E-Sunday Bulletin of St. Sarkis Armenian Apostolic Church
38-65 234th. St. Douglaston, NY, 11363
Sunday 07/27/2014
ՏՕՆ ԱՅԼԱԿԵՐՊՈՒԹԵԱՆ ՏԵԱՌՆ ՄԵՐՈՅ ՅԻՍՈՒՍԻ ՔՐԻՍՏՈՍԻ
FEAST OF TRANSFIGURATION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
Sunday Readings: Wisdom 7:25-8:4; Zechariah 14:16-21; 1 John 1:1-7; Matthew 16:13-17:13.
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News From St. Sarkis Church
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Լուրեր Ս. Սարգիս Եկեղեցիէն
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Summer Camp - 9th Year: A Recap
Reported by Mrs. Seta Megherian & Jeanette Nenejian
It's been one week since the laughter and excitement of our children filled our halls during the 9th annual St. Sarkis Summer Camp. Although our much anticipated two week session has come to an end the memories created this summer will live forever.
9 years ago, the idea to bring the children of our community together sprouted with a brilliant idea by our wonderful Der Nareg with the support of our devoted benefactors Antranig and Marion Boudakian. That first summer we greeted 25 campers. Today, our camp hosts nearly 80 campers with a staff of over 20. Campers who started our program in our first years are now in our oldest groups and have fond memories of their summers spent at our camp.
At St. Sarkis Camp all campers are in age appropriate groups and all take part in fun and enriching activities. This year we added some fun and new activities such as the Fun Bus for our younger groups. Campers ages 3-6 enjoyed their time tumbling, climbing, jumping and swinging in a fitness program run by two professional teachers. We also had a professional Tae Kwon Do teacher who worked with all the campers, Master Joe, of New York Black Belt Center in Bayside, was a great deal of fun and a wonderful learning experience for all. His program taught respect and self defense in a fun and age appropriate manner. The campers were all so excited and eager to take part in his classes. Campers also enjoyed Soccer lessons by Raffi and Razmig Nenejian. These action pact soccer classes were so much fun and the campers learned some great techniques as well. We were so excited to have the professional team of 3 time Emmy Award Winner Louie Zakarian, Special Effects Make Up team join us and treat the campers to special make up tricks and real makeup for each camper. Mrs. Janet Tutuyan treated our campers with wonderful Science experiments and thought provoking projects that all the campers loved.
As we entered the second week of Summer Camp we changed it up a bit and took a bus trip to The Atlantis Aquarium in Riverhead, Long Island. Although the morning was grey and rainy we had hope it would clear and luckily the rain held up for our excited campers and the visit was a success. We were able to see a funny seal show and enjoyed beautiful tropical fishes along with sharks but luckily we were far from them. Can't wait for our next trip!
Our wonderful and professional staff and our amazing CIT's planned and worked at making a fun and enriching camp experience for all their campers. We sincerely thank our staff members Nayda Voskerijian, Yvette Fiesel, Tatev Ananian, Julietta Ananian, Jeanette Nenejian, Corina Popescu, Talin Baghdassarian, Zepiur Ardzivian, Levon Zohrabian, Seta Megherian, we also thank our CIT's for their hard work, Christapor Megherian, Sevag Hagobian, Sevag Ebrimian, Deborah Agopian, and Ariana Kazanjian. We also thank Der Nareg for his worship services and enlightening sermons as well as his teaching of the bible all throughout the two weeks.
A fantastic time was had by all who attended! Please stay tuned for our tenth anniversary Coming up in the summer of 2015!
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Summer Camp Chapel Time - Part 2
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Nothing can replace the experience of attending church on Sundays and being part of the Divine Liturgy celebration. However, you can listen to the sermon that was delivered at St. Sarkis Church last Sunday.
* This is a sermon that was given last year as the sermon from last week was not recorded due to an issue.
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Bible Readings
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Աստուածաշնչական Ընթերցումներ
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A READING FROM THE FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. JOHN (1.1-17)
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched-this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. We write this to make our joy complete.
