E-Sunday Bulletin of St. Sarkis Church |
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E-Sunday Bulletin of St. Sarkis Armenian Apostolic Church
38-65 234th. St. Douglaston, NY, 11363
Sunday: 05/07/2023
ՏՕՆ ԵՐԵՒՄԱՆ Ս. ԽԱՉԻ - APPARITION OF THE HOLY CROSS
Sunday Readings:
(1) Luke 11:33-12:12; (2) Acts 17:1-15; 1 John 1:1-10; John 7:14-23;
(3) Matthew 13:53-58; John 19:25-30; 4) Mark 6:30-44
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
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LADIES GUILD MOTHER'S DAY TEA PARTY |
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SALT & LIGHT SUMMER KICK OFF SOCIAL |
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Mikael Ayrapetyan is an Armenian pianist, composer, researcher and producer with a specific goal: to deliver hidden gems of the Armenian classical repertoire. In his Carnegie Hall debut, Ayrapetyan revives the forgotten names of composers by recording and performing world premieres of a treasury of Armenian music. Music in Armenia has a long and rich history, stretching back before the Middle Ages, with its origins in popular folksongs. |
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SUNDAY SCHOOL
Reported by Mrs. Lara Bardizbanian
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At Sunday School this week students learned about Pentecost, the commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Disciples and the beginning of the Christian church's mission to the world. This Sunday marked the last session for the 2022-2023 school year. Over the last 8 sessions, our students read from the Bible, delved into the life and teachings of Christ and learned more about the Armenian church. Our classroom was always filled with smiles, questions, fun and faith. We'll miss seeing all our young parishioners in the classroom but look forward to seeing them at church this summer! Sunday School will be back with new dates in the Fall! |
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KARNIG ALAJAJIAN SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION FORM |
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St Sarkis Armenian Apostolic Church
Karnig Alajajian Scholarship
Application Form
Our Mission
Thanks to the generosity of Mr. Karnig Alajajian, St. Sarkis Armenian Apostolic Church* has created a scholarship fund. Our mission is to promote scholastic excellence within our community. To achieve this end, we seek to assist our youth in obtaining the education they desire and deserve and prepare the next generation of our church's leaders.
A scholarship of $5,000.00 will be awarded to a chosen candidate. Applications will be evaluated on academic achievements, financial needs, and engagement/service to St. Sarkis Church as well as to the Armenian and non-Armenian communities.
* St. Sarkis Church is a non-profit organization under SEC 501C (3). Donations and gifts are tax-deductible as a charity organization..
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SALT & LIGHT YOUTH GROUP JUNIORS
Reported by Dr. Annita Nerses
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Dear Parishioners and Friends,
We gratefully acknowledge the receipt of your generous donation to St. Sarkis Church.
Your continuous support of St. Sarkis Church is sincerely appreciated. It is because of dedicated individuals like you, that our church continues its spiritual mission and service.
May God bless you for your kindness and reward you abundantly.
Prayerfully,
Rev. Fr. Nareg Terterian, Pastor &
Board of Trustees
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CALLING ALL PARISHIONERS! |
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We are so proud that each member of our thriving St. Sarkis community possesses unique talents, expertise, and interests. Participation by each and every one of you makes an impact on us all. As our parish grows, so do our needs for your participation and impact. With busy lives, it can be hard to find time to volunteer. However, the benefits and fulfillment from volunteering with your fellow parishioners can be enormous. If you are interested in joining any of our team efforts for activities such as annual picnic planning, Saturday and Sunday school activities, choir membership --- we appreciate your help! Also, if you’d like to recommend and plan an activity, we’d love to hear from you and see how we can help make it happen. Please feel free to reach out to Annita Nerses (annitanerses@aol.com, 914-523-2956) or the Church office (stsarkischurch@gmail.com, 718-224-2275)
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St. Sarkis welcomes the participation of all our youth in the Badarak Service.
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YOUTH BADARAK SERVICE PARTICIPATION |
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LITURGICAL CALENDAR
(From Crossroads: E-Newsletter of the Armenian Prelacy)
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APPARITION OF THE HOLY CROSS
This Sunday, May 7, the Armenian Church commemorates the Feast of the Apparition of the Holy Cross (Yerevoumun Sourp Khatchi). The Apparition of the Cross is the first feast dedicated to the Holy Cross in the Armenian liturgical calendar. It is celebrated in remembrance of the appearance of the sign of the cross over the city of Jerusalem in 351 that remained in the sky for several hours. The apparition extended from Golgotha to the Mount of Olives (about two miles), and was brighter than the sun and was seen by everyone in Jerusalem. The Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cyril, used this occasion to remind Emperor Constantius of Byzantium of his father’s (Constantine the Great) orthodox faith. Cyril claimed the Apparition was further reason to return to orthodoxy.
