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Gospel of Mark 5. 1-20


“Jesus came to the country of the Gadarene. When he came out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit.”
Who was the demon-possessed of Gadarene? How did Christ treat him? How did the locals respond to it? What truth is the Gospel revealing to us through this story?
Father Markos Mangasaryan provides explanations.

 
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Canonization


On April 23, 2015, the ceremony of canonization for the victims of the Genocide was held in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. Around 400 years later, the Armenian Church offered the ceremony of canonization. Why and based on what principles did the victims of the Great Armenian Massacre were canonized, why wasn’t it possible to do before the centenary of the Armenian Genocide, what is the sacrament of canonization? 
Hayk Hambardzumyan spoke about these issued with the Director of the Office on Ecclesiastical Liturgical Issues of the Mother See, Bishop Bagrat Galstanyan. 

 
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guest: Armen Asryan


The conversation of Rev. Fr. Zargarian with Armen Asryan, Candidate of History, docent, related to the responses of the international community, instances of global significance on the topic of centenary of the Armenian Genocide, compensation and potential options for eliminating the conesequences of the massacres. The interlocutors also addressed the announcement made by the Pope in Vatican recently and the responses of the world. 

 
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Gospel of Mark 4. 35-41


“That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side.” Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion.”
What did His Desciples tell Him as they woke Him up? What did He answer to them, how was the storm calmed down and the sea – humbled?
Father Markos Mangasaryan provides explanations.

 
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Genocide Survived


Among the evidence on the Armenian Genocide, great importance is attached to the memoirs, terstimonies, texts transferred via songs and interviews of hundreds of those survived the Genocide. Hayk Hambardzumyan spoke about the recording, publishing and studying of these valuable materials featuring the genocide survived with ethnographer and folklorist Verzhine Svazlian.
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Holy Week and Holy Resurrection


Holy Week symbolizing the last days of Christ’s life and acts is still on. This week is of special importance to all believers, especially those, who observed 40 and more days. Hayk Hambardzumyan spoke about the Holy Week and the symbolism of its crowning feast – the Holy Resurrection, with Director of Christian Education Center, Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Bishop Vardan Navasaryan.
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guest: Nikol Aghababyan part 2


In the second part of the conversation with Rev. Fr. Ruben Zargarian, the participant of Artsakh  heroic war Nikol Aghababyan states, that love for nation, loyalty have to be express in daily routine and not only in the battle field. The atmosphere of indifference so common to nowadays, he considers to be very dangerous. 
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Gospel of Mark 4. 26-34


In the Gospel of Mark, Chapter 4, verses 26-34, Christ again talks about the wheat grains, how are they seeded and grow. As soon as the grain is ripe, the Lord puts the sickle to it.
Father Markos Mangasaryan provides explanations. 

 
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Gospel of Mark 4. 21-25


“Do you bring in a lamp to put it under a bowl or a bed? Instead, don’t you put it on its stand? For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed”.
Father Markos Mangasaryan provides explanations on this passage from the parable of sower from the Gospel of Mark. 

 
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guest: Nikol Aghababyan part 1


Painter Nikol Aghababyan thinks that ultimiate goal of religion and culture is the same. Both are focused on keeping human as human. The conversation with Rev. Fr. Ruben Zargarian is about the relations between art and culture, mechanisms of maintaining and transferring culture. 
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Armenian in Homeland after Genocide


How many Armenians were saved from Genocide? What happened to them afterwards? What to expect now after the mass self-identification of Armenians living in disguise in Turkey? Hayk Hambardzumyan spoke about these issues with analyst Sarkis Hatspanian. 
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Gospel of Mark 4. 3-9, 13-20


The parable of the sower is one of those rare parables which Christ first tells and only then interprets it. 
The parable describes that the sower scattered part of the seed along the path, then some - on rocky places, and some seeds in the thorns, while others fell on good soil. 
Father Markos Mangasaryan provides explanations on this passage from the parable of sower from the Gospel of Mark.