2024-06-01 06:14:11
The Armenian Apostolic Church commemorates the Exodus of St. Gregory the Illuminator from Virap on the Saturday after the memorial days of the Virgins of Hripsimyan and Gayanyan. The Holy Liturgy is served within the church buildings of the Patriarchal Diocese of Ararat.
Grigor Lusavorich endured many sufferings for years, at the hours of darkness, surrounded by snakes and scorpions, however he didn’t lose his religion and eventually got here out and unfold the sunshine all through the Armenian world. The exit from Virap was the start of the nice conversion of Armenians.
Gregory the Illuminator Retired from Virap
The declaration of Christianity because the state faith in Armenia is linked with the martyrdom of Saints Hripsimyants and the younger Gayanyants, the sickness of King Trdat G and the departure of Grigor Lusavorchi from Khor Virap. The narrator Agathanghegos presents that the king of Armenia fell unwell after killing the harmless youths, misplaced his human type and have become like a pig.
The king’s sister, Khosrovidukht, who had a imaginative and prescient, experiences about the results of the king’s rescue, have been offered by the priest Ter Shahe Hayrapetyan, councilor of the Presbyterian Church of Saint Sargis in Yerevan.
“The Lord is consistently knocking on the doorways of our hearts, calling us to Him, He offers us the way in which of salvation. Are we listening to him?”
After 13 years of imprisonment, the best saint is launched to heal the king. Trdat being healed by Gregory’s prayers.
Once we say custom, it appears that evidently we’re speaking about some sort of fable, which the priest sees, however the imprisonment and launch of Lusavoruch just isn’t a fictional story.
After leaving the dungeon, the Scientist sums up the our bodies of the youths within the locations of martyrdom, units a five-day quick to repent. The early fasting is noticed within the Armenian Church to this present day. The illuminator preaches the doctrine of Christ, he enlightens his individuals who stay in darkness, he sends them to a non secular rebirth. On the final day of the sermon, the One Savior seems to him and reveals him the place the place the Cathedral was based.
Within the 12 months 301, Christianity was declared the state faith, Gregory the Illuminator was ordained the primary bishop of the Holy Church of Armenia. Ter Shahe says: King Trdat additionally helps unfold Christianity and is later martyred.
No gentle darkens the sunshine
The Christian life is a path from darkness to gentle, the place deep wounds, snakes, darkness, sorrow could be tackled. Illuminator is the most effective instance for all of us to face trials and go to the sunshine.
“This world is an space of struggling. A person comes into the world crying. Might God permit him to depart with a smile, that’s, to know his Lord, to be with him. Gregor Lusavorich suffered nice sufferings and confirmed King Trdat that his energy comes from God. Trdat was capable of see God’s miracle, that the incurable could be cured,” mentioned Ter Shahe.
The illuminator was a light-weight within the lightless darkness of Virap. Ter Shahe emphasised that not solely Armenians had been knowledgeable when he stop, but in addition the entire world. The apostolic work of the primary bishop on the Armenian Church was crucial, he even unfold Christianity amongst foreigners. The clergy hope that the memorial day shall be a chance for us to mirror once more on the work and picture of the Solitaire.
“The Illuminator is a pan-Christian saint. He was devoted to the messages of the Saviour, and was attended by angels (Khor Virapum). We have no idea what treasure we’ve got. If we are able to perceive, we’ve got one thing severe to say to the world,” emphasizes the priest.
The Armenian Apostolic Church commemorates Saint Gregory the Illuminator thrice a 12 months: his entry into Virap, his departure from Virap, and the invention of the spear.
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