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E-Sunday Bulletin of St. Sarkis Armenian Apostolic Church

38-65 234th. St. Douglaston, NY, 11363
 Sunday: 11/29/2015  
 Բ. ԿԻՐԱԿԻ ՅԻՍՆԱԿԻ - SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT
Sunday Readings:
Isaiah 36:22-37:11; 1 Thessalonians 4:1-11; Luke 13:1-9

Join us in worship this Sunday
Morning Service 10:00 AM
Divine Liturgy 10:45 AM - Sermon 11:45 AM
Մասնակցեցէք Ս. Պատարագին
՝Առաւօտեան Ժամերգութիւն 10։00
Ս. Պատարագ 10։45- Քարոզ 11։45
News From St. Sarkis Church
Լուրեր Ս. Սարգիս Եկեղեցիէն

Happy Thanksgiving
Greetings from St. Sarkis Church,
Best wishes to you for a Happy Thanksgiving holiday. Let us all remember the words of St. Paul who says: " Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Let us all count our blessings... we truly have a great deal to be thankful for.
"Goodbye, Antoura" Book Presentation at St. Sarkis Church
Reported By Dr. Louiza Kubikian

On November 22, 2015 St. Sarkis Church and the Ladies Guild hosted the presentation of the newly published book "Goodbye, Antoura", a memoir of the Armenian Genocide by Karnig Panian. The Antoura Orphanage was another project of the Armenian Genocide. Its administrators sought to transform Armenian orphaned children into Turks by changing their Armenian names, forcing them to speak Turkish, punishing the disobedient, trying to erase their Armenian identity.

Dr. Herand Markarian gave a moving and incisive presentation of the book, combining historical facts, maps and stories of personal tragedy and ultimate victory of a little boy whose story of survival echoed the story of a generation caught up in the ravages of the Armenian Genocide.

Complementing Dr. Markarian's presentation was a touching remembrance of Mr. Karnig Panian by his daughter, Mrs. Houry Boyamian, who provided insight about her father's memoir focusing on his ultimate success as a survivor, and an Armenian who contributed immensely to preserving his national heritage.

Originally written and published in Armenian, this newly published English translation printed by the prestigious Sanford University Press has garnered much critical acclaim. Books purchased after the presentation were signed by Mrs. Houry Panian Boyamian.
Paint Nite Last Friday Reported By Mrs. Janet Tutuyan

Arshile Gorky once said, "An artist paints because it is a challenge to him - it is like trying to twist the devil."  Last Friday evening, 32 budding artists accepted that challenge and transformed Chadrjian Hall into a gallery of artistic adventure.  Hosted by the St. Sarkis Young Adults, the Paint Nite fundraiser offered participants an opportunity to exhibit their artistic abilities and just have fun.  For most, it was their first time painting on a canvas, but lack of experience didn't intimidate this group.  Under the encouraging instruction of illustrator and muralist Robert Tuska, artists bravely put their paint brushes to work, recreating beautiful renditions of the pomegranate and the forget-me-not flower, two important and symbolic Armenian images.  When they weren't painting, participants enjoyed an array of wines and tasty appetizers and desserts.  Many were pleasantly surprised by their hidden talent, and everyone was encouraging to their fellow painter friends. Most importantly, it was a fun evening for all.  At the end of the night, "artists" proudly displayed their canvases for a group photo. I think everyone that night agreed with Gorky and is eagerly looking forward to the next Paint Nite challenge!
Calendar 2016
Dear Friends and Parishioners,
 
As you know, St. Sarkis Church sends its parishioners a calendar at the beginning of each year. The calendar being prepared for 2016 will reflect the activities of St. Sarkis Church in 2015. Its pages will be filled with photos of church celebrations, auxiliary body activities, special events, etc., a unique way of remembering the blessings of the past year. This calendar will be printed in full color and will be distributed to all parishioners free of charge.
 
As longstanding benefactors and staunch supporters of St. Sarkis Church, we appeal to you once again for your sponsorship and generous donation in this major fundraiser which will help our church undertake and complete major renovation projects which are currently in progress. There will also be a business section in the back of the calendar for those who may wish to advertise their business
 
Please make checks payable to St. Sarkis Armenian Apostolic Church.
 
