E-Sunday Bulletin of St. Sarkis Armenian Apostolic Church
38-65 234th. St. Douglaston, NY, 11363
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unday: 09/18/2016
ԽԱՉՎԵՐԱՑԷՆ ԵՏՔ Ա. ԿԻՐԱԿԻ
SECOND SUNDAY OF THE EXALTATION
Sunday Readings:
Isaiah 14:3-17; 2 Corinthians 10:18-11:10; Mark 10:1-12
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Join us in worship this Sunday
Morning Service 10:00 AM
Divine Liturgy 10:45 AM - Sermon 11:45 AM
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Մասնակցեցէք Ս. Պատարագին
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Առաւօտեան Ժամերգութիւն 10։00
Ս. Պատարագ 10։45- Քարոզ 11։45
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News From St. Sarkis Church
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Լուրեր Ս. Սարգիս Եկեղեցիէն
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25th ANNIVERSARY OF ARMENIAN INDEPENDENCE
Next Wednesday, September 21, we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the independent Republic of Armenia. Less than three years after the massive public demonstrations in Yerevan calling for the return of Nagorno Karabakh, and the devastating earthquake,Armenia declared itself free and independent on September 21, 1991. For more than seventeen centuries, the Armenian people lived and fought to maintain their religious faith and their own unique society. This declaration was a new milestone reaffirming that right to live as a people with its own way of life, its own beliefs, and on its own soil. May the Creator grace the Armenian nation with His protection.
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| Annual Picnic This Sunday |
| Exhaltation of the Holy Cross |
On Sunday, September 11, on the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, the Divine Liturgy at St. Sarkis Church was followed with "Antasdan" service (Blessing of the fields), during which the Cross was adorned with the basil and the four corners of the Church were blessed as a symbol of all the World.
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| A New Season For The Youth Club |
What a great way to kick off the season! On Friday, September 9, 2016, we had 22 young people gathered for our first Connect, Youth Club of St.Sarkis Church, meeting. We started promptly at
5:30 PM
with a delicious Italian meal, cookies and fruit for dessert and an icebreaker facilitated by Nevair Oranjian. By that time everyone had arrived and we were ready to start The Alpha Youth Film Series. We watched Episode 01 Is There More To Life Than This? After the clip, we transitioned into two groups. Key discussions topics included, how the last 24 hours of life can be spent, why is it awkward to discuss religious beliefs, and what questions could be asked to God assuming He was real. The night concluded with live music by Christapor and Shant Megherian, with a guest appearance from Greg Dosttur. Thank you to everyone who helped make the night a success! Hope to see everyone soon!
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Join us this Friday September 16th from 5:30 -7:30 PM as we continue Connect!
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- 5:30 Dinner
- 6:00 Alpha Film Series |Episode 02| Jesus: Who is Jesus?
- 6:30 Discussion
- 7:00 Live Music
- 7:30 Dismissal
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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?
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Suzanne and Hovsep Hagopian Saturday School Starts with over 80 Students
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Saturday morning, September 10th marked the first day of The Suzanne and Hovsep Hagopian Saturday School. 97 eager and excited students were enrolled on the opening day of school. A wonderful staff of dedicated teachers and assistants awaited their students and began teaching Armenian language in Western and Eastern Armenian, History, Religion and Armenian songs right away.
A big thank you to our PTA for sponsoring our "Meet n Greet" breakfast. A lovely spread was offered to all the parents who gathered to see their old friends and meet new ones. Fr. Nareg Terterian, Pastor welcomed the parents and discussed with them the latest plans of the Board of Trustees to expand the current building of the school to better accommodate the needs of our students.
The PTA has many fun and exciting events planned for our community throughout the year. Its most notable fundraising event is right around the corner. The 4th Annual Dinner Dance Gala will take place on November 5th, 2016 at the Woodbury Country Club. For reservations or more information please contact the church office or RSVP tostsarkisgalarsvp@gmail.com
For many years the Suzanne and Hovsep Hagopian Saturday School has enriched many students in gaining their Armenian language, strengthening their ties to their culture and religion and making life -long friendships and memories. We wish all our students a great academic year. A fun filled year of learning and enrichment in their mother language.
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| The Podcast With Fr. Nareg Terterian - Season II |
You may visit our library
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Bible Readings
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Աստուածաշնչական Ընթերցումներ
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THE SECOND EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL
TO THE CORINTHIANS (10.18 - 11.10)
For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.
I hope you will put up with a little of my foolishness; but you are already doing that. I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to him. But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent's cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ. For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough. But I do not think I am in the least inferior to those "super-apostles." I may not be a trained speaker, but I do have knowledge. We have made this perfectly clear to you in every way.