This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
ՅՈՎՀԱՆՆԷՍ ԱՌԱՔԵԱԼԻ ԸՆԴՀԱՆՐԱԿԱՆ ԱՌԱՋԻՆ ՆԱՄԱԿԸ (1.1-7)
Մենք լսեցինք, մեր աչքերով տեսանք եւ մեր ձեռքերով շօշափեցինք Որդին, Բանը, որ սկիզբէն իսկ կեանքի ստեղծիչն էր: Անիկա նոյնինքն կեանքն էր որ յայտնուեցաւ: Մենք տեսանք եւ կը վկայենք, ձեզի պատմելով անոր մասին, որ Հօրը հետ էր եւ այժմ մեզի յայտնուեցաւ: Ինչ որ տեսանք ու լսեցինք կը պատմենք ձեզի, որպէսզի դուք ալ մասնակից դառնաք այն հաղորդակցութեան որ մենք ունինք Հօրը եւ անոր Որդւոյն Յիսուս Քրիստոսի հետ, եւ ձեր ուրախութիւնը կատարեալ ըլլայ: Ահա թէ ինչու կը գրենք ձեզի այս նամակը:
Պատգամը որ իրմէ լսեցինք եւ ձեզի կը փոխանցենք, սա է՝ թէ Աստուած լոյս է, բնաւ խաւար չկայ անոր մէջ: Արդ, եթէ ըսենք «հաղորդակից ենք իրեն» եւ միւս կողմէ շարունակենք խաւարի մէջ ապրիլ, կը ստենք ահա եւ ճշմարտութեան դէմ կը գործենք: Իսկ եթէ Աստուծոյ լոյսին մէջ քալենք, ինչպէս ինք լոյսի մէջ է, այն ատեն ճշմարտապէս հաղորդակից կ՚ըլլանք իրարու, եւ իր Որդւոյն Յիսուսի արիւնը կը սրբէ մեզ ամէն մեղքէ:
THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO MATTHEW (17.1-9)
After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. Just then there appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus.
Peter said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you wish, I will put up three shelters-one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah."
While he was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!"
When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown to the ground, terrified. But Jesus came and touched them. "Get up," he said. "Don't be afraid." 8When they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus.
As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus instructed them, "Don't tell anyone what you have seen, until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead."
ՅԻՍՈՒՍ ՔՐԻՍՏՈՍԻ ԱՒԵՏԱՐԱՆԸ ԸՍՏ ՄԱՏԹԷՈՍԻ (17.1-9)
Վեց օր ետք, Յիսուս իր հետ առաւ Պետրոսը, Յակոբոսը եւ Յովհաննէս եղբայրները եւ զանոնք բարձր լեռ մը հանեց, ուր առանձին էին: Հոն այլակերպեցաւ անոնց դիմաց. իր դէմքը արեւու նման լուսաւոր դարձաւ եւ հագուստները լոյսի նման ճերմակ եղան: Եւ ահա երեւցաւ Մովսէսն ու Եղիան, որոնք կը խօսէին Յիսուսի հետ:
Պետրոս ըսաւ Յիսուսի. «Տէ՛ր, ի՜նչ լաւ է հոս. եթէ կ՚ուզես երեք վրաններ շինենք, մէկը քեզի, մէկը Մովսէսի եւ միւսը Եղիայի համար»: Մինչ Պետրոս կը խօսէր, ահա լուսաւոր ամպ մը ծածկեց զիրենք. ամպին մէջէն ձայն մը լսուեցաւ որ կ՚ըսէր. «Այս է իմ սիրելի Որդիս որ հաւնեցայ. անոր մտիկ ըրէք»: Երբ աշակերտները լսեցին ասիկա, սարսափահար՝ երեսի վրայ գետին ինկան: Յիսուս մօտենալով՝ դպաւ անոնց եւ ըսաւ. «Ոտքի՛ ելէք, մի՛ վախնաք»: Աշակերտները իրենց աչքերը վեր բարձրացուցին եւ Յիսուսէ զատ մարդ չտեսան:
Եւ մինչ լեռնէն վար կ՚իջնէին, Յիսուս պատուիրեց անոնց, ըսելով. «Մինչեւ որ մարդու Որդին մեռելներէն յարութիւն չառնէ, ձեր տեսածը ոեւէ մէկուն մի՛ պատմէք»:
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FEAST OF TRANSFIGURATION
This Sunday, July 27, the Armenian Church observes one of its five major feasts, the Feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord Jesus Christ (Aylakerputiunm / Vartavar). This Feast is observed fourteen weeks after Easter, and therefore can fall between June 28 and August 1. It commemorates an episode in the New Testament recorded by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and Peter. (See today's Bible reading for the text from the Gospel according to St. Matthew).
