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Today Guest celebrant: Very Rev. Fr. Simeon Odabashian
will celebrate the Divine Liturgy.
June 26,
Sunday
Dance Recital by the St. Gregory’s dance group
Following the Divine Liturgy. Details to follow
June 27-
July 1
MER DOON Summer Camp
July 3,
Sunday
Feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord
(Vartavar)
July 30,
Saturday
St. Gregory Women’s Guild All American BBQ!
Family & Friends Welcome! Bring the Kids!
Proceeds will benefit Fuller Center for Housing in
Armenia (St. Gregory House #5!)
August 14,
Sunday
Feast of the Assumption of the Holy Mother of God.
Blessing of the Grapes service
Fr. Mesrob is currently in Armenia. He will return from Armenia
on June 25th and will celebrate the
Divine Liturgy on June 26th.
The members of the St. Gregory Cultural Committee regret to
inform you that our esteemed colleague and member, Anahid
Ajemian Avakian
passed away peacefully in her sleep on Monday, June 13th.
Services will be held at St. Vartan’s on Friday, June 17th
10am viewing and service at 11am.
Յունիս 19, 2016 June 19, 2016
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St. Gregory the Enlightener Armenian Church
Rev. Fr. Mesrob Hovsepyan, pastor
1131 North Street, White Plains, NY 10605 / Office: (914)
428-2595 Pastor: (804) 405-9399 Email: Der Mesrob -
[email protected], Office - [email protected]
Web: www.stgregorywp.com Office Hours in June: Monday closed,
Tuesday-Thursday 9:30-1:30 pm
Welcome to St. Gregory the Enlightener Armenian Church!
“Legacy of Our Martyrs: A Gift to Carry Forward”
The Morning Service starts at 9:45 a.m. on Sundays and is
followed by Soorp Badarak (Divine Liturgy) at 10:15 a.m.
Parish Council Members on Duty:
Arman Bedonian, Gayane Hamparsoumian, Mike Pisani
Today’s Scripture Readings: Rom. 8:31-10:4 Matt. 13:24-30
Today there will be no Requiem Service after Badarak.
Fifth Sunday after Pentecost. Feast of the Discovery of St.
Mary’s Jewel Box
º ÎÇõñ³Ï¿ ½ÏÝÇ Ðá·»·³Éëﻳݣ ¶Çõï î÷áÛ êñµáõÑõáÛ ²ëïáõ³Í³ÍÝÇ
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]://www.krikor.us
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Feast of the Discovery of St. Mary’s Box According to tradition,
while en route to Jerusalem on a pilgrimage, two Greek princes come
across a chest that once belonged to St. Mary. In Galilee, they see
a large crowd gathered in front of a Jewish woman’s house. They
inquire and find that the sick are being healed due to the
inexplicable power of the chest. The princes bring the box to
Constantinople and present it to the Patriarch, who places it in
the Church of St. Mary. The Patriarch then establishes the Feast of
the Discovery of St. Mary’s Box. The Armenian Church celebrates
this feast upon the order of the Catholicos Simeon from Yerevan,
who accepted this tradition from the Greek Orthodox Church in the
late 18th century.
Feast of the Holy Translators St. Sahak and St. Mesrop On
Thursday, June 25th, our church celebrated the feast of the Holy
Translators. Catholicos St. Sahak Partev and Archimandrite St.
Mes-rop (Vardapet) Mashtots are the founders of Armenian literature
and ecclesiastical bibliography. Following the creation of the
Armenian Alphabet, St. Sahak and St. Mesrop opened a school for
translators in the city of Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin). There they
begin the translation of the Holy Bible into Armenian and did it so
perfectly, that centuries hence the Armenian Translation is called
the “Queen Translation of the Breath of God”. The first sentence
translated from the Holy Bible is the opening verse of the Book of
Proverbs: “To know wisdom and instruction, to per-ceive the words
of understanding”. St. Mesrop Mashtots passed away in Vagharshapat,
and was buried in his home village of Oshakan. According to
tradition, during the entire journey of transferring the remains of
St. Mesrop to Oshakan, a canopy of light fell upon the pilgrims and
accompanied them until they reached the tomb. The Church of St.
Mesrop Mashtots, which exists to this day, was built over his
grave.
¶Çõï î÷áÛ êñµáõÑõáÛ ²ëïáõ³Í³ÍÝÇ Ավանդության համաձայն` Սբ.
