The city was built in the 70s BCE and was called Tigranocerta (Armenian – Tigranakert) in honor of the Armenian king Tigranes the Great. To inhabit the capital city, the king relocated into it part of the urban population that had been forcefully driven out by him from the countries he had conquered.
The Church’s tradition about the three-year-old Mary’s presentation to the Temple, and the establishment of the feast dedicated to this event. The extrabiblical sources for the story of St. Mary’s childhood and her parents. The pagan and Jewish traditions of presenting children to temples. Children’s education and spiritual edification in temples in the Jewish and Christian worlds. Re-evaluating the practice of presenting children to the Church in today’s reality.
- Speaker: Fr. Zakaria Ananyan
- Host: Deacon Vardan Aslanyan