E-Sunday Bulletin of St. Sarkis Church |
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Greetings!
E-Sunday Bulletin of St. Sarkis Armenian Apostolic Church
38-65 234th. St. Douglaston, NY, 11363
Sunday: 6/13/2021
ՀՈԳԵԳԱԼՈՒՍՏԷՆ ԵՏՔ Գ. ԿԻՐԱԿԻ - THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
Sunday Readings:
Isaiah 1:2-15; Romans 6:12-23; Matthew 12:1-8
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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The Sunday Of Salt & Light Youth Group |
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On Sunday June 6th, the AYF New York “Hyortik” Junior Chapter had their Junior seminar at St. Sarkis Church. Due to the pandemic, AYF was unable to have their usual Junior Seminar therefore, every AYF Chapter in the Eastern Region met up with their respective chapters and experienced a typical day at Junior Seminar.
Throughout the day, the Juniors were guided by their Senior members with a series of lectures and activities. Our lectures included an educational regarding Artsakh given by U. Nazareth Markarian and a lecture on the Armenian Language given by U. Mimi Bijimenian. We had many activities that were educational and interactive like Artsakh trivia and “heads up” but Armenian. Throughout the day, the Juniors felt unified and proud to be Armenian after a difficult year in quarantine.
During Church services, participants enjoyed a special sermon given to them by Fr. Nareg Terterian.
Overall, it was a great time seeing the next generation of Armenians and we all look forward to the next gathering.
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St. Sarkis Suzanne & Hovsep Hagopian Saturday School. |
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A Note From the Co-Principals:
Dear Parishioners,
It is with extreme pleasure and gratitude that we, Nayiry Injoyan and Aleene Voskerijian, accept the positions of co-principals of St. Sarkis Suzanne & Hovsep Hagopian Saturday School. We’d also like to congratulate Dg. Nairy Zohrabian for her extremely dedicated nearly 20 years of service to St. Sarkis Suzanne & Hovsep Hagopian Saturday School. Her work has not gone unnoticed, and we applaud her for the love and devotion she has shown the students, staff, parents, and entire community during her time as principal. We hope to continue to uphold the legacy that she has left behind.
As we embark on this new chapter at our Saturday School, it is our primary goal to create an environment where the connection between teachers, students, and parents facilitates meaningful learning experiences for our youth. We believe that leading with connection and building relationships with our youth will create a strong foundation for life-long learning and engagement between our youth and their Armenian community here at St. Sarkis Church. It has become increasingly important for our youth to place value in learning the Armenian language, history, music, and religion, and we hope to help actualize that.
With this exciting transition ahead there will be some positive changes and improvements made to our school for the betterment of our students’ experience. In doing so, there will be a tuition adjustment made. As we begin the process for registration, it is important to note that there will be a registration fee of $150.00 that will be applied to your child’s tuition. And as we’d like to have a clear understanding of enrollment there will be a deadline on June 30th for all registrations to be submitted by. In addition, a late fee of $200.00, which will not be applied to tuition, will be in effect if registration is submitted after June 30th. To make this transition as smooth as possible we kindly ask that you are diligent in registering your children.
We are happy to announce that our first day of the 2021-2022 school year will begin on Saturday, September 18th, 2021. With the current CDC guidelines for COVID-19, we are confident that we can begin the year with in-person learning while maintaining the appropriate restrictions to ensure the safety of our community. While there is a transition on the horizon for our students, teachers, and parents we’d like to end this message by saying that as co-principals our goal is to maintain open and clear communication and to create an environment for our children to thrive as young Armenian learners. We look forward to beginning this journey together.
Love,
Nayiry Injoyan & Aleene Voskerijian
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Saint Sarkis Summer Camp! |
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We Thankfully Acknowledge Your Generous Donations
Camp Sponsor | $2000
Mr. & Mrs. Antranig Boudakian
Ice Cream Truck | $450
HMEM of New York
Individual Lego Kit | $400
Miss Margaret Sarkissian & Dr. Siranush Cholakian
Individual Building Blocks | $450
Sponsorship Needed
Arts & Crafts Supplies (session 1) | $300
Sponsorship Needed
Arts & Crafts Supplies (session 2) | $300
Anonymous $200
Anonymous $100
Armenian Dance | $350
Mr. & Mrs. Krikor & Florina Krikorian
Obstacle Course | $250
Mr. & Mrs. Dickran & Liza Kabarajian
Treasure Hunt | $250
Mrs. Nayda Voskerijian
Individually wrapped meals (session 1) | $250
Mr. & Mrs. Eduard & Alina Kochoumian
Individually wrapped meals (session 2) | $250
Mr. & Mrs. Aram & Ardemis Zobian
Individually wrapped snacks | $250
Mr. & Mrs. Edward & Elizabeth Ohannessian
Pizza (session 1) | $200
Dr. & Mrs. Edmond & Nyeree Demirdjan
Pizza (session 2) | $200
Dr. & Mrs. Edmond & Nyeree Demirdjan
Science | $350
Sponsorship Needed
Carnival (session 1) | $300
Sponsorship Needed
Carnival (session 2) | $300
Sponsorship Needed
Life-size games | $300
Sponsorship Needed
General camp supplies | $200
Sponsorship Needed
If you wish to sponsor an event/item for summer camp
please contact the church office at 718-224-2275.
