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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2018
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Morning Service
10:00 AM
Holy Badarak
10:30 AM
Celebrant
Rev. Fr. Hovsep Karapetyan
Usher
Mrs. Rouzanna Oganissian
Rebecca Petrosian
Parish Council Members on Duty
Ms. Sarine Zenian
Dr. Ara Avedisian
Mr. Jack Guiragossian
Choir
Mrs. Edita Kalayjian
Organist
Mrs. Karine Muradyan
Bible Reading
Isaiah 51:15-52:3, Hebrew 13:18-25, Luke 22:24-30
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HOKEHANKIST
REQUIEM SERVICE
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HOKEHANKIST
REQUIEM SERVICE
No Hokehankist this Sunday
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To request a Hokehankist/Requiem Service
please contact the Church Office
by 12:00 Noon on Thursday
202-363-1923 or E-mail
[email protected]
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We thank all of our Parishioners and
Friends for their
Gift of Love Donations
On the Occasion of the 86th Anniversary of
St. Mary Armenian Church
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ST. MARY CHURCH RENOVATION
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December 30
Blessing of
Pomegranates
December 31
Internationally Acclaimed
Bartev and His Band
New Year's Eve Celebration and DJ Chris
January 5
Schedule of Christmas Services
January 6
Ararat Avak Society Festive Luncheon
January 8, 15, 22, 29
February 5, 12 & 19
Bible Study
See Details here
January 12-13
Pilgrimage to St. Vartan Cathedral and visit to Metropolitan Museum of Art Armenia Exhibit
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December 30
Blessing of Pomegranates
December 31
Internationally Acclaimed
Bartev and His Band
New Year's Eve Celebration and DJ Chris
January 5
Eve of the Theophany and Nativity
January 6
Feast of the Theophany and Nativity
January 6
Ararat Avak Society Festive Luncheon
January 8, 15, 22 & 29
Bible Study
January 12 & 13
Pilgrimage to St. Vartan Cathedral and visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art Armenia exhibit
January 19
Badarak and Blessing of the Water Service Baltimore Armenian Community at Saint Philip Neri Catholic Church
February 5, 12 & 19
Bible Study
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FAR Chocolate Bank Project
Ayo! has launched its Chocolate Bank Project for 2018. This amazing initiative collects and then delivers chocolates and other Christmas sweets to children who live in poverty. This year the Ayo! and FAR team plans to visit daycares in 14 villages
- some of which have the coldest conditions in Armenia - to bring gifts of chocolate and other sweets, and to hold a celebration for children in need. Ayo! is also raising money to provide selected daycares with new bedding, including warm blankets and pillows, which will help them through the brutal winter. While the daycares generally have appropriate conditions for the children, they have a vital and urgent need for new bedding. Ayo! will be collecting chocolates, candies and cookies at FAR's Yerevan until December 25th
. Donations online will be collected until January 6th.
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Pilgrimage to St. Vartan Cathedral and V
isit to Metropolitan Museum of Art Armenia Exhibit
We are excited to announce St. Mary Church Pilgrimage to St. Vartan Cathedral on the 50th Anniversary of the
Cathedral Consecration and a visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art Armenia Exhibit in New York City, January 12 & 13, 2019.
Fr. Hovsep Karapetyan will celebrate the Divine Liturgy on Sunday, January 13.
The price of the trip is Adults $100 / Children $70. Cost Includes: Round-trip Transportation Jan. 12 from St. Mary Church to the Museum and Hotel plus Museum Entrance Fee / and Jan. 13 from Hotel to Cathedral to St. Mary Church. Reservations accepted on a first come, first serve basis. Please complete form (available in the church office and on attached flyer) and return to the church office with your check.
Deadline is December 28, 2018
Overnight Stay at Crown Plaza Englewood Hotel, 401 South Van Brunt Street, Englewood, NJ 07631.
You must contact the hotel directly by phone and make reservations on 1-800-227-6963. Reference Code SAINT MARY CHURCH to get our negotiated rate. A block of double-bed rooms are reserved, the rate is $131.82 per room, taxes and Breakfast for 2 included.
Deadline for hotel reservation is December 28, 2018.
Click here
to see the Pilgrimage flyer and details
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Please join us for a special Service of
The Blessing of Pomegranates
Sunday, December 30, 2018
Following Badarak
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Throughout the centuries, the pomegranate has been weaved into Armenian architecture, cuisine, art, manuscripts, literature and liturgical vestments. It represents life, fertility, and abundance.
Pomegranates will be blessed immediately after Badarak. They will be distributed to the faithful afterwards. Everyone is invited to participate in this beautiful service.
Click here to watch a video about blessings of pomegranates
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A Week of Re-Introductions
One of the wonderful things about the Christmas season is the way it re-introduces us to such interesting people. And it's not limited to friends and family: some of the most memorable re-introductions come from the surrounding culture. Who can suppress a warm smile at their first yearly sighting of Santa, Rudolph, and the elves? Or at the Grinch, and the whole Peanuts gang?
