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The Armenian capital letter "Eh", the seventh letter of the alphabet, when used in a sentence in a religious context, is a direct reference to God and means, "He exists". The letter often appears at the top of encyclicals and letters issued by the Catholicos to mean "God", "of God", and "in the name of God", and is based on the book of Exodus 3: 1-14. The prophet Moses encountered God in the wilderness where God spoke to him out of the burning bush, instructing him to deliver his people, the Israelites, from under the yoke of the Pharaoh of Egypt. Moses said to God, "If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you', and they ask me, 'what is his name?', 'what shall I say to them?'" God said to Moses, " I AM WHO I AM", and he said, "say this to the people of Israel, I AM has sent me to you". Thus, the Armenian letter "Eh", often appears above the center of the altar of the Church, and symbolizes the Divinity (God) and is also a reference to the Seven Holy Sacraments of the Church With Permission  Music:
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