Why is the importance of wisdom so stressed in the Old Testament and why is the fear of God considered to be the beginning of wisdom? Wisdom is described as something that has existed since the creation of the Universe; how to understand this? And how to attain wisdom?

• Fr. Dajad Davidian

Only one life is given to each of us. What is the meaning of that life? Can the meaning of different people's lives also be different and acceptable according to Christianity? What is the meaning of a Christian's life? Doesn't the whole life of a human being depend on the exposition of the meaning of life?

• Fr. Nshan Alaverdyan

The Lord says: "My yoke is easy and my burden is light." But many of us complain about our cross to be different, very heavy and unbearable. How to understand this? We often ask: "What is my cross that I may take it on my shoulders?" but isn't our cross the state of our life in which we already live? What is the cross of each of us?

• Fr. Arnak Harutyunyan

What category is conscience? Is it the natural carrier of God-established laws and order and is that the reason for many to not have reconciliation with their conscience when they are in sin? Why do the Church Fathers consider human conscience an enemy with whom it is necessary to be cautious when walking on the way so that it may not hand you over to the judge?

• Fr. Nshan Alaverdyan

Why must Christians forgive? What does that forgiveness give to Christians and those whom they forgive? Should we forgive only those who ask for forgiveness and who have repented, or should we forgive always, no matter what? What are the power and benefit of forgiveness?

• Fr. Nshan Alaverdyan

What is the "year of the Lord's favor" (Is 61:2)? Can we, thanks to the birth of Christ, live all the years of our life as years of the Lord's favor? How to live the year so that it may be favorable in God's eyes? Why does the Christian world also relate the course of the year to Zodiac signs instead of God?

• Fr. Nshan Alaverdyan

What made the love of Christ characteristic of Him only? What demonstration of love was that and what consequences and obligations did it create for generations? Is it possible to repeat the love of Christ? Isn't each Christian a potential carrier of that love with obligations toward it? Why did the apostle say that we should owe nothing to each other except for love?

• Fr. Nshan Alaverdyan

"Today, in this barren month, we were sent the Fruit of Life from Heaven.
In this month, when there is no grape in gardens, the Virgin Vine granted us the Cluster of her womb.
In this month, when the leaves of the trees fall down, the leaves of Adam turned into a luminous garment."
So writes St. Ephrem the Syrian in his praise on the Holy Nativity. How to understand the meaning of each of these lines? This is discussed in our today's broadcast.

• Fr. Ghazar Petrosyan

Who and what can be Christians' enemies? Are the Christ's enemies and those of Christians the same? How to love the enemies, pray for them, and bless them? Won't Christians' correct attitude toward those surrounding them transform each seeming enemy into a friend?

• Fr. Nshan Alaverdyan

How to understand that, on the one hand, the Bible warns: "Who believes in dreams is like someone who tries to catch a shadow and chase after a wind" (cf. Sirach 34:1-3), while on the other hand that same book gives us many examples of dreams through which the Lord delivers an important message or prophecy to His people or individuals? What conclusion based on these examples can be drawn about when dreams can be from God?

• Fr. Nshan Alaverdyan

What happens to humans when they sin and linger in this state? How did the dwellers of the Paradise, Adam and Eve, fall into sin, and then what happened to their souls? Why is sin sweet to the sinner's taste like the forbidden fruit? To what state can unrepented sins bring the person? Why does sin open the door for new sins?

• Deacon Armen Hareyan

How to understand that, on the one hand, the Bible warns: "Who believes in dreams is like someone who tries to catch a shadow and chase after a wind" (cf. Sirach 34:1-3), while on the other hand that same book gives us many examples of dreams through which the Lord delivers an important message or prophecy to His people or individuals? What conclusion based on these examples can be drawn about when dreams can be from God?

