, the Catholicos blessed the grapes. According to ancient Armenian tradition people eat grapes only after they are blessed during the Divine Liturgy of the Feast of Assumption.
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