Was it a sin for me to lower myself in order to elevate you by preaching the gospel of God to you free of charge? I robbed other churches by receiving support from them so as to serve you. And when I was with you and needed something, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied what I needed. I have kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so. As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, nobody in the regions of Achaia will stop this boasting of mine.
ՊՕՂՈՍ ԱՌԱՔԵԱԼԻ ԵՐԿՐՈՐԴ ՆԱՄԱԿԸ
ԿՈՐՆԹԱՑԻՆԵՐՈՒՆ (10.18 - 11.10)
Իսկական ընտրուածը ան չէ՛ որ ինքզինք կը գովէ, այլ ան՝ որ Տիրոջ կողմէ կը գովուի: Սակայն, յուսամ քիչ մը ներողամիտ կ՚ըլլաք եթէ անմտօրէն ես ալ պարծենամ, ըրածներս յիշեցնելով ձեզի: Իսկ դուք համբերութեամբ լսեցէք:
Ես ձեզի հանդէպ Աստուծոյ նախանձախնդրութեամբ լեցուած՝ կ՚ուզեմ որ միայն Քրիստոսը սիրէք, ինչպէս մաքուր կոյս մը որ իր սէրը կը վերապահէ անոր որ իր ամուսինը պիտի ըլլայ: Բայց կը վախնամ որ ձեր միտքը ապականի եւ հեռանաք Քրիստոսի հանդէպ ամբողջական եւ մաքուր նուիրումէն, ճիշդ ինչպէս Եւան խաբուեցաւ օձին խորամանկ սուտերէն: Կը վախնամ որ նոյնքան դիւրութեամբ ընդունիք ոեւէ մէկը որ մեր քարոզածէն տարբեր փրկիչ մը, ձեր ստացած Հոգիէն տարբեր հոգի մը, կամ ձեր ընդունած Աւետարանէն տարբեր աւետարան մը կը քարոզէ ձեզի:
Չեմ գիտեր թէ ես ձեր այդ նշանաւոր «առաքեալ»ներէն բանով մը ետ կը մնա՞մ: Թէպէտ ճարտար խօսող մը չեմ, բայց խօսածս գիտեմ: Եւ կարծեմ ատիկա ապացուցանեցի ձեզի ամէն ինչով: Արդեօք սխա՞լ ըրի որ Աստուծոյ Աւետարանը ձրիօրէն քարոզեցի ձեզի եւ ինքզինքս խոնարհեցուցի՝ ձեզ բարձրացնելու համար: Ձեւով մը միւս եկեղեցիները կողոպտեցի, ապրուստս անոնցմէ առնելով, որպէսզի ձեզի ծառայեմ ձրիօրէն: Ձեր քով եղած ատենս նոյնիսկ երբ կարիքի մէջ եղայ՝ ձեզմէ ոեւէ մէկուն բեռ չեղայ. Մակեդոնիայէն եկած եղբայրները հոգացին պէտքերս: Եւ ինչպէս անցեալին զգուշացայ, ասկէ վերջ եւս ամէն կերպով պիտի զգուշանամ ձեզի բեռ ըլլալէ: Բայց Քրիստոսի ճշմարտութեամբը, որ իմ ներսիդիս է, կ՚ըսեմ՝ թէ այս բաներով պիտի պարծենամ ամբողջ Աքայիայի մէջ, բոլորին պատմելով:
THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST
ACCORDING TO ST. MARK (10.1-12)
Jesus then left that place and went into the region of Judea and across the Jordan. Again crowds of people came to him, and as was his custom, he taught them.
Some Pharisees came and tested him by asking, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"
"What did Moses command you?" he replied.
They said, "Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away."
"It was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you this law," Jesus replied. "But at the beginning of creation God 'made them male and female.' 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.' So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate."
When they were in the house again, the disciples asked Jesus about this. He answered, "Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her. And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery."