The Transfiguration took place on the "holy mountain" (believed to be Mt. Tabor) where Jesus went with John, James and Peter to pray. As He was praying, "His face shone like the sun and His garments became white as light." The Patriarch Moses and Prophet Elijah appeared at His side. It was at this moment that His appearance was "transfigured" revealing himself as God to His disciples as a voice from above said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased. Listen to him."
The pre-Christian festival, Vartavar (Festival of Roses), was joined with this new Christian holiday. Armenians would decorate the temple of the goddess of Asdghig (goddess of love, beauty, fertility, and water) with roses, release doves, and engage in water games on this pre-Christian holiday. St. Gregory the Illuminator combined Vartavar with Transfiguration. The fifth century historian Yeghishe wrote the prayer that is recited in church on this feast: "O Lord, bless the harvest of this year and defend from all the perils, and may Your right hand, O Lord, protect us for the whole year."
Vartavar became a traditional day of pilgrimage to churches named in honor of St. John the Baptist. The most popular destination was the Monastery of Sourp Garabed of Moush, founded by Gregory the Illuminator in the province of Taron near Moush. (Garabed means Forerunner, referring to John the Baptist). The monastery was large and expansive and built like a fortress in the mountains. More than one thousand pilgrims could be accommodated. After 1915 the complex ceased to exist. The monastery was destroyed by the Turkish army, and the ravages of time, weather and scavengers completed its destruction. The once large and thriving Armenian monastery is now a mass of stone and rubble.
This Sunday is the name day for those named Vartkes, Vartavar, Vart, Vartouhi, Alvart, Sirvart, Nevart, Lousvart, Baidzar, Vartanoush, Vartiter, Varvar.
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- VICTORIA PENA BOGHOSSIAN the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Steve and Natalie Boghossian was baptized on July 18, 2014. Her Godparents were Eric Iskandarian and Donna Pilikyan. May the Grace of the Holy Spirit always be with Victoria.
- NATALIA LUCINE KESHISHIAN the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vicken and Pamela Keshishian was baptized on July 20, 2014. Her Godparents were Harout Gebian and Susan Kechichian. May the Grace of the Holy Spirit always be with Natalia.
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| - Mrs. ANASTASIA BOUDAKIAN, passed on Monday, July 21, 2014. A wake was held on Wednesday, July 23, 2014. Funeral services was on Thursday, July 24, 2014. All at St. Sarkis Armenian Apostolic Church. We extend our heartfelt condolences to her family. May she rest in peace. |
| Annual Fundraiser Dinner Dance & Gala |
 Join St. Sarkis Church Ladies Guild Fellowship Hour every Sunday following Church services.
Ladies Guild Coffee hour will be held in the Pagoumian Hall and is hosted by,
Mrs. Edda Manguikian,
Mrs. Isabella Holmquist,
Ms. Rebecca Holmquist and
Mrs. Hilda Agopian
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Junior Boys Team: - Ages 9-14
Senior Boys Team: - Ages 15-18
Girls Team: - Ages 11-18
Men's Team: - Ages 19 and over
Those interested in trying out should call Mr. Edward Barsamian at 212-689-6273 or 718-458-7629 or the Church Office 718-224-2275.
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- August 17, 2014 - Feast of the Assumption of the Holy Mother of God (Asdvadzadzin)
- September 14, 2014 - Annual Picnic
- October 3, 2014 - Saturday School Dinner Dance Gala
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This Bulletin has been prepared and designed by Fr. Nareg Terterian
May God's Blessings Be Upon You All.
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