But the church, too, is actively bringing some memorable people to our attention in the run-up to Christmas. It shares these vivid personalities with us through the feast days that occupy the weeks in the latter half of Advent.
We meet King David, poet and warrior; James, the apostle called the "Brother of the Lord"; Stephen, the first deacon of the church and its first martyr; Peter and Paul; and the brothers James and John. These are the stories the church re-introduces to us through the feasts of this week.
Somehow, getting to know these figures prepares us for that greatest re-introduction of all: when we will once more welcome the infant Jesus into our hearts and lives.
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SCHEDULE OF CHRISTMAS SERVICES
SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 2019
EVE OF THE THEOPHANY AND NATIVITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
Reading of the Scriptures 6:30 PM
Divine Liturgy 7:00 PM
Home Blessing at the Church Hall hosted by Parish Council 8:30 PM
SUNDAY, JANUARY 6, 2019
FEAST OF THE THEOPHANY AND NATIVITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
Morning Service 10:00 AM
Divine Liturgy 10:30 AM
Blessing of the Water 12:00 Noon
Festive Luncheon by Avak Society 12:30 PM
Click here to view the special liturgical schedule in PDF
Click here to read about Thophany and Nativity in the Armenian Church
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A Joyous Christmas Concert Marks 60 Years of the Gomidas Choir
Some 500 people crowded into a festively-adorned St. Vartan Cathedral on Saturday evening, December 15, to celebrate the blessings of Christmas-and to honor a milestone in the history for New York's Gomidas Choir.
The evening went forward under the auspices of the Eastern Diocese, with its Primate, the Very Reverend Fr. Daniel Findikyan, presiding.
The concert of Christmas music-mixed with selections by the choir's namesake, Gomidas Vartabed-was beautifully rendered by the singers of the Gomidas Choir, under the direction of Kris Kalfayan, to mark the 60th anniversary of the distinguished vocal ensemble.
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Sweetening Christmas for Armenia's Kids
The Fund for Armenian Relief's crowdfunding project-Ayo!-has launched a Chocolate Bank Project for 2018. The effort aims to collect and deliver chocolates and Christmas sweets to underprivileged children in Armenia.
A team from Ayo! and FAR will visit daycare centers in 14 villages to bring some cheer to children in need. Along the way, Ayo! is raising money to provide some of these centers with new blankets and pillows, to help the children through the winter.
Ayo! will be collecting chocolates, candies, and cookies at FAR's Yerevan office through December 25. Online donations will be collected through January 6.
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24 Եւ նրանց մէջ հակաճառութիւն առաջացաւ, թէ իրենցից ով պիտի մեծ համարուի: 25 Եւ նա նրանց ասաց. «Ազգերի թագաւորները տիրում են իրենց ժողովուրդների վրայ, եւ նրանք, որ իշխում են նրանց վրայ, բարերարներ են կոչւում: 26 Բայց դուք այդպէս չլինէք, այլ ով որ մեծ է ձեր մէջ, թող լինի ինչպէս կրտսերը, իսկ առաջնորդը՝ ինչպէս սպասաւորը: 27 Ո՞վ է մեծ՝ սեղան նստո՞ղը, թէ՞ սպասաւորը: Չէ՞ որ՝ սեղան նստողը: Բայց ես ձեր մէջ եմ իբրեւ սպասաւոր: 28 Եւ դուք էք, որ իմ փորձութիւնների մէջ ինձ հետ էիք մնում մինչեւ այժմ: 29 Եւ ես խոստանում եմ ձեզ, ինչպէս եւ իմ Հայրն ինձ խոստացաւ տալ արքայութիւնը, 30 որ ուտէք եւ խմէք իմ սեղանից իմ արքայութեան մէջ եւ նստէք տասներկու գահերի վրայ՝ դատելու Իսրայէլի տասներկու ցեղերին»:
(Ղուկաս 22.24-30)
24 A dispute also arose among them as to which one of them was to be regarded as the greatest. 25 But he said to them, "The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those in authority over them are called benefactors. 26 But not so with you; rather the greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like one who serves. 27 For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.
28 "You are those who have stood by me in my trials; 29 and I confer on you, just as my Father has conferred on me, a kingdom, 30 so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
(Luke 22:24-30)
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COME VISIT THE ST. MARY GIFT SHOP
Our gift shop is furnished with distinctive and unique items from Armenians all over the world.
Some of the items are Armenian crosses, jewelry, paintings, religious tiles and tapestry icons, children
and adult books, T-shirts, hats, bags, Armenian CDs, Armenian artwork, and much more.
The Gift Shop is open every week after Sunday
Church services and by appointment.
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St. Mary Armenian Apostolic Church
Serves the Greater Washington, DC and Baltimore communities. Our mission is to proclaim and grow together
in our Apostolic Faith in Christ Jesus and to sustain our Christian Armenian identity. We celebrate our long and enduring legacy, the beautiful traditions of our religious and national heritage, with Christian servitude, and with love and reverence towards our Church. We invite you and welcome you to be a part of our church,
worship with us, and experience the true love of Christ as we grow together as a community.
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