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Sunday 6/26/2022

ՀՈԳԵԳԱԼՈՒՍՏԷՆ ԵՏՔ Գ. ԿԻՐԱԿԻ - THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

Sunday Readings:

Isaiah 1:2-15; Romans 6:12-23; Matthew 12:1-8

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

Fr. Nareg Terterian, Pastor

A PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING THIS SUNDAY

Sunday, on the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the election and consecration of His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, a special Thanksgiving prayer service will be performed during Divine Liturgy.

SUMMER CAMP NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT

Summer Camp Sponsorship Opportunity

Thank you to our main sponsors,

Mr. & Mrs. Antranig & Marion Boudakian

for their loyal and generous donations, for believing in our program and helping it

thrive for the past 16 years

$2,000.00

LI Children Museum Hands-On Workshops

Spirit of Invention $450

Sponsored by Mr. & Mrs. Zaree & Kathleen Voskerijian

Build It $250

Sponsored by Dr. Siranoush Cholakian

Bus Two $550

Sponsorship Needed

Movie at Bay Terrace Theater $700

Sponsorship Needed

Pizza

Pizza Friday $300

Mr. & Mrs. Krikor & Florina Krikorian

Pizza Friday $300

Sponsored by Mr. & Mrs. Armen & Janet Tutuyan

Activities & Shows

Bubble Show $325

Sponsored by Dr. & Mrs. Garo & Rubina Nazarian

Blogger Party $200

Sponsorship Needed

Sport Games $200

Sponsorship Needed

Comedy & Magic Show $500

Mr. & Mrs. Ghevont & Lydia Baghdassarian $250

Sponsorship Needed for $250

Tumblebus $575

The Ladies Guild of St. Sarkis Church

Arts & Crafts $750

Sponsorship Needed

Little Chefs $500

Sponsorship Needed

Camp T-Shirts

Sponsored by Mr. & Mrs. Harout & Nayri Khatchadourian

In efforts to make the 16th year of St. Sarkis Summer Camp an unforgettable experience, we are seeking sponsors for various activities.

We thank you for your generosity and support.

Donations can be made at the church office or by calling 718.224.2275.

SUMMER CAMP 2022

Registration Form

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SALT & LIGHT SENIORS EVENT

The senior members of Salt & Light Youth Group of St. Sarkis Church had a fun social gathering on Friday, June 17, 2022. The evening started with welcoming remarks by Fr. Nareg, followed by the blessing of the tables and dinner. The senior Salt & Light members socialized as they shared a meal after a long break. The fun part of the evening was after dinner as participants danced to the tunes of DJ Harout and engaged in games and group activities organized by the Youth Group's facilitators. The glowing lights of the evening made the radiant smiles of the participants look even brighter.

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LITURGICAL CALENDAR

(From Crossroads: E-Newsletter of the Armenian Prelacy)

ST. NERSES THE GREAT AND BISHOP KHAT

This Saturday, June 23, the Armenian Church commemorates Catholicos Nerses the Great and Khat the Bishop. Nerses the Great was the father of Catholicos Sahak I. He succeeded two catholicoi whose reigns were unexceptional, and the people were eager to return to the line of their beloved Gregory the Illuminator. Nerses was a student of St. Basil of Caesarea, one of three great Cappadocian Fathers. Nerses’ pontificate was the beginning of a new era. He brought the church closer to the people, rather than to royals and nobles. He convened the Council of Ashtishat that resulted in numerous laws on issues related to marriage, worship, and customs. He built many schools, hospitals, and monasteries. He sent monks to preach the Gospel throughout the country. His bold actions resulted in great displeasure by the royal family and in 373 he was reportedly poisoned by the king. His accomplishments for the spiritual and social wellbeing of the common people earned him the gratitude of the entire nation and the honorific “Great.”

The office of the Prelacy’s charity in Yerevan is named St. Nerses the Great Charitable and Social Organization in honor of the saint.

Khat the Bishop worked closely with St. Nerses the Great. Like Nerses he had great passion for social issues, especially helping the poor. Nerses entrusted most of the benevolent work of the church to Khat. He is so closely associated with St. Nerses that the church honors them on the same day.

You shined the ineffable light of the grace of your divine knowledge on the land of Armenia. Merciful heavenly Father, have mercy upon us sinners. You chose St. Nerses, purified by the Spirit, from the womb, to inherit the paternal position to shepherd in righteousness and in justice. He adorned the Church with the law of truth and rightly set in order. O Christ, spare us through his prayers. Along with the blessed chosen holy fathers of the Council, he was honored with great glory by confessing the Spirit as true God with the Father and the Son. You revealed to St. Nerses the hidden mystery of things to come. O Christ, spare us through his prayers. On account of the commandments of the heavenly King, he received the cup of death from the king and entered heaven, into the luminous bridal chamber.

