 in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Friends, thank you for joining us in this important prayer vigil. I can't tell you how moved I am. Stephanie is that thousands of you have signed up to join us in this prayer this evening for the plight of the Armenian people and we'll have most reverend Mikhail Muradiyan. Sorry, we'll talk to you a bit about the crisis in Armenia. Some of you heard about it on Divine Intimacy Radio or you might have listened to Raymond Arroyo on Ida Bitian and Simone talking about that this week. But the gates of hell will not prevail. The reason we chose that name is because it is a truth that everywhere the kingdom of God expands, everywhere the kingdom of God is dominant, the kingdom of the enemy is crushed. And so there is no advancement of the gospel without the crushing of the kingdom of the enemy. And one of the things that I wanted to emphasize in terms of how we understand and pray is, one, the scripture says that we were not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers. People hate one another because of sin, but they also hate one another because of the work of the enemy to divide us. And then if he can divide us, then he can he can thwart the gospel. But if he can unite, if he can at least create an affinity between peoples, even if there's conflict, the gospel can advance and all people can come to know him. And so this is the essence of our prayer. Foundationally, there are 30,000 children who are suffering in Armenia, and of course, all of their parents and family and adults. And this prayer, our intention, our desire, our belief, our faith is that when we join with God and supplicate him in what he already desires to do, we become the means of grace through which he then acts. And I believe that he wants to act in this situation and free his people, whether it be by miracles in the spiritual realm, or miracles in the political realm, or miracles on an individual level with families and somehow supplies getting in, whatever it is, we don't care. We just want to help the Armenian people who are suffering so much. The reason all of this surfaced, and you may have heard Stephanie and I talk about it with Simone on Divine Intimacy Radio, is I'm Jewish by birth. I'm still Jewish. I'm a Hebrew Catholic. And years ago, I learned about the plight of the Armenians and then was deeply moved by their suffering in the original attempt to wipe them out. World War I, the early 20th century. And when I heard recently that we're in an eight-month-long blockade, I was deeply grieved. I saw Simone out on Council of Trent Podcasts with Trent Horne speaking about the issue, and I was just moved. And I thought, you know, if there's a way we can get our team to move, we don't, we often don't have windows open to do this sort of thing. And so I got our team together and asked at the Avala Foundation, spiritualdirection.com, can we get a prayer rally together? And then we connected with Simone. And then, of course, she brought good friends to the table, the good bishop to the table to help us to pray for their people and see a miracle of God. So we're grateful. I don't know, Steph, if you had anything else in terms of welcoming everybody and letting them... No, I'm just really grateful for all that. I was moved by how many people have responded to this call to prayer and just the beautiful way that the Lord moves and puts this desire in our heart to cooperate. We want to often do something, and prayer is the most beautiful thing that we can do, because it places trust in the Lord. It supplicates him. It follows that desire of our hearts to relieve the sufferings of others. And so I'm just very moved by that. And I believe in the power of intercessory prayer, I've seen it work time and time again. Miracles still do happen all the time, every day. So it's just a great honor and a grace to be able to get together with our friends and pray for their meeting people. And our primary collaborator on all of this project is, of course, Simone Riscala and Jordan's going to bring her up. And so Simone, it's just been a joy to work behind the scenes with you and getting all of this together. It's funny. Not many people move faster than me. And then the day I realized, I thought, I hired the current president of EWTN News. I was the previous president, and I never thought to call her. So I ended up, she wished me a happy birthday this week. And I thought, oh, wow, we should be on EWTN News and then come to find out you're on with Raymond Arroyo. So Simone, oh gosh, I think she, you know, she's, she moves faster than me. So Simone, it's been such a joy to work with you and getting all of this together. Thank you so much, Dan and Stephanie and everybody at Avila who helped put this together so so quickly and happy belated birthday, Dan. Oh, thank you. Well, I, I know that Bishop's going to introduce a little bit about the situation, but I just want to briefly say that there are moments in life where you really see the church show up in a particular way. And this prayer vigil tonight is one that I will never forget because of the ways in which my friends and the Communion of Saints here on earth are showing up to intercede for the world's first Christian nation, which means that, that Armenian Christians and Armenian spirituality belongs to all of us. It's a, it's a, it's a heritage we all belong to. And, you know, people ask me a lot, well, I'll pray, but what can I really do? And I never, I, you know, there's never enough time to sit down and explain that what Edestine once said about real history is determined by hidden saints. That's how I feel about prayer. It's