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E-Sunday Bulletin of St. Sarkis Armenian Apostolic Church

38-65 234th. St. Douglaston, NY, 11363  
Sunday: 01/27/2019
Բ. ԿԻՐԱԿԻ Ս. ԾՆՈՒՆԴԷՆ ԵՏՔ -SECOND SUNDAY AFTER NATIVITY
Sunday Readings: 
Isaiah 58:13-59:7, 1 Timothy 4:12-5:10; 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
Book Presentation next Sunday
EXPRESSION OF THANKS FOR CHRISTMAS CHARITY (Crossroads)
During the recent Christmas and New Year season, the Eastern Prelacy responded to an appeal received from Very Rev. F. Zareh Sarkissian, Director of the Christian Education Department of the Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia to help provide food and gifts to needy families. The Prelacy immediately agreed to help and issued appeals in Crossroads and through social media. Many of you responded by sending generous donations for this purpose. Volunteer workers purchased the food and gifts and prepared the bags for personal delivery to families out of work, the elderly, the sick and handicapped.

This week Archbishop Anoushavan and the Executive Council received a letter from Hayr Zareh thanking the Prelacy and donors with the following message:

"It is with extreme gratitude and thankfulness that I write you this letter. Once again, I search for the appropriate words to convey my gratitude for this incredibly valuable act of kindness. I am writing to you to inform you that the charity project extending to more than 170 families has successfully ended. During this passing Christmas season, through your donation of 11,000 USD, you gave a spark of hope and happiness to those who are in need, which will indeed stand as a lasting tribute to your magnanimous hearts. This gesture is a true indicator of the commitment you have to the Word of God that will stand as a model for all. I speak for all of the colleagues and volunteers when I gratefully offer you our deepest and most heartfelt thanks. I pray that Christ our God will bestow His blessings and strength upon you and your families as well.

I look forward to your continuous support of the Department morally and financially through our future initiatives and undertakings. With all my gratitude and congratulations for our common accomplishment,
Prayerfully,
Very Rev. Fr. Zareh Sarkissian
Director General
Christian Education Department

St. Sarkis Church participated in this drive by raising $1,800.00.

Salt & Light Youth Group and AYF Hyortik Chapter Mid-Winter Sleepover

Salt & Light Youth Group


February 8, 2019 Mr. & Mrs. Raffi and Jeanette Nenejian and Family
February 15, 2019 
(Dinner)

February 16, 2019
(Breakfast)

February 16, 2019
(Lunch)

March 16, 2019
April 5, 2019
April 14, 2019

If you are interested in sponsoring food and beverages for a Salt & Light Session (cost $150.00 per session), please contact the church office at (718) 224-2275 or email us at  [email protected]   .
Thank You!
St. Sarkis Church Sunday School

Sunday School Calendar 2018/2019:
January  27th
February 10th & 24th
March 10th & 24th
April 7th 

SUNDAY SCHOOL
BREAKFAST SPONSOR

January 13, 2019 Nenejian & Khatchadourian families. 
January 27, 2019 Andre and Christian Tavitian
February 10, 2019
February 24, 2019
March 10, 2019
March 24, 2019
April 7, 2019

If you are interested in sponsoring breakfast for Sunday School  (cost $125.00 per Sunday), please contact the church office at (718) 224-2275 or email us at [email protected]  .
Thank You!

Saturday School Annual Gala
Saturday School Annual Gala Letter 

Saturday School Annual Gala Sponsors and Raffle Letters

Membership Drive

Dear St. Sarkis Church Parishioners,

We greatly appreciate and thank you for your dedicated service and continued support in making Saint Sarkis Church a vibrant spiritual and cultural center serving the needs of the Armenian Community. We invite you to join the growing number of parishioners who are dues paying members of our church. As such, you will be part of a devoted group of parishioners serving the church and community and participating in the decisions shaping the future of St. Sarkis Church.

Membership dues are an important part of our budget and as paid members you are eligible to vote in the General Membership Meeting, serve on the Board of Trustees and be entitled to certain benefits such as discounted hall rental rates, school registration, etc. Such reduced rates are offered if both spouses are paid members.