Traditionally, the Armenian translation of Cyril’s message is read on this feast day during the Antastan service prior to the Gospel lection. The Apparition is celebrated by the Armenian and Greek churches. The Greeks observe it on the fixed date of May 7, while the Armenian date is moveable depending on the date of Easter. It is celebrated on the fifth Sunday of Easter.
Cyril is a revered Doctor of the Church and he is remembered in the Armenian Church’s liturgical calendar. Here is a short excerpt from Cyril’s letter about the apparition.
“In those holy days of the Easter season, on 7 May at about the third hour, a huge cross made of light appeared in the sky above holy Golgotha extending as far as the holy Mount of Olives. It was not revealed to one or two people alone, but it appeared unmistakably to everyone in the city. It was as if one might conclude that one had suffered a momentary optical illusion; it was visible to the human eye above the earth for several hours. The flashes it emitted outshone the rays of the sun, which would have outshone and obscured it themselves if it had not presented the watchers with a more powerful illumination than the sun. It prompted the whole populace at once to run together into the holy church, overcome both with fear and joy at the divine vision. Young and old, men and women of every age, even young girls confined to their rooms at home, natives and foreigners, Christians and pagans visiting from abroad, all together as if with a single voice raised a hymn of praise to God’s Only-Begotten Son the wonder-worker. They had the evidence of their own senses that the holy faith of Christians is not based on the persuasive arguments of philosophy but on the revelation of the Spirit and power; it is not proclaimed by mere human beings but testified from heaven by God Himself .”
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SCRIPTURE READINGS FOR THIS SUNDAY |
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THE FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. JOHN THE APOSTLE (1.1-10)
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched-this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. We write this to make our joy complete.
This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives.
ՅՈՎՀԱՆՆԷՍ ԱՌԱՔԵԱԼԻ ԸՆԴՀԱՆՐԱԿԱՆ ԱՌԱՋԻՆ ՆԱՄԱԿԸ (1.1-10)
Մենք լսեցինք, մեր աչքերով տեսանք եւ մեր ձեռքերով շօշափեցինք Որդին, Բանը, որ սկիզբէն իսկ կեանքի ստեղծիչն էր: Անիկա նոյնինքն կեանքն էր, որ յայտնուեցաւ: Մենք տեսանք եւ կը վկայենք, ձեզի պատմելով անոր մասին, այսինքն՝ յաւիտենական կեանքին մասին, որ Հօրը հետ էր եւ այժմ մեզի յայտնուեցաւ: Ինչ որ տեսանք ու լսեցինք՝ կը պատմենք ձեզի, որպէսզի դո՛ւք ալ մասնակից դառնաք այն հաղորդակցութեան որ մենք ունինք Հօրը եւ անոր Որդիին՝ Յիսուս Քրիստոսի հետ, եւ ձեր ուրախութիւնը կատարեալ ըլլայ: Ահա թէ ինչո՛ւ կը գրենք ձեզի այս նամակը:
Պատգամը, որ իրմէ լսեցինք եւ ձեզի կը փոխանցենք, սա է՝ թէ Աստուած լոյս է, բնաւ խաւար չկայ անոր մէջ: Արդ, եթէ ըսենք՝ «Հաղորդակից ենք իրեն», եւ միւս կողմէ շարունակենք խաւարի մէջ ապրիլ, կը ստենք ահա եւ ճշմարտութիւնը չենք գործադրեր: Իսկ եթէ լոյսի մէջ քալենք, ինչպէս ինք լոյսի մէջ է, այն ատեն ճշմարտապէս հաղորդակից կ’ըլլանք իրարու, եւ իր Որդւոյն Յիսուսի արիւնը կը սրբէ մեզ ամէն մեղքէ:
Եթէ ըսենք՝ «Մեղք չունինք», մենք մեզ կը խաբենք եւ մեր մէջ ճշմարտութիւն չկայ: Իսկ եթէ խոստովանինք մեր մեղքերը, վստահ եղէք՝ թէ Աստուած, որ արդար է, պիտի ներէ մեր մեղքերը եւ մեզ պիտի սրբէ մեր բոլոր անիրաւութիւններէն: Եթէ «Մեղք չգործեցինք» ըսենք, ստախօս կը հանենք զԱստուած, եւ մեր մէջ իր խօսքը չկայ:
THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO JOHN (7.14-19)
Not until halfway through the Feast did Jesus go up to the temple courts and begin to teach. The Jews were amazed and asked, "How did this man get such learning without having studied?"
