June 24, 2016
Volume # 11   

   Sunday service starts @ 10:30

Issue # 26    
CHURCH CLOSURE



On Sunday, July 3rd, we will not have Badarak but the church will be open 
10-11 A.M. for lighting candles and prayers.

Have a safe 4th of July Holiday!





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BAPTISM


Henry James Kybert-Momjian, son of Ani and Nicholas was baptized on June 18, 2016.
Godfather was Aram Bohjalian.



 


Cradle News


Lori Yeremian  was born  on memorial day, 5/30/2016 at 8:26 am. Weight 7 lb. 14 oz. and  20" tall. Congrats to lucky parents Krikor and Vartee Yeremian, and grandparents.
 
SUNDAY BIBLE READING
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost - Eve of the Fast of Transfiguration
Հոգեկալուստէն ետք Զ. Կիրակի - Բարեկենդան Վարդավառի Պահոց
The reading is from the Letter of Paul to the Romans  11:13-24



            Now I am speaking to you Gentiles.  Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry in order to make my fellow Jews jealous, and thus save some of them.  For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?  If the dough offered as first fruits is holy, so is the whole lump; and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
            But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, were crafted in their place to share the richness of the olive tree, do not boast over the branches.  If you do boast, remember it is not you that support the root, but the root that supports you.  You will say, "Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in."  That is true.  They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand fast only through faith.  So do not become proud, but stand in awe.  For if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you.  Note then the kindness and the severity of God:  severity toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness to you, provided you continue in His kindness; otherwise you too will be cut off.  And even the others, if they do not persist in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again.  For if you have been cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these natural branches be grafted back into their own olive tree.                                  


THE HOLY GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO MATTHEW 14:13-21


Our Lord Jesus Christ:
            Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a lonely place apart.  But when the crowds heard it, they followed Him on foot from the towns.  As he went ashore he saw a great throng; and he had compassion on them, and healed their sick.  When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, "This is a lonely place, and the day is now over; send the crowds away to go into the villages and buy food for themselves."  Jesus said, "They need not go away; you give them something to eat."  They said to him, "We have only five loaves here and two fishes."  And he said, "Bring them here to me."  Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass; and taking the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and broke and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.  And they all ate and were satisfied.  And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces left over.  And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.
                                                                                                                              
 
ԱլէլուքԱրի, Տէր Աստուած իմ, ի հրամանս քո զոր պատուիրեցեր. եւ ժողով ժողովրդոց  շուրջ եղիցին զքեւ։


Յիսուս Քրիստոսի Աւերարանէն Ըստ Մատթէոսի Գլուխ 14։13-21
 
Երբ Յիսուս Յովհաննէսի գլխատումը լսեց, նաւակով մեկնեցաւ այդտեղէն եւ առանձին գնաց ամայի վայր մը։  Շրջանի քաղաքներու բնակիչենրը լսելով ասիկա, քալելով հետեւեցան իրեն։  Երբ Յիսուս նաւակէն դուրս ելաւ, տեսաւ մեծ բազմութիւնը, գթաց անոնց վրայ եւ հիւանդները բժշկեց։
 
Երեկոյեան, իր աշակերտները իրեն մօտեցան եւ ըսին. �Ամայի տեղ ենք եւ ժամանակն ալ ուշ է. արձակէ՛ ժողովուրդը, որպէսզի երթան շրջակայ գիւղերը իրենց համար ուտելիք գնելու�։  Յիսուս ըսաւ. �Ինչո՞ւ իրենք երթան։  Դո՛ւք տուէք անոնց ուտելիքը�։  Անոնք ըսին Յիսուսի. �Հոս գրեթէ ոչինչ ունինք, բացի հինգ հացէ եւ երկու ձուկէ�։  Յիսուս ըսաւ. �Հո՛ս բերէք ատոնք�։  Եւ հրամայեց որ ժողովուրդը նստեցնեն խոտին վրայ։ Ապա առաւ հինգ հացը եւ երկու ձուկը, փառք տուաւ Աստուծոյ, օրհնեց, կտրեց հացերը եւ տուաւ աշակերտներուն, որոնք բաշխեցին ժողովուրդին։  Բոլորն ալ կերան ու կշտացան, եւ աշակերտները աւելցած կտորները հաւաքելով՝ տասներկու սակառ լեցուցին։  Իսկ ուտողներուն թիւը շուրջ հինգ հազար էր, կիները եւ մանուկնեը չհաշուած։




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HOKEHANKIST


  • Karen, Bearj and Armena Jehanian for the souls of their parents Bearg (one year) and Lucille (9 years) as well as their grandparents, Ovsanna and Shmavon Jehanian and Zolenig and Vahan Terzian, and uncle Vahan Terzian, Jr. and their aunt and uncle,  Mary and Albert Z. Kazanjian and for all deceased members of Jehanian, Akidaian, Terzian, and Aydjian/Lussinian families.
  • Mrs Rose Jehanian and family request hokehonkist for their cousin, and  uncle Bearg Jehanian


     
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ST. GREGORY'S ANNUAL GOLF OUTING


Hello Everyone!


We are gearing up for another great day of fun at St. Gregory's 13th Annual Golf Outing! This year we will be playing at the picturesque Talamore Country Club in Ambler PA with its beautiful historic clubhouse. The date is Tuesday September 20 and the cost is only $150 per player. FIND OUT MORE




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July 10               30th Anniversary of Datev Institute and luncheon
August 14          Assumption Day -  Grape Blessing & Picnic
September 11    Sunday School & Haigazian Armenian School openings
Sept. 13-17        CARNIVAL
September 20    GOLF Outing
October 2           BLINGO
November 4 - 5 Ladies' Guild Food Festival   
November 12    AYF Dinner Dance
December 31    New Year's Eve Dinner Dance




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