Kindly inform us of any changes in your address, phone or e-mail so you may receive the E-Sunday Bulletin of Saint Sarkis Church sent electronically by Der Nareg every Friday.

We look forward to working with you in strengthening the mission of Saint Sarkis Church.
May God Bless you and grant you all the best in your endeavors.

Please make your checks payable to St. Sarkis Church and send to
38-65 234th Street Douglaston, New York, 11363.

Prayerfully,
Rev. Fr. Nareg Terterian, Pastor & Board of Trustees


Bible Readings
Աստուածաշնչական Ընթերցումներ
THE FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL TO THE TIMOTHY (4:12-5:8 )
Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity. Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to preaching and to teaching. Do not neglect your gift, which was given you through a prophetic message when the body of elders laid their hands on you.
Be diligent in these matters; give yourself wholly to them, so that everyone may see your progress. Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers.
Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.
Give proper recognition to those widows who are really in need. But if a widow has children or grandchildren, these should learn first of all to put their religion into practice by caring for their own family and so repaying their parents and grandparents, for this is pleasing to God. The widow who is really in need and left all alone puts her hope in God and continues night and day to pray and to ask God for help. But the widow who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives. Give the people these instructions, too, so that no one may be open to blame. If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
  
 
ՊՕՂՈՍ ԱՌԱՔԵԱԼԻ Ա. ՆԱՄԱԿԸ ՏԻՄՈԹԷՈՍԻ (4:12-5:8 )
Եւ որպէսզի ոեւէ մէկը քեզ չարհամարհէ՝ երիտասարդ ըլլալուդ համար, հաւատացեալներուդ օրինակ եղիր՝ խօսքովդ, վարմունքովդ, սիրովդ, հաւատքովդ եւ մաքուր կենցաղովդ։ 
Մինչեւ գալս հոգ տար իրենց՝ Աստուծոյ խօսքէն կարդալով, յորդորելով զիրենք եւ սորվեցնելով։ Անփոյթ մի՝ գտնուիր այն շնորհքին նկատմամբ, որ մարգարէական հոգիով քեզի տրուեցաւ, երեք երէցները ձեռք դրին քու վրադ։ Այս ըսածներուս մասին խորհէ եւ զանոնոք գործի վերածելու աշխատէ, որպէսզի ամէն մարդ յայտնապէս տեսնէ քու յառաջդիմութիւնդ։ Ուշադիր եղիր՝ թէ՛ դուն քեզի եւ թէ՛ սորվեցուցածիդ, եւ միշտ ալ այդպէ՛ս մնա, գիտնալով որ այդ ձեւով ո՛չ միայն ինքզինքդ կը փրկես, այլ նաեւ բոլոր քեզ լսողները։ 
Երբեք խստութեամբ մի՛ յանդիմաներ ծեր մէկը, այլ մեղմութեամբ յորդորէ զայն, ինչպէս հօրդ պիտի ընէիր։ Երտասարդները եղբօրդ տեղը սեպէ, պառաւները մօրդ, իսկ երիտասարդուհիները քրոջդ տեղը դիր եւ ամենայն մաքրութեամբ մօտեցիր անոնց։ Պատուէ եւ խնամէ ա՛յն այրիները՝ որոնք իսկապէս որբեւայրի են։ Իսկ երբ այրի մը զաւակներ ու թոռներ ունի, պէտք է անո՛նք նային իրեն, որպէսզի սորվին բարեպաշտութիւնը նախ տան մէջ կիրարկել՝ ծնողներէն իրենց տրուած խնամքին փոխարէն հոգ տանելով անոնց, որովհետեւ Աստուծոյ համար ա՛յդ է իրաւ եւ ընդունելի բարեպաշտութիւնը։ Իսկական այրին ան է՝ որ մէկը չունի, յոյսը միայն Աստուծոյ վրայ դրած է եւ գիշեր-ցերեկ աղօթքով ու խնդրանքով կ՚անցընէ իր ժամանակը։ Իսկ հանգստութիւն ու վայելք փնտռող այրին կենդանի մեռած մըն է արդէն։ 
Այսպիսիներուն այս պատուէրները տուր, որպէսզի անարատ ըլլան։ Իսկ մէկը ՝ որ իրեններուն եւ մանաւանդ իր ընտանիքի անդամներուն հոգ չի տանիր, այնպիսին իր հաւատքը ուրացած մըն է, շատ աելի գէշ ՝ քան անհաւատ մը։
 