the most important thing we can do. It's not, it's the most powerful thing that can do that. John Paul II contributed to the fall of communism and the Eastern Bloc because he was holy and because he was a man of prayer tonight. That's how I feel that these, these are the hidden saints that are determining history through our prayers because God will hear us. And Simone, I, you know, we didn't, I didn't do anything with your bio, but of course your play a prominent role at endow. This is an extraordinary organization. Do you want us to tell folks a little bit about your background and of course your Armenian Egyptian, Armenian, or Armenian Egyptian, however, whichever the viewer is, but yeah. Yes. Well, because of the first Armenian genocide of the 20th century, I'm Armenian Egyptian. So my family went to Egypt and then I'm the first born here in the United States. I'm an Armenian Catholic and I'm privileged to be praying tonight with my very own bishop who's the bishop of all Armenian Catholics in the United States and Canada. And I, I'm a faculty member at Avila, which is a great privilege. I'm the director of program growth at endow, which is dedicated to cultivating the feminine genius and women, something else that John Paul II really believed in that, that holy women change history. So that is what I do is, uh, is, is mainly that's my work with endow. And yeah. Why don't you introduce, uh, sorry, didn't mean to cut you off there. Why don't you introduce a Gia, uh, from, uh, March for the martyrs? Oh, I'm so, so happy to, um, to introduce Gia Chacon founder of for the martyrs or March for the martyrs coming up in September for those who are in the DC area. Um, and Armenia is going to be highlighted there next month. Um, so Gia, uh, another force to be reckoned with in terms of spreading awareness and advocacy for Christian persecution. I'm so grateful, Gia, that you are here and you traveled to Armenia a couple of times in the last few years. So many things I could go on and on and on about with you, Gia. So thank you for being part of the Armenian cause. I'm so honored. And on behalf of my organization for the martyrs, we think that this issue and the plight of persecuted Christians in Armenia is one that deserves to be at the forefront of the fight for human rights. So I'm honored to be here praying tonight and we're honored to highlight this issue at March for the martyrs this September. Thank you Gia. And we want to introduce our mutual friend, uh, Christopher Czech, who heads up I think the most important, um, Catholic apologetics organization on the planet. Chris, uh, was so delighted when I heard you got roped into this. Um, tell us a little bit about your interest in this project and why, why, uh, why you said yes when you're so busy. No one says no to Simone. That's true. It's not complicated. You know, Dan, before I, uh, and I never said hi to Stephanie God bless you Stephanie. It's good to see you. It's good to see you too. Uh, I, uh, before I came to Catholic Answers, I worked for a, uh, little thing taking Northern Illinois called the Rockford Institute and, um, among our interests was, what does a Christian foreign policy look like? And I think it needs to be said, even at the expense of irritating some people who may even be on this, um, uh, and this visual with us, um, American foreign policy has not been, uh, uh, has not taken into consideration, uh, the plight of Christians, uh, in, uh, in Eastern Europe and in, uh, and in, in the East. And this is an example of it. We're on the wrong side of this. And I think it's important, um, apart from the better reasons that all of you have given, uh, that we unite as brothers and sisters in the mystical body. It's important for us to understand this. And, uh, I encourage everyone who's, who's joining us tonight be informed about what your government is doing and paying for and who is suffering as a consequence of it. So well said. And, uh, probably, uh, the most important member of this, uh, team of prayer, um, Bishop Mikael Muradian, your excellency, so grateful you could join us. Um, please, uh, give us your insight on the crisis and then, uh, lead us in the prayer of St. Gregory. Oh, before that, sorry. Before we go to you, Bishop, I messed up and Stephanie just corrected me, which is what's great about being on a team. Uh, Simone, uh, if you could introduce, we have a few other companions on the journey who are going to be helping us with the rosary. Uh, why don't you introduce, um, Megan and Christina. Sure. Thank you, Dan. It's my pleasure to introduce my dear, dear friend, Christina Ullini, who I've known in the capacity of a friend, but also collaborator, collaborator in the past with the defense of Christians. She's also a long time human rights advocate. So thanks, Christina, for, for joining us tonight. I'm so honored to be here with you all and, um, the Armenians really are the cradle of Christianity and, uh, it's so important that we stand with them and the suffering and that we pray for them. So, uh, I'm so honored to be doing that here with you all tonight with the Bishop. And as Simone, as you said at the beginning of this, uh, prayer vigil, it really is the most powerful thing we can do. So thank you so much for organizing this. And then we've got Megan Witt, who just got her master's degree in human rights. And I was pleasantly surprised to learn that she did a project, uh, as a young girl on Armenia and has cared about Armenia for all of her young life. So I thought, well, I know she's going to pray with us anyway. Uh, she can help us out. So thanks, Megan, for coming. Thank you so much, Simone. It's, it's an