• Fr. Nshan Alaverdyan

Why did the Lord speak in parables with crowds, when with His disciples He spoke more openly? Speaking in parables was peculiar to the ancient world; it was an ancient civilizational method. What was the efficiency of that method? Is speaking in parables also usable today as an efficient pedagogical method and preaching trick?

• Fr. Smbat Sargsyan

The Bible attaches a great importance to the factor of faith. Wasn't that the reason that faith was changed into a dogmatic value and was formulated as a Creed at the Nicene Ecumenical Council? How does that Creed, which is recited by the faithful during each Divine Liturgy, define the Christian faith in God? Why is it important what we believe in and what we don't believe in? 

• Fr. Nshan Alaverdyan

The Bible attaches a great importance to the factor of faith. Wasn't that the reason that faith was changed into a dogmatic value and was formulated as a Creed at the Nicene Ecumenical Council? How does that Creed, which is recited by the faithful during each Divine Liturgy, define the Christian faith in God? Why is it important what we believe in and what we don't believe in? 

• Fr. Nshan Alaverdyan

The Bible attaches a great importance to the factor of faith. Wasn't that the reason that faith was changed into a dogmatic value and was formulated as a Creed at the Nicene Ecumenical Council? How does that Creed, which is recited by the faithful during each Divine Liturgy, define the Christian faith in God? Why is it important what we believe in and what we don't believe in? 

• Fr. Nshan Alaverdyan

The Bible attaches a great importance to the factor of faith. Wasn't that the reason that faith was changed into a dogmatic value and was formulated as a Creed at the Nicene Ecumenical Council? How does that Creed, which is recited by the faithful during each Divine Liturgy, define the Christian faith in God? Why is it important what we believe in and what we don't believe in? 

• Fr. Nshan Alaverdyan

The Bible attaches a great importance to the factor of faith. Wasn't that the reason that faith was changed into a dogmatic value and was formulated as a Creed at the Nicene Ecumenical Council? How does that Creed, which is recited by the faithful during each Divine Liturgy, define the Christian faith in God? Why is it important what we believe in and what we don't believe in? 

• Fr. Nshan Alaverdyan

The Bible attaches a great importance to the factor of faith. Wasn't that the reason that faith was changed into a dogmatic value and was formulated as a Creed at the Nicene Ecumenical Council? How does that Creed, which is recited by the faithful during each Divine Liturgy, define the Christian faith in God? Why is it important what we believe in and what we don't believe in? 

• Fr. Nshan Alaverdyan

What is faith according to the Bible? Why is faith in God emphasized constantly in both Old and New Testaments, and why does the Lord demand faith from people? Why doesn't the Lord reveal Himself openly; why does He do it through sacraments? How to obtain faith?

• Fr. Nshan Alaverdyan

What hinders amid today’s pluralism from including the words of the Book of Books in each mass media means, poster, showcase, school and university textbook for a wide propagation and promotion? Would it be an educational venture from theological, cultural, and spiritual-religious standpoints to include the Bible in all the levels of education? Why is the Bible excluded from education?

• Fr. Nshan Alaverdyan

What family models are there in the world nowadays, and what is the Christian assessment of each of them? Why does the Church recognize only that union as lawful which is between a man and a woman and established through the Church marriage at that? What does this radicalism of the Church secure in the mystery and purpose of marriage? Why can't a love union between a couple, if it is not formalized by documents, be pleasing to God? Don't two persons love each other? And God is love.

• Fr. Nshan Alaverdyan

Often, the couple comes to church to marry without any idea about the Sacrament of Matrimony. Whose fault is this? In which cases can a priest reject or postpone the performance of this sacrament? What consequences can follow both hasty baptisms and hasty church marriages?

• Fr. Nshan Alaverdyan

Christianity and the Christians have demonstrated their viability in all systems of state government. Should the issue on what the state should be have importance for Christians if the latter aspire to achieve heavenly citizenship? To what extent is the necessity of having and implementing a Christian model of state government substantiated?

• Fr. Nshan Alaverdyan