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E-Sunday Bulletin of St. Sarkis Armenian Apostolic Church

38-65 234th. St. Douglaston, NY, 11363  
Sunday: 07/30/2017
ԱՅԼԱԿԵՐՊՈՒԹԵՆԷՆ ԵՏՔ Ա. ԿԻՐԱԿԻ - 
FIRST SUNDAY AFTER THE TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
Sunday Readings:
 Isaiah 3:16-4:1; 1 Corinthians 1:25-30; Matthew 18:10-14.
  
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

Rev. Fr. Zareh Sarkissian will celebrate the Holy Mass this Sunday, July 30, 2017  

 St. Sarkis Church Summer Camp Sponsors Summer School in Beirut


"...Remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said:  'It is more blessed to give than to receive.' " (Acts  20:35)

It is this teaching of the Lord that we tried to live during our Summer Camp as our campers and their parents raised funds to support the Karagheusian Summer School in Beirut, Lebanon.

The ARS Erebouni chapter and Mr. & Mrs. Arthur & Annette Givelekian sponsored our fundraising efforts by donation $500 each.   

A total amount of $3000 was raised and it was delivered to the Summer School by Fr. Nareg, who visited the program, met with the children and the staff members on Friday July 28, 2017.

Mr. Serop Ohanian, the director of the Karagheusian Foundation in Lebanon and Yeretsgin Christine Sarkissian the director of the Summer School program expressed their gratitude for the initiative of St. Sarkis Church Summer Camp Program. They told Der Nareg that donated funds will be used to sponsor a day trip for the students.

The 280 students participating in the program consist of 60% Syrian-Armenian refugees who are settled in Lebanon as a result of the war in Syria.

We would like to thank all individuals and organizations who contributed in this meaningful and important fundraising.    


The Feast of the Assumption of St. Mary 
"Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear!" (Luke 1. 42).
"From now on all generations will call me blessed,  
for the Mighty One has done great things for me-  
holy is his name." (Luke 1. 49).
  
ST. SARKIS ARMENIAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH 
FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION OF ST. MARY  
THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD
BLESSING OF GRAPES AND 
MADAGH (HARISSA) 

SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2017
Morning Service 10:00 AM 
Divine Liturgy 10:45 AM 
  
Blessing of the Grape and Madagh Following Badarak 
YOUR DONATIONS ARE APPRECIATED 
   For more information please contact the Church office at 
(718 224-2275)

Annual Picnic

Bible Readings
Աստուածաշնչական Ընթերցումներ
                         A READING FROM THE FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL CORINTHIANS (1.25-30)
For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength.
Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things-and the things that are not-to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him.It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God-that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption.
  
ՊՕՂՈՍ ԱՌԱՔԵԱԼԻ ԱՌԱՋԻՆ ՆԱՄԱԿԸ  ԿՈՐՆԹԱՑԻՆԵՐՈՒՆ ( 1.25-30)
Աստուծոյ տնօրինութիւնը, որ յոյներ յիմարութիւն կ՚որակեն, իմաստնագոյն է քան մարդկային ոեւէ իմաստութիւն. եւ Աստուծոյ խաչը, որ հրեաներ տկարութիւն կը համարեն, աւելի զօրեղ է քան մարդկային ամէն զօրութիւն:

Եղբայրներ, դուք ձեզմէ դատեցէք. ինչ էիք երբ Աստուած ձեզ կանչեց: Ձեզմէ քանի՞ն իմաստուն, հզօր կամ ազնուատոհմ էին մարդկային չափանիշներով: Բայց Աստուած դիտմամբ ընտրեց այն ինչ որ այս աշխարհը յիմար եւ անիմաստ կը գտնէ, անով իմաստունները ամօթով ձգելու համար. ընտրեց այն ինչ որ այս աշխարհը տկար կը համարէ, անով հզօրները ամչցնելու համար. եւ ընտրեց այն ինչ որ այս աշխարհը անարժէք, արհամարհելի եւ ոչնչութիւն կը նկատէ, անով ոչնչացնելու համար այս աշխարհի մեծութիւնները: Եւ ասիկա՝ որպէսզի ոեւէ մարդ չպարծենայ Աստուծոյ առջեւ, որովհետեւ Աստուած ինքն է որ ձեզ բերաւ Քրիստոսի միացուց, եւ մենք Քրիստոսով ճանչցանք Աստուծոյ իմաստութիւնը եւ գտանք մեր արդարութիւնը, սրբութիւնը եւ փրկութիւնը:

 THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO MATTHEW (18.10-14)
"See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven. 

"What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off? And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off. In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish.