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St. Gregory Of Datev Institute |
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The St. Gregory of Datev Institute will once again hold a virtual Summer Program for youth ages 13-18 from June 28 to July 2, 2021. Sponsored by the Armenian Religious Education Council (AREC), the Program will be an hour long, 11:00 am to noon, Monday to Friday, and it will include two mini-presentations, focusing on the Bible, the teachings and the history of the Armenian Church, along with engaging discussions on faith-related issues. We have opted for the virtual format due to the Covid pandemic.
We invite our youth to take part in this unique Christian educational program. To register, please send your contact information to Deacon Shant Kazanjian (shant@armenianprelacy.org), including name, address, date of birth, phone #, email address, and parents' contact information (name, phone #, and email). If you have any questions please contact Dn. Shant by email or at 212-689-7810.
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THE CHILDREN OF MARTYRED FATHERS NEED US
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THE CHILDREN OF MARTYRED FATHERS NEED US
New lists of war orphans are coming to us through the St. Nerses the Great Organization office in Yerevan. Currently, 71 orphans from fathers who made the ultimate sacrifice during the war in Artsakh are registered in the waiting list of the St. Nerses the Great Organization in Yerevan, along with other 11 orphans with heartbreaking stories. We appeal to the generosity of our fellow Armenians to sponsor one or more of them.
Click here for online sponsorship of minors up to the age of 18.
Click here for online sponsorship of orphans who become students at a higher education institution upon turning 18.
You can always contact the Prelacy by email (sophie@armenianprelacy.org) or telephone (212-689-7810) for the sponsorship of both minors and university students in the program of the St. Nerses the Great Organization in Armenia.
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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 մահուընէ կեանքի եկած մարդիկ, դուք ձեզ Աստուծոյ 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 ոչ 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: Գոհութիւն 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 ծառայ 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 ծառաներն էք: 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 ցորենի արտերուն մէջէն կ’անցնէր: Աշակերտները անօթեցած ըլլալով, սկսան հասկ փրցնել եւ ուտել: Երբ Փարիսեցիները ասիկա տեսան, ըսին Յիսուսի.
– Տե՛ս, աշակերտներդ ի՛նչ կ’ընեն. բան մը, որ մեր Օրէնքը կ’արգիլէ 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 հացերը չկերա՞ւ, բան մը՝ որ Օրէնքին համաձայն արտօնուած չէր իրեն եւ ոչ ալ իրեն հետ եղողներուն, այլ միայն քահանաներուն: Կամ չէ՞ք կարդացած
Օրէնքին մէջ, թէ Շաբաթ օրերը քահանաները տաճարին մէջ կը սրբապղծեն Շաբաթ օրը 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 Աստուծոյ սա խօսքը. «Ողորմութիւն կ’ուզեմ եւ ո՛չ թէ զոհ», այն ատեն չէիք դատապարտեր անմեղները, որովհետեւ Մարդու Որդին Տէրն է Շաբաթին:
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Gospel Readers & Altar Boys |
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Gospel Readers
Nectar Mouradian
Isabella Keshishian
Altar Boys
Armen Fiesel
Paul Nenejian
Aren Bedrossian
Armen Aprahamian
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This Sunday The Fellowship Hour is Sponsored by
Salt & Light Youth Group Families
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ST. NERSES THE GREAT AND BISHOP KHAT
This Saturday (June 12) 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 15) 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.
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-JACOB ALEXANDER BAYAS the son of Mr. & Mrs. Cesar & Roza Petrosyan Bayas was baptized on Saturday, June 5, 2021. His Godparents were Mr. Luis De La Cruz and Ms. Hripsime Petrosyan. May the Grace of the Holy Spirit always be with Jacob.
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-ANNALISE KRYSTAL GONZALEZ the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Pedro & Erebuni Babakhanian Gonzalez was baptized on Saturday, June 5, 2021. Her Godparents were Mr. John Packy and Ms. Sharisse Babakhanian . May the Grace of the Holy Spirit always be with Annalise.
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-DOMINIC VITALE the son of Mr. & Mrs. Michael & Amanda Lilla Vitale was baptized on Sunday, June 6, 2021. His Godparents were Mr. Mario Lilla and Mrs. Romina Seferian Causi. May the Grace of the Holy Spirit always be with Dominic.
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- Mrs. LUCIA ANASA, passed on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. Funeral services were held on Friday, June 11, 2021 at St. Maple Grove Cemetery. We extend our heartfelt condolences to her family. May she rest in peace.
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- Mrs. Yeprouhi Hovhannessian and daughters Anna and Anoush Request requiem service for the soul of their beloved husband and father SARO HOVHANNESSIAN (2nd year memorial service).
- Mrs. Aghavni Bodriguian and Ms. Sylvia Bodriguian Request requiem service for the soul of their beloved husband and father EDWARD BODRIGUIAN (11th year memorial service). Also for the soul of their beloved sister in-law and aunt MADLEN NISHANIAN (11th year memorial service).
-Mrs. Armenouhi Bardizbanian, Mr. & Mrs. Simon and Lara Bardizbanian and children Request requiem service for the soul of their beloved brother in-law, uncle and great uncle GARO BARDIZBANIAN (1st year memorial service). Also for the souls of all deceased members of BARDIZBANIAN families.
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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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