           
Benefactor $1,500 one sponsor per page
Founders$750two sponsors per page
Patrons $500  three sponsors per page
Sponsor$250six sponsors per page
Supporter $150 listing on donation page
Business Card $200 displayed at the end of the calendar

For additional information, please contact     
The Church Office 718 224-2275 and Dr. Louiza Kubikian 516 248-2955

The Podcast With Fr. Nareg Terterian - Season II

No Podcast This week

BUT!!!

Presentation At Prelacy Regional Conference
Presentation At Prelacy Regional Conference


You can listen to Fr. Nareg's Presentation at the At Prelacy Regional Conference 

or 

Listen to previous episodes of the Podcast 
Last Weeks Sermon
Thanksgiving Sermon By Bishop Anoushavan Tanielian
Thanksgiving Sermon By Bishop Anoushavan Tanielian


St. Sarkis Participates in an Interfaith Community Thanksgiving Service
by Anahid M. Ugurlayan


On Tuesday, November 24, The Community Church of Douglaston hosted an Interfaith Community Thanksgiving Service and food drive for the Freeport Food Pantry.  St. Sarkis was among the eight congregations represented.  Rev. Dr. Linden DeBie, Pastor of the Community Church of Douglaston, welcomed the clergy and congregation, asking all in attendance to keep the victims of the Paris terror attacks in their thoughts and prayers and to pray for peace around the world.  The service included recitations from the Old Testament and the singing of hymns and a Hebrew song representing the meaning of Thanksgiving -- giving praise to God for the blessings in our lives.  Rev. Forrest Parkinson, pastor of the Community Church of Little Neck, Rabbi Gary Greene, the spiritual leader of the Marathon Jewish Community Center, and Rev. Msgr. Anthony Sherman, pastor of Saint Anastasia Roman Catholic Church, provided their respective interpretations of the scriptures that were recited.  They stressed the need to be humble and grateful while also being mindful of the plight of the less fortunate all year around. 

Fr. Nareg Terterian invited the children of area schools to bring baskets of food for the Freeport Food Pantry and lay them at the foot of the altar.  Each child then explained what he or she was grateful for -- be it having a family member serving in the armed forces who is home for the holidays, the love and support of their parents, or a good education.   These children were so humble and mindful that children like them in many war-torn countries around the world lack many of the things we take for granted.  Cantor Robert Heyman of the Marathon Jewish Center, who delivered the benediction, invited one of his congregants, whose son serves in the armed forces, to blow into a shofar, which is a horn of a kosher animal with the marrow removed.  Cantor Heyman explained that Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is the "The Day of the Shofar Blast" -- a call to action.  Similarly, Thanksgiving is a call to action to renew our faith and be more mindful of God's blessings and to "pay it forward."  

On a personal note, I am delighted that St. Sarkis participated in this Interfaith Thanksgiving Service and that I began the holiday season praying with people of all faiths and learning about different religious traditions.  Our differences -- spiritual or cultural -- should unite and not divide us.  Happy Thanksgiving to one and all!  
 Brunch At The North Pole
 Simply Christmas
Saturday School Christmas Program
Bible Readings
Աստուածաշնչական Ընթերցումներ
THE FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL TO THE THESSALONIANS (4.1-12)
 
Finally, brothers, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more. For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus.  
It is God's will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; that each of you should learn to control his own body in a way that is holy and honorable, not in passionate lust like the heathen, who do not know God; and that in this matter no one should wrong his brother or take advantage of him. The Lord will punish men for all such sins, as we have already told you and warned you. For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life. Therefore, he who rejects this instruction does not reject man but God, who gives you his Holy Spirit.  
Now about brotherly love we do not need to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other. And in fact, you do love all the brothers throughout Macedonia. Yet we urge you, brothers, to do so more and more.  
Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.
 
