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E-Sunday Bulletin of St. Sarkis Armenian Apostolic Church

38-65 234th. St. Douglaston, NY, 11363  
S unday: 09/11/2016 
ԽԱՉՎԵՐԱՑ
 FEAST OF THE EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS
Sunday Readings:
Isaiah 49:13-23; Galatians 6:14-18; John 3:13-21

Join us in worship this Sunday
Morning Service 10:00 AM
Divine Liturgy 10:45 AM - Sermon 11:45 AM
Մասնակցեցէք Ս. Պատարագին ՝
Առաւօտեան Ժամերգութիւն 10։00
Ս. Պատարագ 10։45- Քարոզ 11։45

News From St. Sarkis Church
Լուրեր Ս. Սարգիս Եկեղեցիէն
A New Season For The Youth Club

A new Season for the Youth Club Starts This Friday!  
Join us this Friday September 9th from 5:30 -7:30 PM as we Launch Connect!
  • 5:30 Dinner
  • 6:00 Alpha Film Series | Episode 01 |
  • Is There More To Life Than This? 
  • 6:30 Discussion
  • 7:00 Live Music
  • 7:30 Dismissal

We will have a series of interactive weekly sessions on a weekly basis. We will openly explore the basics of the Christian faith. The kickoff will include a delicious meal that is accompanied by fun topical teachings. We will follow this up with participatory discussions that cover a different subject each week. Then conclude with a variety of fun filled activities!

This year, we will meet Every Friday. 
Please be sure to fill out our registration form online.

Connect  
Connect with Friends, 
Connect with your Heritage, 
Connect with your inner self, 
Connect with God.

Are you Connected yet?


Altar Flowers
- The Altar Flowers for  this Sunday are donated by an Anonymous Donor.

- Basil for blessing is donated by Mrs.  Mrs. Noemi Megerian.
Welcome To Our New Pastoral Associate
The Pastor and Board of Trustees of St. Sarkis Armenian Apostolic Church would like to welcome Mrs. Lena Arkilanian-Felice as our church's new Pastoral Associate.
 
After her training with the Pastor the past few months, we're happy to announce that Mrs. Arkilanian-Felice will be joining our parish staff.  
 
Lena will be supporting the daily pastoral needs of our parish, work with various auxiliary bodies of the church, assist the pastor and the Board of Trustees in organizing events and programs and find ways to better serve the needs of our community. One of her main responsibilities is to preside over our Connect - The Youth Club of ST. Sarkis Church.
 
Lena has worked closely with the Saturday   School and Summer Camp program over the past few years. She loves being a mom and enjoys helping kids to develop through the teachings of Jesus Christ.  She values the importance of empowering parents to be the spiritual guides of their children.  
 
Lena was born in Montreal , Canada . She is married to George Felice and has two children.  Her daughter Briel is 8 years old and her son Alesandro is 3.  She's been living in the US since 2001 and moved to Long Island from Manhattan in 2015.  
 
Lena 's business background is corporate. She's worked in the Fashion Industry for 20 years.  Most recently as a V.P. of Sales & Marketing at Canadian Companies who sought out a foothold and operations in NYC.
 
Lena 's true passion is to live a healthy lifestyle and this inspired her to obtain her certification as a holistic nutritionist at Columbia University .  She believes that through spirituality, eating healthy and incorporating activities, such as yoga, meditation, and aromatherapy, one can attain a better life. 
 
Lena looks forward to working with our parishioners to infuse these attributes that will positively impact our children's growth, our community, and church.


ST. SARKIS ARMENIAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH 
SUZANNE & HOVSEP HAGOPIAN SATURDAY SCHOOL 
 

We are excited to announce that this Saturday, September 12, will mark the beginning of another year of the Suzanne and Hovsep Hagopian Saturday School at St. Sarkis Church.  As in the past, this year also we will offer class in  Western and Eastern Armenian, Religion, History, Music and Arts.  Our Saturday School is not only a place for children to grow together and bond as friends but also it helps parents to make friends with fellow parents. See you tomorrow  at 9:30 AM in the main Hall of St. Sarkis Church. 


 

For more information contact the Church office at (718) 224-2275
Or Mrs. Yvette Fiesel at (516) 454-4947


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Bible Readings
Աստուածաշնչական Ընթերցումներ
  THE EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL TO THE GALATIONS (6.14-18)
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. Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything; what counts is a new creation. Peace and mercy to all who follow this rule, even to the Israel of God. 
Finally, let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus. 
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen.
  
ՊՕՂՈՍ ԱՌԱՔԵԱԼԻ ՆԱՄԱԿԸ ԳԱՂԱՏԱՑԻՆԵՐՈՒՆ (6.14-18)
Գալով ինծի, քաւ լիցի որ մեր Տիրոջ Յիսուս Քրիստոսի խաչէն զատ ուրիշ բանով պարծենամ: Այդ խաչին միջոցաւ մեղքի աշխարհը մեռած է այլեւս ինծի համար, ինչպէս ես մեռած եմ այդ աշխարհին համար: Կարեւորը մարդուս թլփատուած կամ անթլփատ ըլլալը չէ, այլ նոր արարած ըլլալը: Թող Աստուծոյ խաղաղութիւնն ու ողորմութիւնը ըլլան բոլո՛ր անոնց հետ՝ որոնք այս սկզբունքին համաձայն կ՚ապրին. բո՛լոր անոնց՝ որոնք իր ընտրեալ ժողովուրդը կը կազմեն: 

Այսուհետեւ, խնդրեմ, ոեւէ մէկը աշխարհիկ հոգերով թող զիս չնեղէ, որովհետեւ ես Յիսուսի կը պատկանիմ, ինչպէս մարմնիս վրայ վէրքերուն սպիները կը վկայեն: 
Եղբայրներ, մեր Տէր Յիսուս Քրիստոսի շնորհքը ձեր բոլորին հետ ըլլայ: Ամէն:

  
THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO ST. JOHN (3:13-21)
No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven-the Son of Man. Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son. This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God."
 