ՅԻՍՈՒՍ ՔՐԻՍՏՈՍԻ ԱՒԵՏԱՐԱՆԸ ԸՍՏ ՄԱՏԹԷՈՍԻ (18.10-14) 
Զգոյշ, մի՛ արհամարհէք այս փոքրիկներէն ոեւէ մէկը. գիտցէք որ անոնց հրեշտակները երկինքի մէջ միշտ կը տեսնեն իմ երկնաւոր Հայրս: Որովհետեւ մարդու Որդին եկաւ կորսուածը փրկելու համար:


Ի՞նչ կը կարծէք. եթէ մարդ մը իր հարիւր ոչխարներէն մէկը կորսնցնէ, չի՞ ձգեր իննսունինը ոչխարները լերան վրայ եւ չե՞րթար փնտռելու կորսուած ոչխարը: Այո, կ՚երթայ: Եւ եթէ պատահի որ գտնէ, վստահ եղէք որ աւելի կ՚ուրախանայ այդ ոչխարին համար, քան թէ իննսունինը ոչխարներուն համար որոնք կորսուած չեն: Նմանապէս ալ Հայրս, որ երկինքի մէջ է, չÿուզեր որ այս փոքրիկներէն մէկը կորսուի:
Liturgical Calendar
SAINTS THADDEUS AND  SANTOOKHT
This Saturday, July 29, the Armenian Church commemorates Saint Thaddeus, one of two apostles who preached in Armenia, and Saint Santookht, daughter of King Sandadrook, and the first saint of the Armenian Church.
Princess Santookht was converted to Christianity by Thaddeus. Her father tried to have her renounce her conversion and finally gave her a choice of the crown or the sword. She chose the sword and became the first witness for Christianity in Armenia and the first saint of the Armenian Church. Shortly after her martyrdom, Thaddeus was also martyred.
 
SAINT CYPRIAN THE BISHOP
On Monday, July 31, the Armenian Church commemorates St. Cyprian (Gibrianos), who was bishop of Carthage, an important early Christian writer, and a major theologian of the early African church. Many of his works in Latin have survived.  One of his best known works is, On the Unity of the Church. Many of his epistles, treatises, and pastoral letters are extant. He urged Christians to recite the Lord's Prayer every day, meditating on each phrase. He wrote a commentary on the Lord's Prayer showing how it is the model for prayer.  
Born in the year 200, he was the son of wealthy parents and became a teacher of rhetoric and literature. He converted to Christianity in his middle years and was ordained a priest and elected to serve as bishop of Carthage. He was subject to persecution after his conversion and in the year 258 was beheaded along with forty-five martyrs.

"When we pray, we should ensure that we understand the words we use. We should be humble, aware of our own weaknesses, and be eager to receive God's grace. Our bodily posture and our tone of voice should reflect the fact that through prayer we enter God's presence. To speak too loudly to God would be impudent; thus a quiet and modest manner is appropriate. The Lord has instructed us that we should usually pray in private, even in our own bedrooms. This reminds us that God is everywhere, that he hears and sees everything, and that he penetrates the deepest secrets of our hearts."
(From "On the Lord's Prayer," by Cyprian of Carthage)

His Holiness Aram I Will Preside 
The 50th anniversary of the ordination of His Eminence Archbishop Oshagan will take place on Sunday, October 29, under the auspices and presence of His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Holy See of the Great House of Cilicia. 
  
The celebratory day will begin with a special Divine Liturgy at St. Illuminator Cathedral, 221 East 27th Street, New York City, beginning at 10 am. A reception and dinner will follow at The New York Palace, 455 Madison Avenue, New York City. 
  
The first joint meeting of the Steering and Banquet Committees took place at the Prelacy offices, under the chairmanship of His Grace Bishop Anoushavan Tanielian, Vicar General, to plan a worthy and proper celebration of the fifty years of distinguished service rendered by His Eminence to the Armenian Church and Nation. During the coming weeks we will share the exciting details. For now,
please reserve the new date: Sunday, October 29.
Requiem

BISHOP NORAYR ASHEKIAN, a senior member of the Brotherhood of the Holy See of the Great House of Cilicia, entered eternal rest on Friday, July 21. His Holiness Catholicos Aram I officiated the Extreme Unction and Funeral services that took place on July 24 in the Cathedral of St. Gregory the Illuminator in Antelias, Lebanon.
 
Bishop Norayr was born in 1956 in Kessab, Syria. He was ordained a celibate priest in 1976 and consecrated bishop in 2008. At the time of his passing Bishop Noryar was the director of the Catholicosate's printing house and sexton of the Cathedral.
 
Requiem services will be offered in Prelacy parishes this  Sunday, July 30. May his memory remain ever blessed.  

Fellowship Hour
                                                            Join St. Sarkis Church Ladies Guild Fellowship Hour every Sunday following Church services.

 
The Ladies Guild Coffee Hour will be held in the Main Hall and is hosted by:

- Mrs. Mary Arslanian
- Mrs. Jeanette Nenejian
 
    


CALENDAR OF EVENTS
- August 13, 2017 - Asdvadzadzin

- September 10, 2017 - Annual Picnic

- September 17, 2017 - Exaltation of the Holy Cross

- October 15, 2017 - Book Presentation by Adrine Alexanian

Basketball Program
Adds From Sister Organizations
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