 
ՊՕՂՈՍ ԱՌԱՔԵԱԼԻ ԱՌԱՋԻՆ ՆԱՄԱԿԸ ԹԵՍԱՂՈՆԻԿԵՑԻՆԵՐՈՒՆ (4.1-12)

Այսպէս ուրեմն, եղբայրներ, մենք ձեզի սորվեցուցինք թէ ի՛նչպէս պէտք է ապրիլ Աստուծոյ հաճելի ըլլալու համար: Թէպէտ այդպէս կ՚ապրիք արդէն, սակայն կը խնդրենք եւ Տէր Յիսուս Քրիստոսի անունով կը թելադրենք որ շարունակէք յառաջանալ ներկայ ձեր ընթացքին մէջ: Գիտէք թէ ի՛նչ պատուէրներ տուինք ձեզի Տէր Յիսուսի անունով, որովհետեւ Աստուծոյ կամքն է որ դուք սրբուիք եւ ամենեւին հեռու մնաք պոռնկութենէ: Ձեզմէ իւրաքանչիւրը թող սրբութեամբ ու պատուով ամուսնանայ: Կրքոտ ցանկութիւններու անձնատուր մի՛ ըլլաք հեթանոսներուն պէս, որոնք զԱստուած չեն ճանչնար. կամ չըլլայ որ մէկը եղբօր մը դէմ մեղանչէ անոր կինը յափշտակելով, որովհետեւ այդ բոլորին համար Տէրը իր դատաստանին մէջ անողոք պիտի ըլլայ, ինչպէս սկիզբէն ըսինք ձեզի եւ ազդարարեցինք: Միթէ Աստուած մեր պղծալից կեանքը շարունակելո՞ւ հրաւիրեց մեզ, թէ սրբութեամբ ապրելու: Անշուշտ թէ սրբութեամբ ապրելու: Հետեւաբար ով որ սրբութեան այս պատուէրը կ՚արհամարհէ՝ մարդ մը անարգած չ՚ըլլար, այլ նոյնինքն զԱստուած, որ իր Սուրբ Հոգին կու տայ մեզի:  
Գալով եղբայրասիրութեան, մեր գրելուն պէտք չունիք, որովհետեւ ինքնին դուք Աստուծմէ սորված էք զիրար սիրել, ինչպէս արդէն գործնապէս ցոյց կու տաք այդ սէրը ամբողջ Մակեդոնիայի բոլոր եղբայրներուն նկատմամբ: Բայց դարձեալ, եղբայրներ, կը խնդրենք որ աւելի առատանաք ձեր սիրոյն մէջ, ջանաք հանդարտ կեանք մը վարել, միայն ձեր գործին նայիլ եւ ձեր աշխատանքի վաստակով ապրիլ, ինչպէս որ պատուիրեցինք ձեզի, որպէսզի ձեր պարկեշտ ընթացքով յարգուիք չհաւատացողներէն եւ ոեւէ մէկուն կարօտ չմնաք:
 
 
THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO LUKE (13:1-9)

At that very time there were some present who told him about the Galileans whom blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. He asked them, "Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were worse sinners than all other Galileans? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as they did. Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam fall on them-do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others living in Jerusalem. No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish just as they did."
Than he told this parable: "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. So he said to the gardener, 'See here! For three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and still I find none. Cut it down! Why should it be wasting the soil?' He replied, 'Sir, let it alone for one more year, until I dig around it and put manure on it. If it bears fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down."
  

ՅԻՍՈՒՍ ՔՐԻՍՏՈՍԻ ԱՒԵՏԱՐԱՆԸ ԸՍՏ ՂՈՒԿԱՍԻ (13.1-9)