ՅԻՍՈՒՍ ՔՐԻՍՏՈՍԻ ԱՒԵՏԱՐԱՆԸ
ԸՍՏ ՄԱՐԿՈՍԻ (10.1-12)
Յիսուս Կափառնաումէն Հրէաստանի կողմերը եկաւ՝ Յորդանան գետին միւս կողմէն անցնելով: Դարձեալ խուռն բազմութիւն մը իր շուրջը հաւաքուեցան, եւ Յիսուս սկսաւ անոնց ուսուցանել իր սովորութեան համաձայն:
Փարիսեցիները զինք փորձելու նպատակով մօտեցան իրեն եւ հարցուցին. «Ոեւէ մէկը իրաւունք ունի՞ իր կինը արձակելու»:
Յիսուս պատասխանեց. «Մովսէս ձեզի ի՞նչ պատուիրեց»:
Անոնք ըսին. «Մովսէս արտօնեց բաժանման թուղթ տալ կնոջ եւ արձակել զայն»:
Յիսուս ըսաւ. «Մովսէս ձեր անհանդուրժող նկարագրին պատճառով այդ օրէնքը սահմանեց ձեզի: Մինչդեռ սկիզբէն, ստեղծագործութեան ժամանակ, Աստուած արու եւ էգ ստեղծեց մարդիկը եւ ըսաւ. "Այս պատճառով այրը պիտի ձգէ իր հայրն ու մայրը եւ իր կնոջ միանայ, եւ երկուքը մէկ մարմին պիտի ըլլան": Հետեւաբար այլեւս երկու չեն, այլ մէկ մարմին: Ուստի ոեւէ մէկը թող չբաժնէ անոնք որ Աստուած միացուց»:
Երբ տուն դարձան, աշակերտները նոյն նիւթին մասին դարձեալ հարցուցին: Յիսուս անոնց պատասխանեց. «Եթէ այրը արձակէ իր կինը եւ ուրիշ մը առնէ՝ շնութիւն ըրած կ՚ըլլայ անոր դէմ: Նոյնպէս ալ, կինը եթէ ձգէ իր ամուսինը եւ ուրիշ մը առնէ՝ շնութիւն ըրած կ'ըլլայ»:
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Paregentan Of The Holy Cross Of Varak
The ruins of the once great Monastery of Varak in the region of Van.
This Sunday, September 18, is the Paregentan (Eve) of the Fast of the Holy Cross of Varak. Monday to Friday are fasting days leading up to next Sunday, September 25, when the Feast of the Holy Cross of Varak will be commemorated.
Feast Of Saints Febronia, Mariana, And Shoushan
This Tuesday, September 20, the Armenian Church celebrates the Febronia, Mariana, and Shoushan, daughter of Vartan Mamigonian and great-granddaughter of Sahag Bartev. Shoushan is perhaps the best known of the three. She was educated under the tutelage of St. Sahag and her mother, Sahaganoosh. Her father's life and martyrdom influenced her to become a devout and faithful Christian. Her birth name was Varteny, but she was called Shoushan because of her extraordinary piety. She was married to Vazken, a son of a Georgian king, and had three sons and a daughter. After the death of her father-in-law, her husband became power-hungry, went to Persia, renounced the Christian faith and returned to Georgia with another wife, and tried to force Shoushan to renounce her Christian faith. Even after years of imprisonment and torture she refused to renounce the faith for which her father had fought so valiantly.
Febronia was a nun of extraordinary beauty at Nisibis in Mesopotamia. She was offered to be spared from persecution and torture if sh e renounced her religion. She refused and was brutally martyred.
Although the daughter of idol worshippers, Mariana was raised by a woman who was secretly a Christian and was baptized at age twelve. At the age of fifteen she confessed to her father that she was a Christian. She refused to renounce her religion, as well as the offer of marriage by a local official telling him that she was "married to Christ." She was tortured for three days and beheaded.
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-Ms. Tatyana Ulubabova, Mr. Lev Ulubabov and Mr. Simon Sarkis Ulubabov request requiem service for the soul of their beloved father and grandfather
SERGEY ULUBABOV (17th year memorial service).
-Bijimenian, Sarkissian and Barikian families request requiem service for the souls of their beloved father and grandfather
ANTRANIG SARKISSIAN (8th year memorial service), beloved husband, father and uncle
GARABED BARIKIAN (2nd year memorial service)
. Also for the souls of beloved grandparents HAYRABED &
HRIPSIME SARKISSIAN, beloved mother and grandmother
HOUDA SARKISSIAN, beloved parents and grandparents
AVEDIS and
MARIE BIJIMENIAN, beloved uncle and aunt
BOGHOS and, beloved aunt and sister in-law
NORA BARIKIAN.
- Տէր եւ Տիկ. Երուանդ եւ Մարօ Ժամկոչեան աւ զաւակներ՝ Նարեկ եւ Կայանէ հոգեհանգստեան արարողութիւն կը խնդրեն իրենց մօր եւ մեծ մօր
ԼՈՒՍԻՆ ՏԷՐ ՎԱՐԴԱՆԵԱՆի մահուան 5-րդ տարելիցին առթիւ։
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| Men's Club Annual Cigar Night |
 Join St. Sarkis Church Ladies Guild Fellowship Hour Every Sunday After Church Services.
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- September 16, 2016 - Connect
- September 18, 2016 - Annual Picnic
- September 23, 2016 - Men's Club Annual Cigar Night
- November 5, 2016 - Saturday School Annual Gala
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St. Sarkis Basketball Program
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Adds From Sister Organizations
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| This Bulletin has been prepared and designed by Fr. Nareg Terterian May God's Blessings Be Upon You All. |
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