honor to be here calling attention to such an important issue. Amen. All right. So now I'm back to my, uh, properly ordered introduction of his excellency Muradi. And, uh, thank you so much for being with us, Bishop. Please, uh, give us your perspective on the crisis and then lead us in the prayer of St. Gregory of Nordic, uh, from his lamentations, um, as we begin then the rosary after that. Good evening and thank you then for having me today. I would like, first of all, to thank the Avila Foundation and the Spiritual Direction, each one of you for organizing this vigil prayer in solidarity of our brothers and sisters, the Armenian who are located almost for 250 days, eight months in the enclave of Nagorno-Garabakh, Artsakh in Armenian. So back in history, this enclave was till 1920 part of historical Armenia during the Soviet Union, studying as a dictator, cut off completely this part of Armenia and put it in the political map of Azerbaijan. At the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the people of Nagorno-Garabakh declared their independence from the Soviet Union and wanted to be part back again of the motherland, which was Armenia. Unfortunately, Azerbaijan did agree on that and the war was fought for four years in 1994 ended with the Nagorno-Garabakh people backed up by Armenia to have their some kind of independence for almost 20, 25 years. Unfortunately, in 2020, during the COVID period, as the entire world was occupied with the situation in the world of the COVID, Azerbaijan backed up by Turkey to army together, attacked the region, conquered almost more than the three quarters of the land and in October 2022, there was a peace agreement, trilateral peace agreement under the umbrella of Russia and there was a land which which is called the Lachin corridor that links the enclave of Nagorno-Garabakh with Armenia and that the the sole road that links this Armenian enclave with the entire world. So in December of 2022, some so-called civil people who are backed by the government of Azerbaijan blockade this sole road that connects Nagorno-Garabakh with Armenia under the pretext that it is against ecological issues because of mining nearby Nagorno-Garabakh, but it ended up in April of 2023 with a military blockade that is continuing till now and unfortunately, since July 2023, even the International Red Cross cannot pass by. So no medication, no food, no electricity, no water, for eight months people are starving and among these 120,000 Armenians who are living this blockade, there are 30,000 children, almost 20,000 elderly, 9,000 handicapped people and more than 2,000 pregnant women. We are already hearing miscarriages because of malnutrition. Three days ago, there was the first death because of starvation and things are worsening from day to day and the misfortune is that nobody is speaking about this. We don't hear about it in the big news agencies like CNN or Fox News or other big news and unfortunately, no international government is doing something to stop this blockade. So our sore way as Christians to push back was to go to prayer and I thank you to organize this vision as leaders of the Armenian church in western America. We organized the press conference two days ago in Los Angeles in front of the consulate of Azerbaijan and we declared that we're going to do 24 hours of hunger as leaders just to move the government of our country, our president to do something. Yes, there was a meeting of the UN peace conference, if I'm right, but there was just a discussion, no decision making. And things are worsening and we are afraid that people will be dying of hunger. That's why we pray, we ask our friends to join us and to speak about this so that we push not only our government but all the democratic governments to do something to help our brothers and sisters who are living this dire situation. Excellent. Would it be appropriate then as we speak of our intentions for this prayer time? One would be political. We'd like those in political power to move and to pay attention. Maybe another intention would be that we would like the media of the United States, which is the most of the world, to begin to pick the story up. Maybe three would be that the blockade would just be somehow decimated in some way for whatever reason we don't care just as long as it disappears so that food and supplies could get in. Are there any other intentions you think are really important for us to consider as we pray together? As you said very well, I have faith in the strength of prayer. I remember as Moses in the Old Testament was speaking in front of the Pharaoh for the freedom of his people. We pray that the Lord will soften the hardness of the heart of the government in Azerbaijan, other governments to think about this and to help our brothers and sisters who are struggling there for their lives. Very good. Excellency, would you like to pray the prayer of St. Gregory of Narek as the beginning of our time together? In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, amen. Speaking with God from the depths of the heart, the voice of a shining heart, its sobs and mournful cries, I offer up to you a seal of secrets, placing the fruits of my wavering mind as a savory sacrifice on the fire of my grievous soul, to be delivered to you in the censor of my will. Compassionate Lord, breath in this offering and look more favorably on it than upon a more sumptuous sacrifice offered with rich smoke. Please find this simple string of words acceptable to not turn in the stain. May this unsolicited gift reach you, this sacrifice of words from the deep mystery filled chamber of my feelings, consumed in