Ոմանք եկան Յիսուսի եւ պատմեցին այն գալիլիացիներուն մասին, որոնք Պիղատոսի կողմէ սպանուեցան, երբ Աստուծոյ զոհ կը մատուցանէին: Յիսուս անոնց ըսաւ. «Կը կարծէ՞ք թէ սպաննուող գալիլիացիները միւս բոլոր գալիլիացիներէն աւելի մեղաւոր էին, որ այդպիսի վախճան մը ունեցան: Ո՛չ: Կ՚ըսեմ ձեզի, որ եթէ չապաշխարէք՝ դուք բոլորդ ալ նոյնպէս պիտի մեռնիք: Կամ ի՞նչ կը մտածէք այն տասնըութ մարդոց մասին, որոնց վրայ ինկաւ աշտարակը Սելովամի մէջ եւ սպաննեց զանոնք: Անոնք աւելի՞ յանցաւոր էին քան Երուսաղէմի բոլոր բնակիչները: Ո՛չ: Կ՚ըսեմ ձեզի, որ եթէ չապաշխարէք՝ բոլորդ ալ նոյնպէս պիտի մեռնիք»: 
Անոնց հետեւեալ առակը պատմեց. «Մարդ մը կար որ իր այգիին մէջ թզենի մը տնկած էր: Երբ ժամանակը եղաւ, թուզ քաղելու գնաց, բայց թզենիին վրայ պտուղ չգտաւ: Այգեպանին ըսաւ. "Այս երրորդ տարին է որ կու գամ թուզ քաղելու, բայց չեմ գտներ: Ուստի կտրէ՛ զայն, ինչո՞ւ անիմաստ կերպով տեղ գրաւէ": Այգեպանը պատասխանեց. "Տէ՛ր, թող այս տարի ալ մնայ. ես իր շուրջի հողը կրկին կը փորեմ եւ պարարտացուցիչ կը դնեմ: Այս ձեւով թերեւս պտուղ տայ. ապա թէ ոչ՝ գալ տարի կտրէ զայն"»:
Liturgical Calendar (From Crossroads: E-Newsletter of the Armenian Prelacy)
Saints Thaddeus And Bartholomew
This Saturday, November 28, the Armenian Church commemorates Saints Thaddeus and Bartholomew, two of the twelve apostles who were the first evangelizers of Armenia, and were martyred there, giving the Armenian Church its apostolic identity and earning them the title, "First Enlighteners of Armenia."
Thaddeus came to Armenia about 43 AD to preach Christianity. He was martyred in southeastern Armenia. His tomb lies in the Armenian monastery of St. Thaddeus (Iran) where a chapel was built in the third century. Bartholomew is believed to have arrived in Armenia about 66 AD. He was martyred in Hadamakert, southeast of Lake Van.
An apostle is "someone who is sent,"-an emissary or ambassador of the Kingdom of God, sent to announce the Kingdom's coming in Jesus Christ, and authorized to claim men and women's allegiance to him. "We are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We beseech you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God," (2 Corinthians 5:20).
Baklava Lesson

Learn to Make Baklava and Kunefe in time for Christmas
When: Tuesday, December 1st
7:00 pm -  Meeting Time
7:30 pm -  Lesson will Begin
Where: St. Sarkis Church Kitchen
Who: Anyone interested, however space is limited to 15 people
How Much: $15

 
RSVP by Sunday, November 29th to
Vicky Hagobian (917)613-6972
Baptisms

-AIDEN JAMES KEVORK DIRIELYAN the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ari and Regina Dirielyan was baptized on November 21, 2015. His Godparents were Donald Purdy and Meline Purdy. May the Grace of the Holy Spirit always be with Aiden.


-OLIVER EDWARD OHANNESSIAN the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ohanes and Angela Ohannessian was baptized on November 22, 2015. His Godfather was Setrak Ohannessian . May the Grace of the Holy Spirit always be with Oliver.

Church Dedication Service 

JOHN HOVHANNES AYVAZYAN, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hayk and Kristine Ayvazyan. 
was brought to church for 40th day dedication service, according to the rites of the Armenian Church. We welcome baby John to the life of the Church and hope to see him soon for the Sacrament of Baptism.


AVEDIS SEROP TERTERIAN, the son of  Fr. Nareg and Yn. Annie Terterian. was brought to church for 40th day dedication service, according to the rites of the Armenian Church. We welcome baby Avedis to the life of the Church and hope to see him soon for the Sacrament of Baptism.

Requiem Requests 
- Mrs. Makrouhi Kalayjian and Ms. Anahid Ugurlayan request requiem service for the souls of their beloved parents and grandparents AGOP and MATILDA KALAYJIAN. also for the souls of all deceased members of Kalayjian family

Obituary
-Mrs. AZADOUHI SARKISSIAN, passed on Friday, November 20, 2015. A wake service was held on Sunday, November 22, 2015. Funeral services were held on Monday, November 23, 2015 all at St. Sarkis Armenian Apostolic Church. We extend our heartfelt condolences to her family. May she rest in peace.
Fellowship Hour
Join St. Sarkis Church Ladies Guild Fellowship Hour every Sunday following Church services. 

The Ladies Guild Coffee hour  will be held in the Pagoumian Hall and is hosted by:
-Mrs. Svetlana Indzhigulyan
-Mrs. Mary Arslanian
-Mrs. Lilit Indzhigulyan


  
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
- December 6, 2015 - Brunch @ the North Pole.

- December 13, 2015 - Simply Christmas Concert.

- December 20, 2015 - Saturday School Christmas Program.
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