Apostle Paul’s unique call and ministry. The meaning of the Law is not to cling to the letter of the Law, but to fulfill the spirit of the Law. The main purpose of the word of God is the holiness of life. The egocentricity of the pagan civilization and the tragedy of a human separated from God. Christianity is a way of humans’ spiritual liberation and of revealing divine love. Both by the written Law and by the natural or conscience law, everyone is called to know God and live by faith.
- Speaker: Fr. Mesrop Aramian
- Host: Deacon Ara Nalchajyan
The libretto of the comic operetta “The Bat” (“Die Fledermaus”) by Johann Strauss Jr. is based on a farce by German playwright Julius Roderich Benedix. Playwrights Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy transformed it into a vaudeville.
Their play was such a big success in Paris that the Director of the Theater An der Wien (Vienna) Maximilian Steiner decided to stage it in his theater. He ordered Austrian playwright and composer Richard Genée to write the final version of the play. One of the friends of Strauss' suggested that Steiner order Strauss to compose the music for the play. Strauss began working with great enthusiasm; he fell in love with the libretto so much that he completed his work in only 1.5 months. The premiere of the operetta took place on April 5, 1872, Easter, in the Theater An der Wien.