Աստվածածնի տուփը, որտեղ պահվել է Տիրամոր գլխանոցը, հայտնաբերել են
երկու հույն իշխաններ, որոնք Երուսաղեմ ուխտի գնալիս Գալիլիայում մի
հրեա կնոջ մոտ տեսնում են տուփը, որի զորությամբ հիվանդներ էին
բժշկվում: Տուփը փոխելով իր կրկնօրինակով՝ երիտասարդներն այն բերում
են Կ. Պոլիս և հանձնում պատրիարքին: Պատրիարքը տուփը զետեղում է Ս.
Աստվածածին եկեղեցում և հաստատում Ս. Աստվածածնի տուփի գյուտի
տոնը:
Այս տոնը Հայ Առաքելական Եկեղեցին սկսել է տոնել 18-րդ դարից՝
Սիմեոն Երևանցի կաթողիկոսի կարգադրությամբ:
Today, please take a moment to remember in your prayers Lucine
Adourian, Arshaluys Kaleli, Gale Perzigian,
Catherine Papalian, Dorothy Koresian as well as all the sick and
recovering members
of our community. May God touch His faithful servants with His
healing hand, and
grant them good health & recovery. Please inform Der Hayr if
you have friends or family who are suffering
any physical or spiritual distress and are in need of prayer,
and he will add them to his prayer list where they will be
remembered before “the Holy and
Immortal Lamb of God” during the Eucharist. We all need prayer –
both to say for others and to be said for us.
Let us on this day remember in our prayers all fathers,
grandfathers, Godfathers, and reverend fathers, asking God to give
them the strength to meet their responsibilities and the challenges
of each day with the help of our Lord’s merciful love and
guid-ance.
As we read in the Bible, “keep your father’s commandment and
forsake not your mother’s teach-ing. Bind them always on your
heart; fasten them around your neck. When you walk, they will guide
you; when you sleep, they will watch over you; when you awake, they
will speak to you.” (Proverbs 6:20-22).
Fuller Center for Housing in Armenia (FCHA) celebrated their 5th
year anniver-
sary in 2013. This commemoration marked an important milestone
not only for the
FCHA, but also for the Republic of Armenia. Since its inception
in 2008, FCHA
has built or renovated hundreds of safe and decent homes for
needy families in
remote regions of Armenia.. The anniversary also marked the
completion of its
250th home. During the summer of 2013, this home (now the
residence of the
Margaryan family in the village of Ujan) was dedicated and
blessed by local
clergy. Members of St. Gregory the Enlightener Armenian Church
in White Plains,
NY sponsored the construction of this house. Dedicated and
faithful Parish mem-
bers, inspired by (the late) Harry Keleshian, have set a goal of
“10 houses in 10
years”. Right on track, 2016 will mark completion of St. Gregory
the Enlightener’s
5th sponsored house since fundraising began 5 years ago!
Everyone is invited to join us at our annual All-American BBQ to
benefit FCHA
on Saturday, July 30 th , 2016 at 6:00pm
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HIGH SCHOOL Aren Antreasyan – Son of Arsham and Ani Antreasyan
will be graduating from John Jay High School on June 24, 2016 with
high honors and numerous awards for his community service. In
addition he has received the Silver Medal and Certificate of
Achievement from the Armenian Student Association. He will be
attending Long Island University/C.S. Post, and has been accepted
into the Honors College. Aren has chosen a double major in Film
Production and Business Ad-ministration/Marketing, and will use his
degree to advance the Film Production Industry in Armenia. Allegra
Kevorkian—Daughter of Steven and Lisa Kevorkian will be graduating
from Horace Greeley High School in June. She plans on attending
Syracuse University. She is an avid runner and was a mem-ber of the
Varsity Cross Country and Track Teams. Allegra is a gradu-ate of
St. Gregory Sunday School where she also worked as an assis-tant
teacher for 2 years. She has attended AGBU Camp Nubar since age 9
and worked as a camp counselor. Last summer, Allegra trav-eled to
Armenia for the first time on the AGBU Discovery Armenia Program.
As part of the program, she did volunteer work with the Fuller
Center for Housing at 2 orphanages outside of Yerevan. Marie-Lise
Baroutjian— Daughter of Lena and George Baroutjian is graduating
from Washingtonville High School in June with high hon-ors. She
will be attending Binghamton University. Gregory Mekenian— Son of
Lily and Stephen Mekenian is graduat-ing from Byram Hills High
School with honors in History, and will be attending George
Washington University this Fall.