 
ՅԻՍՈՒՍ ՔՐԻՍՏՈՍԻ ԱՒԵՏԱՐԱՆԸ ԸՍՏ ՅՈՎՀԱՆՆՈՒ (3.13-21)
Ոչ ոք երկինք ելաւ՝ բացի Մարդու որդիէն, որ երկինքէն իջաւ, եւ որ երկինքի մէջ է: Եւ ինչպէս Մովսէս պղինձէ օձը բարձրացուց անապատին մէջ, նոյնպէս ալ Մարդու Որդին պէտք է բարձրանայ, որպէսզի անոր հաւատացողը յաւիտենական կեանք ունենայ: Որովհետեւ Աստուած այնքան սիրեց աշխարհը, որ մինչեւ իսկ իր միածին Որդին տուաւ, որպէսզի անոր հաւատացողը չկորսուի, այլ յաւիտենական կեանք ունենայ: Որովհետեւ Աստուած իր Որդին աշխարհ ղրկեց՝ ոչ թէ որպէսզի աշխարհը դատապարտէ, այլ որպէսզի աշախրհը փրկէ: Ով որ կը հաւատայ անոր՝ չի դատապարտուիր. իսկ ով որ չի հաւատար անոր՝ արդէն իսկ դատապարտուած է, Աստուծոյ միածին Որդիին չհաւատալուն համար:
 
Եւ դատապարտութիւնը այս է.- Լոյսը աշխարհ եկաւ, բայց մարդիկ խաւարը լոյսէն աւելի սիրեցին, որովհետեւ չարութիւն կը գործէին: Ով որ չար գործ կը կատարէ՝ կ՚ատէ լոյսը եւ լոյսին չի գար, որպէսզի իր գործերը չյայտնուին: Սակայն ով որ կը կատարէ ինչ որ ճշմարիտ է՝ լոյսին կու գայ, որպէսզի յայտնի ըլլայ թէ իր գործերը Աստուծոյ կամքին համաձայն գործուած են:

Liturgical Calendar (From Crossroads: E-Newsletter of the Armenian Prelacy)
Exaltation Of The Holy Cross 
This Sunday, September 11, the Armenian Church commemorates the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (   Khachverats   ), which is the last of the five Tabernacle Feasts observed by the Armenian Church during the liturgical year.  

This holiday is a celebration of the Holy Cross and is commemorated by most Christian churches on September 14. The Armenian Church celebrates it on the Sunday closest to the 14th. It is the oldest of the feasts devoted to the cross. The cross, once a means of death for criminals, gradually became the dominant symbol of the Christian world, an object of reverence and worship, and symbol of triumph over death. Christ's apostle St James, Patriarch of Jerusalem, elevated the Holy Cross during a religious ceremony chanting the hymn, "   Khachee oh Krisdos Yergeer Bakanemk   ," (To Your Cross We Bow)," thus accepting the cross as a symbol of salvation and an object of utmost veneration. James was later martyred in Jerusalem, and upon his grave stands the expansive Armenian monastery of St. James in Jerusalem. 

There are four feasts devoted to the cross in the Armenian liturgical calendar, with the Exaltation being the most important. The other three are: Apparition of the Holy Cross; Holy Cross of Varak; and Discovery of the Cross. Each of these four holidays devoted to the Holy Cross are related to the life and the salvific work of our Lord.  

The ceremony for the Exaltation begins with the decoration of the Cross with sweet basil (   rehan   ), a sign of royalty, and also as a symbol of the living cross that is carried through the church by the priest, deacons, altar servers, and choir in a procession. After the Bible readings, the officiating priest lifts the Cross and makes the sign of the Cross, and blesses the four corners of the world (   Andastan  service), asking God's blessing and bounty for the prosperity of the Armenian Church and for the fruitfulness of the land and all the holy places and their inhabitants.  

The  Khachveratz   ceremony was prepared by Catholicos Sahag Dzoraporetsi (677-703). He also composed the hymn that is sung on this day. As with other Tabernacle Feasts, the Exaltation is preceded with a period of fasting (Monday to Friday), and followed by a memorial day (   Merelotz   ).  

Name day commemorations this Sunday include: Khatchadour, Khatchig, Khatcherets. Rehan, Khatchkhatoun, Khachouhi, Khatchperouhi, Khosrov, Khosrovanoush, Khrosrovitoukhd, and Nshan.  

Obituary
- Mr. DINO OHANESIAN, passed on Friday, September 2, 2016. A Wake service was held on Thursday, September 8, 2016. Funeral services were on  Friday, September 9, 2016 all at St. Sarkis Armenian Apostolic Church.  W e extend our heartfelt condolences to his family members. May he rest in peace.
Men's Club Annual Cigar Night
Saturday School Gala

Fellowship Hour
Join St. Sarkis Church Ladies Guild Fellowship Hour Every Sunday After Church Services.

The Ladies Guild Coffee hour  will be held in the Pagoumian Hall and is hosted by:
-Mrs. Janet Tutuyan
-Mrs. Eliza Ohannessian
-Mrs. Vicky Baklajian
 

CALENDAR OF EVENTS
- September 9, 2016 - First Day of Connect 

- September 10, 2016 - First Day of Saturday School
 
- September 18, 2016 - Annual Picnic

- September 23, 2016 - Men's Club Annual  Cigar Night

- November 5, 2016 - Saturday School Annual Gala
St. Sarkis Basketball Program

Adds From Sister Organizations






 


This Bulletin has been prepared and designed by Fr. Nareg Terterian

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