CONSTANTINE AND HIS MOTHER HELENA

This Tuesday, June 28, the Armenian Church remembers Constantine the Great and his mother, Helena. Constantine was the first Christian emperor of Rome. In 330 he founded Constantinople as a “second Rome,” and considered himself to be a servant of God. He was buried amid the apostles in the basilica he founded in their honor in Constantinople. Helena followed her son in becoming a Christian and devoted her life to charitable work. She built many churches and monasteries and is believed to have played an important role in the recovery of the true cross in Golgotha. She is also believed to have helped find Christ’s exact place of burial where later the Church of the Holy Sepulcher was built.

SCRIPTURE READINGS FOR THIS SUNDAY

THE EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL TO THE ROMANS (6.12-23)

Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness. For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.

What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! Don't you know that when you offer yourselves to someone to obey him as slaves, you are slaves to the one whom you obey-whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you wholeheartedly obeyed the form of teaching to which you were entrusted. You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.

I put this in human terms because you are weak in your natural selves. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness. When you were slaves to sin, you were free from the control of righteousness. What benefit did you reap at that time from the things you are now ashamed of? Those things result in death! But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the result is eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

ՊՕՂՈՍ ԱՌԱՔԵԱԼԻ ՆԱՄԱԿԸ ՀՌՈՄԱՅԵՑԻՆԵՐՈՒՆ (6.12-23)

Այսուհետեւ մեղքը թող չթագաւորէ ձեր մահկանացու մարմիններուն մէջ, զանոնք իր ցանկութեանց հնազանդեցնելով: Մեղքին անձնատուր մի՛ ըլլաք, ձեր անդամները անիրաւութեան գործիք դարձնելով, այլ որպէս մահունէ կեանքի եկած մարդիկ՝ դուք ձեզ Աստուծո՛յ յանձնեցէք եւ ձեր մարմինները Աստուծոյ ձեռքին մէջ արդարութեան գործիք դարձուցէք: Մեղքը ձեր վրայ պէտք չէ իշխէ, քանի դուք օրէնքին ենթակայ չէք, այլ շնորհքին:

Ուրեմն ի՞նչ. քանի շնորհքին ենթակայ ենք եւ ո՛չ օրէնքին, մե՞ղք գործենք: Բնա՛ւ երբեք: Լաւ գիտցէք թէ որո՛ւ ծառայութեան որ նուիրուիք եւ հնազանդիք՝ անոր ծառան եղած կ՚ըլլաք: Մեղքին ծառայելով՝ մահուան կ՚ենթարկուիք, մինչ Աստուծոյ հնազանդելով՝ կ՚արդարանաք: Գոհութի՜ւն Աստուծոյ, որ թէպէտ ժամանակ մը մեղքին ծառայ դարձած էիք, բայց որովհետեւ սրտանց հնազանդեցաք ձեզի աւանդուած վարդապետութեան օրինակին, մեղքի տիրապետութենէն ազատեցաք եւ արդարութեան ծառայ դարձաք: Ծառայի օրինակով կը խօսիմ, որովհետեւ այդպէս աւելի հասկնալի է ձեզի: Ինչպէս որ ժամանակ մը ձեր մարմինները անօրէնութեան տուած՝ պղծութեան եւ անօրէնութեան կը ծառայէիք, այնպէս ալ հիմա սրբութեան տուէք ձեր մարմինները եւ արդարութեան ծառայեցէք: Երբ մեղքին ծառան էիք, հեռու էիք արդարութենէն: Ի՞նչ շահեցաք այն ժամանակուան ձեր գործերէն, որոնցմէ կ՚ամչնաք հիմա. որովհետեւ անոնց հետեւանքը մահ է: Բայց հիմա մեղքին տիրապետութենէն ազատ էք եւ Աստուծոյ ծառաները: Ձեր շահը սրբութեան նուիրուած կեանք մըն է, որուն արդիւնքը պիտի ըլլայ յաւիտենական կեանքը: Որովհետեւ մեղքին վարձատրութիւնը մահ է, մինչ Աստուած որպէս ձրի պարգեւ՝ յաւիտենական կեանք կու տայ մեր Տիրոջ Յիսուս Քրիստոսի միջոցաւ:

THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO MATTHEW (12.1-8)

At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them. When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, "Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath."

