First Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, June 15, 2014

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1 Archpriest Father Gomidas Baghsarian Sts. Vartanantz Church WEEKLY BULLETIN 402 Broadway, Providence, RI Office: Fax: Website: stsvartanantzchurch.org First Sunday after Pentecost Sunday, June 15, 2014 Please Join Us in Worship this Sunday Morning Service 9:30 am Divine Liturgy 10:00 am - Sermon 11:15 Մասնակցեցէք Ս.Պատարագին` Առաւօտեան Ժամերգութիւն 9:30 Ս. Պատարագ 10:00 - Քարոզ 11:15

2 Mourad Armenian School Graduates Reciting the Havadamk and reading the Epistle

3 David Ayriyan Taleen Donoyan Anahid Donoyan Armen Eghian

4 Datev Katchatryan Lorie Simonian Rosdom Mkrtschjan In addition to participating in the Soorp Badarak [Divine Liturgy] by reading from the Gospel in Armenian and in English, and reciting the Havadamk [Nicene Creed], the graduates also gave the Voghchooyn [Kiss-of-Peace], and performed ushering duties. The Annual Hantes followed at 3pm at Hope Highland School. This year's Hantes was dedicated to Year of the Elderly. Honorees were three long time servants of the school: Mrs. Carol Mesrobian (School Committee Treasurer), former co-principal Mrs. Roxanne Arzoomanian and the current principal, Mrs. Anahid Kibarian.

5 Honorees and Graduates with Der Hayr, their teacher, Mrs. Maggie Nalbandian, and School Committee Chair, Hagop Khatchadourian

6 The program for the Hantes included singing, recitation, dance performances and drama. Students, parents, and especially the principal Deegeen Anahid Kibarian and the teachers all worked very diligently during the school year to prepare and present a wonderful Hantes.

7 The Winners of the ARS Eastern Regional Essay Contest Aram Elmayan, Lorie Simonian, Anahid Donoyan, Taleen Donoyan, Armen Eghian ************************************************** Happy Father's Day May God bless all our fathers and May He keep them in His care always

8 GOSPEL Luke 4:25-30 I assure you that there were many widows in Israel in Elijah s time, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and there was a severe famine throughout the land. Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath in the region of Sidon. And there were many in Israel with leprosy in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed only Naaman the Syrian. All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this. They got up, drove him out of the town, and took him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw him down the cliff. But he walked right through the crowd and went on his way. (On Page 1018 in your Bible) EPISTLE James 5:16-20 Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.

9 Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. Again, he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops. My brothers, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring him back, remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save him from death and cover over a multitude of sins. (On Page 1199 in your Bible) REQUIEM SERVICE June 15, 2014 Rosalie Ahilijanian Kazar Aramian Adrina Baligian Parazem Dagermandjian Khatchik Emdjian Tamar and Manoog Engustian Giragos Manoog Giragosian Anna Kashmanian Katherine Manoogian John Ornazian Serob Tahmassian Ohannes and Elizabeth Tavanian Haig Varadian REQUIEM SERVICE June 22, 2014 Azniv Killerjian Aposhian Hagop, Anna, and Mary Kasparian, Lucy Nezemian and Harry Kachougian

10 Donig, Varvar and Mary Markarian, and Thomas Sr., Thomas Jr., and Margaret DePalma Sarkis and Pereza, Peter and Barbara, Sarkis and Ruth, and Charles Matoian CALENDAR OF EVENTS Adult Bible Study will resume in September Monday evenings at 7 pm Church Summer Schedule is now in effect Soorp Badarak begins at 9:15 am Saturday, June 28, 2014 March to Commemorate Our Martyrs and Our City Vigil at the Martyrs' Monument, North Burial Ground 6:30 pm Eternal Flame March to the State House 7 pm Ceremony of Honor at the State House 8 pm Sunday, June 29, 2014 Presentation of the Souren Mouradjian Awards following the Soorp Badarak Men's Club will host a Coffee Hour in Fermanian Fellowship Hall

