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: 1/22/2023
Բ. ԿԻՐԱԿԻ Ս. ԾՆՈՒՆԴԷՆ ԵՏՔ -SECOND SUNDAY AFTER NATIVITY
Sunday Reading:
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
Sunday School 11:00 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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ST. SARKIS NAME DAY CELEBRATION |
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On Saturday, January 14 Twenty-Two teenagers came together to learn a traditional Armenian dance for the upcoming 'Rebirth' Concert organized by Hamazkayin of New Jersey.
They will continue practicing until the day of the event.
We hope that our parishioners will support our dancers and join us on March 25th for an unforgettable evening of song and dance. Please see attached flyer for more details.
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SALT & LIGHT YOUTH GROUP WINTER CALENDAR |
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St. Sarkis Church Annual Membership meeting and General Elections
will be held on Sunday, March 26, 2023 between 1:30-3:00 PM.
All Members are invited to participate.
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CHRISTMAS & CALENDAR DONATIONS |
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We greatly appreciate your support .
Your donations are very meaningful as they defray printing and mailing costs of this beautiful.
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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 stsarkisschoolpta@Gmail.com
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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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Rita Wanesian is 14 years old and a freshman in St. Dominic High School.
Rita enjoys playing basketball, reading, and writing. She graduated from Suzanne and Hovsep Hagopian Saturday School and attends Salt and Light Youth group, AYF.
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Victoria Cava is a 5th grade student at Munsey Park Elementary School. She loves singing and musical theater. She has performed in various roles in her local theater production company since she was 5 years old. Victoria also recently performed at Nassau West All County for Chorus. She also loves to ski and ice skate. Victoria was baptized at St. Sarkis and it continues to be a second home. Victoria will be graduating from the Suzanne & Hovsep Hagopian Saturday School this year, which she has attended since she was 3 years old. She also enjoys connecting with her Armenian friends at Salt & Light meetings and events. Victoria recently started singing with the church choir and hopes to continue serving the church community in that capacity. |
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St. Sarkis welcomes the participation of all our youth in the Badarak Service.
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LITURGICAL CALENDAR
(From Crossroads: E-Newsletter of the Armenian Prelacy)
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HOLY FATHERS STS. ATHANASIUS AND CYRIL
On Saturday, January 21, 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 in 325 AD 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 in Ephesus in 431 AD. 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.
ST. VAHAN OF GOGHTN
On Tuesday, January 24, the Armenian Church celebrates St. Vahan of Goghtn. He was the son of an Armenian prince and was abducted at age four by the Arabs. He grew up in the royal court in Damascus and received instruction in Islam. Catholicos John of Otzoon negotiated an agreement with the Arab emir for the repatriation of many Armenians who were held captive. Vahan, who was aware of his Christian heritage, wished to return to Armenia. He lived peacefully for about ten years. Subsequently there was a concerted attempt by the Arab royal family to bring him back. Vahan refused. After a period of peregrination, he was apprehended, imprisoned, tortured, and martyred in 737.
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SCRIPTURE READINGS FOR THIS SUNDAY |
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THE FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL TO 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, երբ երէցները ձեռք դրին քու վրադ: Այս ըսածներուս մասին խորհէ եւ զանոնք 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:
Երիտասարդները 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 գիշերցերեկ աղօթքով ու խնդրանքով կ’անցընէ իր ժամանակը: Իսկ հանգստութիւն ու վայելք փնտռող այրին կենդանի մեռած մըն է արդէն: Այնպիսիներուն 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 աւելի գէշ՝ քան անհաւատ մը:
Այրի սեպէ միայն այն կիները՝ որոնք վաթսունը անց են, մէկ անգամ ամուսնացած, եւ բարի գործերով վկայուած են, այսինքն՝ զաւակներ մեծցուցած, հիւրասէր եղած, ճամբորդ հաւատացեալներուն խոնարհաբար ծառայած, նեղութեան մէջ եղողներուն օգնած, եւ իրենք զիրենք ամբողջութեամբ բարեգործութեան տուած են:
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)
– Ո՛չ ոք երկինք ելաւ՝ բացի Մարդու Որդիէն, որ երկինքէն իջաւ, եւ որ երկինքի մէջ է: Եւ ինչպէս Մովսէս պղինձէ օձը բարձրացուց անապատին մէջ, նոյնպէս ալ Մարդու Որդին պէտք է բարձրանայ, որպէսզի անոր հաւատացողը յաւիտենական կեանք ունենայ: Որովհետեւ Աստուած ա՛յնքան սիրեց աշխարհը, որ մինչեւ իսկ իր միածին Որդին տուաւ, որպէսզի անոր հաւատացողը չկորսուի, այլ յաւիտենական կեանք ունենայ:
Որովհետեւ Աստուած իր Որդին աշխարհ ղրկեց՝ ո՛չ թէ որպէսզի 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 կու գայ, որպէսզի յայտնի ըլլայ թէ իր գործերը Աստուծոյ կամքին համաձայն գործուած են:
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-SEVAG MOURADIAN and CLAUDIA MARKARIAN were married on January 14, 2023. Best man and maid of honor were Khajak Mouradian and Alina Markarian. We congratulate the newly married couple & wish them a happy life together.