 
THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO 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 ԱՒԵՏԱՐԱՆ ԸՍՏ ՅՈՎՀԱՆՆՈՒ (3:13-21)
«Ոչ ոք երկինք ելաւ բացի մարդու Որդիէն, որ իջաւ երկինքէն ուր կը գտնուէր: Եւ ինչպէս որ Մովսէս պղնձեայ օձը բարձրացուց անապատին մէջ, նոյնպէս ալ պէտք է մարդու Որդին բարձրանայ, որպէսզի անոր հաւատացողը յաւիտենական կեանք ունենայ: Որովհետեւ Աստուած ա՛յնքան սիրեց աշխարհը, որ մինչեւ իսկ իր միածին Որդին տուաւ, որպէսզի անոր հաւատացողը չմեռնի, այլ յաւիտենական կեանք ունենայ: Որովհետեւ Աստուած իր Որդին աշխարհ ղրկեց, ո՛չ թէ որպէսզի Որդին աշխարհը դատապարտէ, այլ որպէսզի աշխարհը 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 կուգայ, որպէսզի յայտնի ըլլայ թէ իր գործերը Աստուծոյ կամքին համաձայն գործուած են»:
Liturgical Calendar (Crossroads)
HOLY FATHERS ATHANASIUS AND CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA
On Saturday, January 26, the Armenian Church commemorates the Holy Fathers Athanasius and Cyril. Athanasius is known as the "champion of orthodoxy," and "Father of Orthodoxy." He served as bishop of Alexandria for 45 years (17 years in exile). He attended the Council of Nicaea where he was regarded as a theological expert. He is respected and revered in the Armenian Church. Cyril of Alexandria succeeded his uncle, Theophilus, as patriarch of Alexandria in 412. He was a brilliant theologian in the Alexandrian tradition, and like Athanasius, is highly regarded by the Armenian Church. He presided over the third ecumenical council (Ephesus). He wrote treatises clarifying the doctrines of the Trinity and the Incarnation, commentaries on the Gospels of John and Luke, dogmatic theology, and many letters and sermons.

Also commemorated this week:
Monday, January 28: St. Macarius.
Tuesday, January 29: St. Andrew the Commander and his Soldiers.
Support Saturday School
Quick reminder that you can help support Saint Sarkis Saturday School at no cost to you by shopping on Amazon Smile. When purchasing online through Amazon Smile .05% of your purchases will be donated to Saint Sarkis Saturday School. 

All you need to do is:
Sign into your existing amazon account or create a new one by clicking here: https://smile.amazon.com/ . Eligible products are marked "Eligible for Amazon Smile donation".   Please select: St Sarkis Armenian Apostolic Church of Long Island Inc. as your charitable organization. If you have any questions please send us an e-mail at [email protected]

Requiem Requests
-Alianakian and Sarafian families request requiem service for the soul of their beloved mother, grandmother and great grandmother HRACHUHI ALIANAKIAN (40th day memorial service). Also for the souls of BEDROS ALIANAKIAN, NECTAR ALIANAKIAN and HOSROFI MECHIKIAN.

-Janesian and Wanesian families request requiem service for the souls of their beloved parents and grandparents TAVIT and SALME JANESIAN, beloved sister and aunt ANJEL JANESIAN and all deceased members of JANESIAN family.  
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
- February 3, 2019 Book Presentation
- February 15/16, 2019 Salt & Light and AYF Sleepover
- February 17, 2019 St. Sarkis Name Day Celebration
- March 2, 2019 Saturday School Gala
- March 24, 2019 Dr. Hrant Markarian's Khrimian Hayrig Mono Drama
- March 31, 2019 General Membership Meeting
Fellowship Hour
NO COFFEE HOUR THIS SUNDAY





HRACHUHI ALIANAKIAN memorial luncheon HOKEJASH will be held in Pagoumian Hall.




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