Krisdos haryav ee merelotz! Christ is risen from the dead!
Do any other words convey such hope and meaning for human life?
That feeling is especially powerful during Easter, as we re-enact the events surrounding Christ’s resurrection. Imagine what it must have been like to be among the disciples on the day when the Risen Lord appeared before them. In that instant, it must have seemed like the entire world had changed.
And indeed, it had.
But we today don’t have to “just imagine” what it was like. As members of the church—the institution established by Christ himself—we actually experience that world-changing moment. We enter into the presence of the living, resurrected Christ every time we participate in the holy badarak.
That is part of the gift of himself, which Jesus Christ offered to all those who love and follow him. This Sunday, please join our church at a local parish, and enter into our Lord’s presence—as his first followers did on the first Easter.
Add your own voice to the joy-filled chorus around the world, who will pronounce the Easter greeting of the Armenian Church:
Krisdos haryav ee merelotz! Orhnyal eh harootiunun Krisdosee!
Christ is risen from the dead! Blessed is the resurrection of Christ!