A Fear-Filled Advent for Armenian Christians
by Mark MovsesianIn the South Caucasus this Advent, Armenian Christians face the threat of ethnic cleansing. Continue Reading »
In the South Caucasus this Advent, Armenian Christians face the threat of ethnic cleansing. Continue Reading »
Not since Ronald Reagan has a president spoken forthrightly of the Ottoman government's ethnic cleansing campaign against Armenians from 1915–23. Why did Biden do so now? Continue Reading »
Senator Lindsey Graham’s vote to block the Armenian Genocide resolution will only embolden Turkey and threaten the region’s Christians even more. Continue Reading »
Last weekend, Pope Francis made an apostolic journey to Armenia, a small, landlocked country of three million in the South Caucasus, bordering Turkey, Iran, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. The official motto of his journey was “Visit to the First Christian Nation,” a reference to Armenia’s being the . . . . Continue Reading »
“Who today still speaks of the massacre of the Armenians?”Continue Reading »
—Adolf Hitler, August 22, 1939
Tomorrow, on April 29th, Rome’s white marble Trevi Fountain—its swirling waters and the charging baroque statues of Oceanus, his sea shell chariot and attendant tritons and horses—will all be turned blood red in a campaign to raise awareness about modern day Christian martyrs. The popular . . . . Continue Reading »
Take a look at the photo below, which appeared recently on Instagram. It’s the photo of a page from the New Testament — Acts 25, which recounts St. Paul’s trial before Festus. The page, seared into a bookshelf, is all that remains of the Bible that once contained it. ISIS recently burned . . . . Continue Reading »
G-major, D-major. Amen. So be it.It is week two of the Festspiele here in Salzburg, where Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Brahms echo through the streets every day. However, in a city filled with the world’s greatest musicians performing the stuff of musical legend, it is a relatively new piece of music that floods my mind. Continue Reading »