flames, fueled by whatever grace I may have within me. As I pray, do not let these players know you almighty, like the raised hands of Jacob whose irreverence was rebuke by Isaiah, nor let them seem like the impudence of Babylon criticized in the 72nd Psalm. But let these words be acceptable as were the fragrant offerings in the Tabernacle at Shiloh, raised again by David on his return from captivity as the resting place for the ark of the covenant, a symbol for the restoration of my lost soul. Because you stern judgment echoes mightily in the valley of retribution, contradictory impulses in my soul brace for battle like clashing moths, crowds of thoughts strike each other, sword against armor, evil against good, insurning me for death as in other times when your grace had not rescued me, that grace of Christ which Paul's chosen among the Apostles thought was greater than the law of Moses. For as the scripture says, the day of the Lord is upon us, and in the narrow valley of Joseph had on the banks of the Kidron, those small battlegrounds for shadow on earth victory in the life to come. Thus the kingdom of God in a visible form has come already, changing me on truthful testimony, with wrongs greater than those of the Idonites, Philistines and other barbarians, wrongs that broke down the hand of God, and whereas their sentences were measured in years, my transgressions will be punished without term. As the prophet and the parable teller warned, the dungeon and shackles are already at my threshold to show me here and now my eternal disgrace. Only you can work the miracle to mark, to make life possible for the soul so impelled by doubt, for a turner of for all exalted beyond saying in your boundless glory on high forever and ever. Amen. Amen. So we begin this rosary recognizing, of course, the teaching of the church that we can gain an indulgence when the right conditions are met. So we'll begin with an our father and a Hail Mary for the holy intentions of the Pope. And I would ask all of you to, in terms of the application of an indulgence, it can be either applied to your need or to those of the dead, but only one of the two. And may we, may you all consider applying this in your intention toward those faithful departed already in Armenia, both in past and present. And in that purpose, and for that intention, we pray our father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Hail Mary full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy own Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. I believe in God, the Father, the Almighty Creator of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried, he descended into hell. On the third day he rose again from the dead, he ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. From thence he shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and life everlasting. Amen. For an increase in faith, Lord, help us to believe in your power. Help us to remember the Centurion who prayed, Lord, I believe, please help my unbelief. Make up for our lack. Hail Mary full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. For an increase in hope, Lord, increase our joyful anticipation of good. Strengthen those who are on the edge of losing hope in our Armenia. Help them to reach out to you. Those who have fallen away, maybe don't take their faith as seriously as they should in this time of crisis. May they reach out to you and may you be present to them and give them hope. Hail Mary full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. For an increase in love, Lord, forgive us that we care so little about those to whom we are bonded by the most deep and important bond any two people could ever be joined with, and that is the bond of faith and belief in you and in your salvation. Deepen our love for those who suffer. Help us to give our lives to those who suffer. Be present with those who suffer. Hail Mary full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be world without end. Amen. The first sorrowful mystery is the agony of Christ in the garden. Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses. As we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Hail Mary full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Hail Mary full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou among women, blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. 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Hail Mary full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art Thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of Thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death, amen. Hail Mary, full of grace the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell. You don't call us to heaven, especially those in need of fine mercy. The fifth soul of full mystery, the crucifixion. And when they came to the place which is called the skull, there they crucified him and the criminals, one on the right and one on the left. And Jesus said, Father forgive them for they know not what they're doing. It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the night hour. While the sun's light fell and the curtain of the temple was torn in two, then Jesus cried, crying with a loud voice said, Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit. And having said this, he breathed his last. I commit my spirit. I commit my spirit. I commit my spirit. I commit my spirit. Amen. I commit my spirit. Amen. I commit my spirit. Amen. I commit my spirit. Amen. I commit my spirit. Amen. I commit my spirit. Amen. I commit my spirit. I commit my spirit. I commit my spirit. Amen. Now because I don't speak Armenian, what was the