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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: Monday closed, Tuesday-Friday 9:00-3:00 pm
Ապրիլ 3, 2016
April 3, 2016
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:
Lauren Kayaian, Arman Bedonian, Gayane Hamparsoumian
Today’s Scripture Readings: Jacob 3:1-12, John 1:1-17
Octave of Easter (New Sunday)
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Requiem Service was requested for the souls of:
Alice Demirjian (Mekenian) - 1 year
By: George & Dorothy Mekenian & Family
Kosrof Paghktigian
By: Alice Giunta & Hagop Meneshian
May God rest their souls in His eternal peace and presence and grant
their loved ones the comfort of the Holy Spirit.
New Sunday
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This Sunday is called New Sunday because of three reasons.
Firstly, Easter means freedom and the new Sunday is a day of double
freedom. God has set us free from sins, and however we are under
the influence of passions. And when God does everything in a new
way order to set us free from needs, it is called New Sunday.
This Sunday is called New Sunday also because of our resurrection.
On the first Sunday Christ raised us from the dead thanks to His Soul
and Power, and on the second Sunday he will raise us from the dead
bodily, so that raising from the dead we will become immortal.
And finally, this Sunday is called New Sunday because we celebrate
the feast of our soul saving in spiritual joy and fete.
Annunciation to the Virgin Mary
On April 7, the Armenian Church celebrated one of her greatest
feasts - the Annunciation to St. Mary. In the Gospel of Luke we learn
that the Angel Gabriel brings the good news to the Virgin about the
birth of the Savior (Lk 1:26-38).
According to Holy Tradition and the Evangelist, the Angel Gabriel
appears to St. Mary while reading a passage from the prophecy of
Isaiah, in which it is written about the birth of the Emmanuel from a
Virgin. The Angel greets Mary, telling her, “Fear not, Mary: for you
have found favor with God. And behold, you shall conceive in your
womb, and bring forth a son, and shall call His Name JESUS. … That
which is Holy which shall be born of you shall be called the Son of
God.” By giving mankind an excellent example of obedience to the
Divine Will, she said, “I am the Lord’s servant. May it happen to me
as you have said.” Beginning from the moment when the Holy Virgin
expressed these words, she was with child.
This Gospel story is one expression of why the Armenian Church accords high honor to motherhood, and appreciates the role of women
in family life, and the lives of mankind.
Կրկնազատիկ (Նոր կիրակի)
Կրկնազատիկ կը կոչուի երեք պատճառներով:
Զատիկ կը նշանակէ ազատութիւն և այդ օրը կրկնակի
ազատութեան օր մըն է: Աստուած մեզ ազատած է մեղքերէն,
սակայն մենք կը գտնուինք կիրքերու ազդեցութեան ներքոյ:
Իսկ երբ Աստուած ամէն ինչ նոր կ՛ընէ և բոլոր կարիքներէն
մեզ կ՛ազատէ, ան կը կոչուի Կրկնազատիկ: Կրկնազատիկ կը
կոչուի մեր հարութեան պատճառով: Քրիստոս առաջին
կիրրակի օրը մեզի հարութիւն տուաւ Իր հոգով ու
զօրութեամբ, իսկ երկրորդ կիրակի օրը մեզ հարութիւն է
տալու ըստ մարմնի՝ և մեռելներէն հարութիւն առնելով պիտի
անմահանանք: Նոր կիրակի և Կրկնազատիկ կը կոչուի,
քանզի նորովի կը տոնենք մեր հոգիի փրկութեան
նաւակատիքը՝ հոգևոր ուրախութեամբ ու տօնախմբութեամբ:
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READINGS
The reading is from the Letter of James (3:1-12)
(p. 306 New Testament—Holy Bible in red color)
Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, for you know that we
who teach shall be judged with greater strictness. For we all make many
mistakes, and if any one makes no mistakes in what he says he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also. If we put bits into the
mouths of horses that they may obey us, we guide their whole bodies.
Look at the ships also; though they are so great and are driven by strong
winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the
pilot directs. So the tongue is a little member and boasts of great things.
How great a forest is set ablaze by a small fire!
And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is an unrighteous world among our
members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the cycle of nature, and
set on fire by hell. For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea
creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by humankind, but no human
being can tame the tongue’s restless evil, full of deadly poison. With it
we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in
the likeness of God. From the same mouth come blessing and cursing.
My brethren, this ought not to be so. Does a spring pour forth from the
same opening fresh water and brackish? Can a fig tree, my brethren,
yield olives, or a grapevine figs? No more can salt water yield fresh.
Home Blessing /Dnorhnek/ is a beautiful tradition of
the Armenian Church which is performed on several
occasions: namely after the feasts of Holy Nativity and
Holy Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, as well as
on the occasion of moving to a new home.
Schedule your Home Blessing during this Easter season
with Der Hayr by calling the church office at (914) 4282595 or (804) 405-9399 (cell).
PASTORAL CARE: HOME AND HOSPITAL CLERGY VISIT
Der Mesrob is always available and would like to visit homebound
and hospitalized parishioners. If you or someone you know is ill or
hospitalized and would like to be visited, please call Der Hayr at
(804) 405-9399 or the church office at (914) 428-2595. Please note:
when asked about religion at a hospital, patients should list themselves as “Armenian Orthodox” or “Armenian” not “other:”
BIBLE STUDY
Come to explore together the pathways of the New Testament and
to increase our faith and spiritual fulfillment through study of the
Holy Scriptures led by Der Mesrob Hovsepyan.
The next Bible Study session:
April 14, Thursday - 10:00-11:00 AM
Feel free to join our group.
JUNIOR CHOIR PRACTICES
DATES: Today & 17th, May 1st & 15th,
June 5th
TIME: 12:30 PM
PLACE: In the sanctuary
All youth of the parish ages 5 & up
are welcome!
Today
Divine Liturgy.
Junior Choir Practice following the service.
Sunday School Communion Sunday.
Children’s Sermon will be delivered
at the end of the service.
April 17,
Sunday
Lionel Galstian Annual Memorial Concert
Taline Nalbandian: Soprano Haig Arsenian: Piano
Details inside.
May 1,
Sunday
The Women's Guild Spring Bake Sale
BAKING SCHEDULE THURSDAYS:
10:00 am in the Church Kitchen
May 15,
Sunday
Musical Performance by Tsirani, Armenian Folk Ensemble following the Divine Liturgy. Details to follow.
June 5,
Sunday
Armenian School End-of-Year program.
1:00 pm.
Today, please take a moment to remember in your prayers
Lucine Adourian, Arshaluys Kaleli, Ani Karapetyan,
Gale Perzigian, Catherine Papalian, Mary Aljalian
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.