He answered, "Haven't you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread-which was not lawful for them to do, but only for the priests. Or haven't you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple desecrate the day and yet are innocent? I tell you that one greater than the temple is here. If you had known what these words mean, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the innocent. For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."

ՅԻՍՈՒՍ ՔՐԻՍՏՈՍԻ ԱՒԵՏԱՐԱՆԸ ԸՍՏ ՄԱՏԹԷՈՍԻ (12.1-8)

Շաբաթ օր մը Յիսուս արտերուն մէջէն կ՚անցնէր: Աշակերտները անօթեցած ըլլալով սկսան հասկ փրցնել եւ ուտել: Երբ փարիսեցիները ասիկա տեսան, ըսին Յիսուսի. «Տե՛ս, աշակետներդ ի՛նչ կ՚ընեն. բան մը՝ որ արգիլուած է Շաբաթ օրով ընել»:

Յիսուս պատասխանեց. «Չէ՞ք կարդացած թէ ի՛նչ ըրաւ Դաւիթ, երբ ինք եւ իր հետ եղողները անօթեցան: Աստուծոյ տունը չմտա՞ւ եւ Առաջաւորութեան հացը չկերա՞ւ, որ օրէնքին համաձայն միայն քահանաներուն արտօնուած էր եւ ո՛չ թէ իրեն կամ իր հետ եղողներուն: Կամ չէ՞ք կարդացած Մովսէսի Օրէնքին մէջ, թէ Շաբաթ օրեր քահանաները տաճարին մէջ կը սրբապղծեն Շաբաթը եւ սակայն ատիկա մեղք չի համարուիր իրենց: Ահա կ՚ըսեմ ձեզի, որ տաճարէն աւելի մեծ մէկը կայ հոս: Եթէ իրապէս հասկնայիք թէ ի՛նչ կը նշանակէ մարգարէին խօսքը. «Ողորմութիւն կ՚ուզեմ եւ ոչ զոհ», այն ատեն չէիք դատապարտեր անմեղները, որովհետեւ մարդու Որդին Տէրն է Շաբաթին»:

REQUIEM REQUESTS

- Mrs. Seta Boyadjian, Drs. Edmond and Nyeree Demirdjan and children Alex and Isabelle, Mr. & Mrs. Nishan and Silva Boyadjian and daughters Emilia and Audrey request requiem service for the soul of their beloved husband, father and grandfather GAYDZAG BOYADJIAN (1st-year memorial service). Also for the souls of their beloved brother-in-law, uncle, and great uncle HAROUTIUN BOYADJIAN (1st-year memorial service), and SAMUEL BOYADJIAN (4th-year memorial service).

- Mr. & Mrs. Vartkes and Chake Vartanian, Togholian, Jarjokian, Taghalian, Semerciyan, Kalayjian, Jourbadjian, and Leo Families request requiem service for the soul of their beloved mother, grandmother, and great grandmother JAKOHIE TAGHALIAN (7th-year memorial service). Also for the souls of GEORGE TAGHALIAN, ANDRIAS and ROSA VARTANIAN, ARCHAG JARJOKIAN, KOKO JOURBADJIAN, JOHN KURDIAN, and DAVID LEO.

-Mr. & Mrs. Zareh & Kathy Voskerijian, Mrs. Nayda Voskerijian Mr. Shont Voskerijian, Mr. Alex Voskerijian, Mr. & Mrs. Brian & Taylor Voskerijian, and daughter Mary Voskerijian, Mr. & Mrs. Mark & Isabelle Megerian, Ms. Aleene Voskerijian, Mr. & Mrs. Toros and Hermine Tervizian and family, Mr. & Mrs. Dimos and Ani Papaioannou and family, Mr. & Mrs. Sarkis and Betty Minassian and family, Mr. & Mrs. Khatchig and Ani Karayan and family request requiem service for the soul of their beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother and relative ZABEL VOSKERIJIAN (40th-day memorial service).

FELLOWSHIP HOUR

-Mr. GAYDZAG BOYADJIAN Memorial luncheon Hokejash will be held in Pagoumian Hall

The Ladies Guild Fellowship hour will be held in the Main Hall and is hosted by:

-Mrs. Armine Boyadjian

-Mrs. Nayda Voskerijian

-Mrs. Mary Arslanian

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

- July 05 - 15: Summer Camp 2022

- August 14, 2022: Asdvadzadzin the feast of Assumption of the Holy Mother of God. Blessing of Grapes.

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

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.