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-Mr. Kevork Baklaian, Mrs.Kety Ghemigian, Ms.Rada Ghemigian and Mr. Richard Ghemigian request requiem service for the soul of their beloved father, brother and uncle DIMITAR KEVORK BAKLAIAN (40th day memorial service). Also for the souls of KEVORK HAROUTUN BAKLAIAN and RADKA BAKLAIAN.
-Mrs. Asdghik Eramian, Mr. and Mrs.Garabed and Chagane Eramian and Children, Gary and Madeline request requiem service for the soul of their beloved husband, father, and grandfather ARA ERAMIAN ( 1st-year memorial service).
-Mrs. Arpine Kazanjian, Mr. & Mrs. Berj and Lucy Kazanjian and children Ariana and Thomas and Mrs. Ani Mardirossian and family request requiem service for the soul of their beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother and uncle GARABED KAZANJIAN (40th day memorial service). Also for the souls of beloved parents and grandparents BARSAM and ASDGHIG KAZANJIAN, beloved brother, uncle and great uncle VAHAN KAZANJIAN, beloved sister and aunt LUCIN KAZANJIAN UNJIAN, beloved husband, father and grandfather ZAVEN MARDIROSSIAN.
--Mr. and Mrs. Varujan and Luiza Kalustian, Mr. & Mrs. Eduard and Alina Kochoumian and family, Dr. & Mrs. Michael and Daniela Kalustian and family request requiem service for the souls of their beloved father, grandfather and great grandfather KIRKOR KALUSTIAN, beloved grandparents and great grandparents KALUST and YEGHSAPET KALUSTIAN.
-Ms. Magdalena Handjian Request requiem service for the soul of her beloved mother ANNY HANDJIAN (14th year memorial service). Also for the souls of her beloved father TATEOS HANDJIAN, beloved aunt VARTUHI BEDROSSIAN and beloved grandparents NISHAN and MAGDALENA KALFAYAN, MIHRAN and ANITSA HANDJIAN.
-Mr. & Mrs. Toros and Cindy Aledjian, Ms. Marie Aledjian, Mr. Sarkis Aledjian and Mr. Joseph Aledjian request requiem service for the soul of their beloved mother YVONNE ARMENOUHI ALEDJIAN (1st-year memorial service).
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The Ladies Guild fellowship hour will be held in the Main Hall and is hosted by:
-Mrs. Sandy Shamlian
-Ms. Margaret Sarkissian
-Mrs. Juliette Milian
-Baklaian and Ghemigian families in memory of their beloved father DIMITAR BAKLAIAN.
-Eramian family in memory of their beloved father ARA ERAMIAN.
-Kazanjian family in memory of their beloved father GARABED KAZANJIAN
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Sunday, January 22, 2023: Sunday School
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Sunday, February 05, 2023: St. Sarkis Name Day Celebration
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Sunday, February 05, 2023: Sunday School
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Friday, February 10, 2023: Salt & Light Youth Group
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Sunday, February 12, 2023: Sunday School
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Tuesday, February 21, 2023: Lenten Vesper Service
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Tuesday, February 28, 2023: Lenten Vesper Service
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Sunday, March 05, 2023: Sunday School
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Tuesday, March 07, 2023: Lenten Vesper Service
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Friday, March 10, 2023: Salt & Light Youth Group
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Tuesday, March 14, 2023: Lenten Vesper Service
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Sunday, March 19, 2023: Sunday School
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Tuesday, March 21, 2023: Lenten Vesper Service
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Sunday, March 26, 2023: General Membership Meeting
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Tuesday, March 28, 2023: Lenten Vesper Service
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Friday, March 31, 2023: Salt & Light Youth Group
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Sunday, April 02, 2023: Palm Sunday
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Sunday, April 02, 2023: Sunday School
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Tuesday, April 04, 2023: Holy Tuesday
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Thursday, April 06, 2023: Washing of the Feet & Tenebrae
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Friday, April 07, 2023: Good Friday, Service of the Entombment
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Saturday, April 08, 2023: Holy Communion & Easter Brunch
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Saturday, April 08, 2023: Easter Eve Vesper Service, Divine Liturgy
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Saturday, April 08, 2023: Easter Dinner
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Sunday, April 09, 2023: Easter
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Sunday, April 16, 2023: Sunday School
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Friday, April 28, 2023: Salt & Light Youth Group
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Sunday, April 30, 2023: Sunday School
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Saturday, May 20, 2023: Saturday School Year End Hantes
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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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Address: 38-65 234th Street,
Douglaston, NY 11363
Phone:(718) 224-2275
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