last prayer that his excellency prayed? Oh, Jesus, forgive us our sins. Beautiful. Okay, great. So we'll do a traditional conclusion as well. Hail Holy Queen, mother of mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope. To thee do we cry, poor, banished children of Eve. To thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Amen, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy towards us. And after this our exiles show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O Clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary, pray for us, Holy Mother of God, that we will be made worthy of the promises of Christ. God has only begotten Son by his life, death and resurrection, has purchased for us the reward of eternal salvation. Grant, we beseech thee that by meditating on these mysteries of the most Holy Rosary, the Blessed Virgin Mary, that we may imitate what they contain and obtain what they promise through the same Christ, our Lord. Amen. So we're going to pray the Divine Mercy, Chaplet, and Lord, your promises are endless. Your mercies are endless. And so we invoke your mercy on the people of Armenia, on the babies in the womb, on the children in arms, on the small children who are confused and don't understand why there is chaos, on the parents that languish for their children, on the mothers that suffer, on the fathers who ache because they cannot provide, on the others that suffer who do not have the medical supplies they need, do not have the attention that they need, on the ache of the heart that their beautiful country is being set upon by this evil. So we offer this Divine Mercy, Chaplet, that you might hear our cry and our prayer. We know that you hear our prayer and that you might rain down mercy on your people and bring relief. Bring relief, Lord. Bring it soon. In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. You expired, Jesus, but the source of life gush forth for souls and the ocean of mercy opened up for the whole world. O font of life, unfathomable Divine Mercy, envelop the whole world and empty yourself out upon us. O blood and water which gush forth from the heart of Jesus as a font of mercy for us, I trust in you. O blood and water which gush forth from the heart of Jesus as a fount of mercy for us, I trust in you. O blood and water which gush forth from the heart of Jesus as a fount of mercy for us, I trust in you. Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen. I believe in God, the Father, Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and buried. He descended into hell. On the third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty. From there he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen. Eternal Father, I offer you the body and blood, soul, and divinity of your dearly beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. In atonement for our sins and those of the whole world. For the sake of His sorrowful passion. Have mercy on us and on the whole world. Have mercy on us and on the whole world. Have mercy on us and on the whole world. For the sake of His sorrowful passion. For the sake of His sorrowful passion. Have mercy on us and on the whole world. For the sake of His sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world. Eternal Father, I offer you the body and blood, soul and divinity of your dearly beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. In atonement for our sins and those of the whole world. For the sake of His sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world. For the sake of His sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world. For the sake of His sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world. Eternal Father, I offer you the body and blood, soul and divinity of your dearly beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. In atonement for our sins and those of the whole world. For the sake of His sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world. Have mercy on us and on the whole world. For the sake of His sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world. Eternal Father, I offer you the body, blood, soul and divinity of your dearly beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. In atonement for our sins and those of the whole world. For the sake of His sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world. Have mercy on us and on the whole world. Have mercy on us and on the whole world. Eternal Father, I offer you the body, blood, soul and divinity of your dearly beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. In atonement for our sins and those of the whole world. For the sake of His sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world. For the sake of His sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world. For the sake of His sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world. Have mercy on us and on the whole world. Eternal God in whom mercy is endless and the treasury of compassion inexhaustible look kindly upon us and increase your mercy in us that in difficult moments we might not despair nor become despondent but with great confidence submit ourselves to your holy will which is love and mercy itself. Amen. In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Before we ask Excellency to conclude us with His blessing, please stay with us for just one moment so that we can point you to some resources to continue this prayer and other activities that could help bring this situation to an end. Excellency, please give us your apostolic blessing. Before the blessing I would like to thank each one of you for participating to this video and I pray the Lord with