Armenian church music is a very pure Armenian music and a lot of our music sounds Middle Eastern. People will identify Armenian music with the mass, the Badarak on Sunday.

But during the Badarak, the Divine Liturgy of main worship in the Armenian Church, the altar curtain will be closed, “as a physical sign that things are changing,” said Magarian.

There is old Armenian saying, “Wherever there are three Armenian families there’ll be a church,” and the communities in the Northern Sierra are holding to that saying.

The church’s liturgy, the Divine Worship (Soorp Badarak) is conducted primarily in Armenian. Today, St. John’s is a vibrant faith community of about 3,000 families.

Archbishop Derderian led the Badarak at St. Sarkis Armenian Apostolic Church, followed by a widely-attended luncheon, organized by the Parish Council. The church is located at 13925 El Camino Real ...

Currently, throughout America, on average, only 13,000 attend Non-Holiday Badarak, barely 3% of the U.S. Census Armenian population, and ranks next to last - bottom decile - among the 24 American ...

The next day, the Badarak service was held with a large turnout from the local community. During the service, Bishop Manukyan delivered a sermon in Armenian, while Patriarch Maşalyan spoke in Turkish, ...

TEHRAN—A host of Christian pilgrims have come together at St. Thaddeus, northwest Iran, to observe their annual ritual of Badarak. The three-day event commenced on Friday in Qareh Klise (“the Black ...

Currently, throughout America, on average, only 13,000 attend Non-Holiday Badarak, barely 3% of the U.S. Census Armenian population, and ranks next to last - bottom decile - among the 24 American ...