The martyrs do not age, and the revival of the nation, the people, and the Homeland is connected to their heroism. - Bagrat the Blessed
13-07-2026 15:26 Armenia Press of Diaspora
ishkhanutyun.am Regardless of religion, denomination, or whether one is a believer or not, the highest quality of a person is to dedicate or sacrifice their life for a greater value, such as faith, the Homeland, family, justice, truth, freedom, and the common good:
This is why the people have sanctified, and the church has canonized and proclaimed the heroism and spiritual feats of martyrs. It is an absolute spiritual value that is not subject to change in any religious, socio-psychological, domestic, or even political subtexts:
And those who consider martyrdom as "futility," "nothingness," loss, and even more, will be blinded or deny it with the deception of a "good life" or the vague and consumerist statement of "we just want to live," the apostle has best expressed their evaluation: "For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God" (1 Corinthians 1:18) and "May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world" (Galatians 6:14).
Our today's "we just want to live" anti-life "historical" propaganda is answered not by us, but by Yeghishe from the 5th century: "If anyone has greater power than worldly greatness, but is the poorest in mind, such a person is more miserable than many, as we see not only among those with limited abilities but that the greatest of all... the king (i.e., the head of state) is responsible not only for himself but for those whose loss he caused" (Yeghishe, pages 14-15).
There cannot be a more accurate and comprehensive observation about our bitter reality today and its causes than this observation by Yeghishe, I believe:
Without ignoring the attitudes of other nations and religions, I will speak about the Christian, particularly Armenian Christian understanding of martyrdom and martyrdom:
First, it must be established from the outset that martyrdom is not death, but life; it is not loss, but finding; it is not a grave, but heaven; it is not a phenomenon or action that has ended in time, but an everlasting reality. And finally, martyrs do not age, and the rebirth of the nation, people, state, Homeland, and individual is always connected to their name and feat: "... unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds" (John 12:25).
To be continued...
Bagrati Archbishop Galstanyan
* This text was automatically translated by Artificial Intelligence (AI).
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