WE WISH ALL GRADUATES GOD SPEED AND CONTINUED SUCCESS
IN ALL THEIR FUTURE ENDEAVORS
GRADUATES OF THE CLASS OF 2016:
If you know of any St. Gregory parishioners graduat-
ing from high school, college, or graduate school this
spring, please notify (or pass the word along and have
them notify) the church office or Der Hayr by calling
914-428-2595 or emailing
[email protected].
Please share with us the student’s name, school, special
achievements, future
plans, etc., so we may share our pride in their accomplishments
with our
entire parish in the Enlightener newsletter.
Congratulations to all graduates.
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READINGS
The first reading is from the Letter of Paul to the Romans
8:31-10:4 What then shall we say to this? If God is for us, who is
against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us
all, will he not also give us all things with him? Who shall bring
any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies; who is to
condemn? Is it Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised from the
dead, who is at the right hand of God, who in-deed intercedes for
us? Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall
tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness,
or peril, or sword? As it is written, “For your sake we are being
killed all day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who
loved us. For I am sure that nei-ther death, nor life, nor angels,
nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor
powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation,
will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus
our Lord.
The second reading is from the Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ
according to Matthew (13:24-30)
Our Lord Jesus Christ:
Another parable he put before them, saying, “The kingdom of
heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field;
but while men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among
the wheat, and went away. So when the plants came up and bore
grain, then the weeds appeared also. And the servants of the
householder came and said to him, `Sir, did you not sow good seed
in your field? How then has it weeds?' He said to them, `An enemy
has done this.' The servants said to him, `Then do you want us to
go and gather them?' But he said, `No; lest in gathering the weeds
you root up the wheat along with them. Let both grow together until
the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Gather
the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather
the wheat into my barn.'”
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CALLING ALL PARISHIONERSCALLING ALL PARISHIONERSCALLING ALL
PARISHIONERS! The Parish Council invites you to be a part of our
growing com-munity! There are so many ways to get involved at our
thriving
church! One of the easiest ways is to host Coffee Hour!
Hosting Coffee Hour is very simple and fun too!
Please email Maria Stepanian at [email protected]
or call at 203-550-4897 if your are interested or have any
questions. Looking forward to hearing from you all!
The Parish Council
OUR 2016-GRADUATES
COLLEGE
Sub-Deacon Ari Narbandian - Graduated on May 23, 2016, with a
Medical Degree from New York Medical College. He will take up his
Residency training in Emergency Medicine at the University of
Massa-chusetts Medical Center in Wooster, MA. Sub-Deacon Andrew
Kayaian – Son of Robert and Lauren Kayaian, graduated Summa Cum
Laude from Fordham University with a B.A. in History and a minor in
Orthodox Christian Studies. He will return to Fordham to pursue a
Master's Degree in History. Christine Baydar - Daughter of Aret and
the Late Anna Baydar, gradu-ated with a B.A. in Psychology and a
minor in Biology from Rutgers Uni-versity. She has plans to
continue into a Pharmacy School next Spring.
Lori Janjigian - Daughter of Vahan and Noone Janjigian,
graduated with a B.S. from Northwestern University Medill School of
Journalism. She has accepted a position with Business Insider.
Anna Marie Sarkissian Munro - Daughter of Nectar and Colin
Munro
graduated with a B.S. in Environmental studies from the
University of
Connecticut in Storrs, CT. She has plans to continue studying
for her
Masters and pursue work in her chosen field.
Charles Khachian - Son of Ani and Gary Khachian graduated with a
B.S.
in Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics from Rensselear
Polytech-
nic Institute in Troy, NY. He plans to pursue work in his
field.
Liana Kurkjian – Daughter of Arman and Rita Kurkjian, graduated
with a Master’s degree in Speech Language Pathology from Mercy
College in Dobbs. Ferry NY. She was inducted into the Alpha Eta
Honors Society and has accepted a job with Westchester Speech and
Language Services PLLC.
Lauren Wiacek – Daughter of Bruce and Dianne Wiacek, graduated
on May 18, 2016 with an M.S. and triple New York State
Certification in Early Elementary Education; Elementary Education
and Special Educa-tion from Mercy College Graduate School of
Education.
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