the intercession of the Holy Virgin Mary which softened the heart of the dictator in Azerbaijan to open this blockade to put an end for the suffering of our people. And by the blessing of the Almighty God, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, descend upon you and remain forever. Amen. Amen. So there's a novena that and I don't know Simone do you want to explain what's going on with the Hosanna app? Yeah, we're so grateful to the Hosanna app for putting up this novena for the end to this blockade and for Armenian Christians and it's in English, French, Portuguese. We're so excited. So if you go and download the Hosanna app, you can search for this novena. You can sign up and you can have the novena prayers emailed to your inbox every day for nine days. I think if you sign up today, you'll get the novena tomorrow. They're going to have it start tomorrow. So if you sign up tonight, it's perfect. Great. And then we have, can you tell folks a little bit about the Philos project and we'll put up a URL on the screen so people can sign up for that but tell them about what's going on there. Yeah, if you'd like to stay in front of this issue, please go ahead and go to the Philos project. It's actually .org forward slash Armenia. My apologies for that. Philosproject.org forward slash Armenia. And you'll receive a newsletter and what that newsletter will contain is not just call it like practical call to actions, but there are of course very important and updates on the news and resources. But they'll also be, if you enjoy that prayer by saying Gregory of Narik prayer number one from his lamentations. We're also going to be including a whole series of prayers from his lamentations. And St. Gregory of Narik is one of the only 37 doctors of the church. I'm assuming most people haven't really read this Armenian monks beautiful poetry and prayers. So this is a great opportunity to get to know this doctor of the church which the church has recommended as well as a way to pray and intercede for the Armenian people and cause. So please, please sign up for that. We would be so grateful. And just a final thanks to Gia from March for the Martyrs for being with us and praying with us and for all your good work on behalf of those who are suffering Christians who are suffering. Thanks for being with us, Gia. It's been an honor and as Simone and so many of us mentioned at the beginning of this stream, you know, so often we think as Christians and maybe we've gotten so used to the concept of prayer, we always say, well, there's nothing left to do but pray, right? Like, well, we're throwing our hands up and that's our last resort, but really we know that prayer is the first response. It's been an honor to be part of this and I want to encourage anyone who is on the East Coast, you can actually join us at March for the Martyrs on September 30th in Washington, D.C. We are going to be standing with Armenian Christians. We're going to be standing with the world's first Christian nation, Armenia, and persecuted Christians around the world at March for the Martyrs. So you can learn more about that at forthemartyrs.com. Forthemartyrs.com. Thank you, Gia. Yeah, and I really want to encourage anybody out there, you have social media accounts, you have friends, you have parishes, you have priests, you have prayer groups. Get the word out about what's happening on your social media, use hashtags, save Armenia. You can help make this go viral. You can help get the word on this and put the pressure on those who have the political means or the financial means or whatever it is that can be, I'm sorry, what did you say? Oh, no, no, you keep going. You're on a good roll. Sorry. Those that have the means to get the word out or to put the pressure or whatever it is to use their influence in a way that can help bring this to the surface and bring this to a close because we know that our Lord wants us to pray. He also wants us to do whatever that we can in order to forward the cause. So I've been very moved and very grateful to be part of this. Time of prayer. And there are thousands of you out there. One of you knows a producer from a major network. I know that. Or you have a friend of a producer of a major network or whatever. You know, Megan Kelly or you know, Tucker Carlson or somebody out there who would get the word out to tell them, twist some arms in a nice way. Christopher check. Great man of our time and our faith and Catholic answers. Thank you for being with us. Thank you for inviting me and I'll just say again, my friends, take the time to educate yourself. Simone, who is the author at First Things who has five or six very excellent and readable columns? What's his name? Mark Movesian. Yeah, Mark Movesian. Go to First Things and read his articles. It'll take you 45 minutes and you'll know more than most of your countrymen. Most most most Europeans. Excellent piece on Chronicles magazine.org by my old friend, Serge Trifkovich, serving Orthodox. His people have suffered at the hands of Islam as well. Be educated about what your country is paying for and what you're paying for as a taxpayer. And thanks for having me very much. Great to see you again, Chris. And then for the future, two future leaders for the church and for the world, Christina and Megan. Thank you so much for giving your time to be with us and to pray. Thank you. All right. God bless you. Have a wonderful evening. Don't stop praying. Join the Novena and just remember the Armenians and let's all rejoice when the Lord moves. We see miracles and I have no doubt we will see them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. God bless you all.