Jesus answered, "My teaching is not my own. It comes from him who sent me. If anyone chooses to do God's will, he will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own. He who speaks on his own does so to gain honor for himself, but he who works for the honor of the one who sent him is a man of truth; there is nothing false about him. Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill me?"
ՅԻՍՈՒՍ ՔՐԻՍՏՈՍԻ ԱՒԵՏԱՐԱՆԸ ԸՍՏ ՅՈՎՀԱՆՆԷՍԻ (7.14-19)
Տաղաւարահարաց տօնակատարութեան մօտաւորապէս կէսին, Յիսուս տաճար ելաւ եւ սկսաւ ուսուցանել: Հրեաներ կը զարմանային եւ կ’ըսէին.
– Ի՞նչպէս այս մարդը Սուրբ գիրքերը գիտէ, երբ բնաւ չէ ուսած զանոնք:
Յիսուս պատասխանեց անոնց.
– Ինչ որ ձեզի կ’ուսուցանեմ՝ իմ վարդապետութիւնս չէ, այլ անորը՝ որ զիս ղրկեց: Ով որ կ’ուզէ Աստուծոյ կամքը կատարել, պիտի հասկնայ՝ թէ Աստուծմէ՞ է այս վարդապետութիւնը, թէ ես իմ հեղինակութեամբս կը խօսիմ: Ան որ իր հեղինակութեամբ կը խօսի՝ իր անձին համար փառք կը փնտռէ, իսկ ան որ զինք ղրկողին փառքը կը փնտռէ, ճշմարիտ է եւ խաբէութիւն չկայ անոր մէջ: Մովսէս ձեզի Օրէնքը չտուա՞ւ. սակայն ձեզմէ ո՛չ ոք կը հնազանդի Օրէնքին: Ինչո՞ւ կ’ուզէք զիս սպաննել:
Ժողովուրդը պատասխանեց.
– Դիւահա՞ր ես, ի՞նչ ես. ո՞վ կ’ուզէ քեզ սպաննել:
Յիսուս պատասխանեց.
– Հրաշք մը գործեցի եւ բոլորդ վրդովեր էք: Մովսէս հրահանգեց թլփատել ձեր զաւակները –թէեւ Մովսէս չէր սկսողը, այլ ձեր նախահայրերը– եւ դուք ձեր զաւակները կը թլփատէք Շաբաթ օրով: Եթէ մէկը կը թլփատէք Շաբաթ օրով, որպէսզի չբեկանուի Մովսէսի Օրէնքը, ինչո՞ւ զայրացած էք ինծի դէմ, որովհետեւ մէկը ամբողջութեամբ բժշկեցի Շաբաթ օրով:
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- Mr. RICHARD ZARATZIAN, passed on Saturday, April 29, 2023. Wake and Funeral services were held on Thursday, May 4, 2023, all at St. Sarkis Armenian Apostolic Church. We extend our heartfelt condolences to his family. May he rest in peace.
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-The Altar flowers for this Sunday are donated by the Zaratzian family in memory of their beloved father Mr. RICHARD ZARATZIAN.
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-There will be no Fellowship hour this Sunday |
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Sunday, April 30, 2023: Sunday School
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Sunday, May 7, 2023: Ladies Guild Mother's Day Tea Party
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Friday, May 12, 2023: Salt & Light Youth Group
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Saturday, May 20, 2023: Saturday School Year End Hantes
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Friday, June 9, 2023: Salt & Light Social Event
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Sunday, June 11, 2023: Sunday of Graduates
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July 10 - 21, 2023: St. Sarkis Summer Camp 2 weeks Program
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Dear Parishioners,
Please send your requiem request, photos of newborns, baptism photos, wedding photos, and other announcements from sister organizations for the coming Sunday's E-bulletin no later than Thursday 12 noon.
All requests received after 12 noon on Thursday will be posted on the following week's E-bulletin.
We thank you in advance for your cooperation and understanding.
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Adds From Sister Organizations
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St. Sarkis Armenian Apostolic Church |
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Address: 38-65 234th Street,
Douglaston, NY 11363
Phone:(718) 224-2275
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