11 Sunday, July 6, 2014 ARS Senior Citizens Bus Trip Lunch and 3 hour Jazz Cruise of the Cape Cod Canal RSVP to Joyce Yeremian at by June 18th Saturday, July 19, 2014 ladies' Guild and ARS "Ani" Chapter "Hye Summer Night IX" Dinner - Dance Alpine Country Club in Cranston RSVP by June 30th to Joyce Bagdasarian or to Joyce Yeremian Sunday, July 20, 2014 Annual Homenetmen Picnic at Colt State Park in Bristol RSVP by July 1st to Siran Krikorian at Sunday, August 10, 2014 Annual Church Picnic at Camp Haiastan Parishioners, Please Support Your Church Annual Membership Forms and Stewardship Envelope Books for 2014 are available from the Office. Please obtain and remit yours as soon as possible. Visit our website for updated Church news

12 DATEV SUMMER PROGRAM FOR YOUTH: MARK YOUR CALENDARS St. Gregory of Datev Institute will hold its 28th annual Summer Program for youth ages at the St. Mary of Providence Center in Elverson, Pennsylvania, from June 29 July 6, The Program is sponsored by the Prelacy s Armenian Religious Education Council (AREC). For information, contact the AREC office at or at arec@armenianprelacy.org. From the June 12th issue of Crossroads REMEMBRANCE OF THE PROPHET ELIJAH This Sunday, June 15, the Armenian Church commemorates the Feast of Elijah, the Messianic prophet of the Old Testament recorded in 1 and 2 Kings. Elijah was the greatest prophet in the Old Testament and therefore his feast day falls on a Sunday. He appeared along with Moses at the Transfiguration as the prophet of life and the new covenant; Moses was representative of the old covenant. The Armenian Church (like all the Eastern churches) holds Elijah in the highest esteem. Most importantly, Elijah did not experience death, but was taken to heaven, like the Holy Mother of God. He is mentioned in the Armenian hymn Ee Verin, sung during the Requiem Service. Receive us in Jerusalem above, in the dwellings of the angels, in Eden, the paradise where Enoch and Elijah live worthily resplendent in dove-like purity and in old age. O merciful Lord, have mercy upon the souls of ours who have fallen asleep. (From the Armenian hymn Ee Verin Yerousaghem (Receive us in Jerusalem above), sung during the Requiem Service.) SAINTS HRIPSIME AND GAYANE AND THEIR COMPANIONS This Monday and Tuesday, June 16 and 17, the Armenian Church commemorates the virgin saints Hripsime and Gayane and their companions. Thirty-three nuns, led by Gayane, left Rome and sought refuge in Armenia hoping to escape the Roman Emperor who desired one of the nuns, the beautiful Hripsime. In Armenia, King Dertad became captivated by Hripsime s beauty and sought to wed her. She refused.

13 Enraged, the king had Hripsime (and the other nuns) imprisoned and tortured to death. When Gregory was released from his imprisonment in the deep pit (Khor Virab) he built chapels over the relics of the nuns, which Catholicos Sahag Bartev later renovated. During the 7th century, churches were built over both sites. The church dedicated to Saint Hripsime, built by Catholicos Gomidas, is considered to be an architectural masterpiece and influenced the future course of Armenian architecture. Catholicos Gomidas also wrote a sharagan (hymn) in their memory the well-known Antsink Nviryalk (Dedicated Beings). The two churches, as well as a third (Shoghakat) are in the city of Etchmiadzin (Vagharshapat), not far from the complex of buildings that comprise the Holy Mother See of Etchmiadzin, designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage site. **************************************************************************************************** Please Remember... Copies of the following Bi-Lingual Prelacy publications are available for purchase from the Church Office Historical Atlas of Armenia $40 Commentary on the Nicene Creed $15 "Arevakal" CD $15 Either or all of these would be a wonderful addition to anyone's library. Each would also make for a wonderful gift, especially for graduation etc. ************************************ Please keep us up-to-date with your contact information! Please call the Church Office at to reserve a specific Sunday in memory of a loved one or in celebration of a special occasion for the Sunday Fellowship following Church Services. Due to Federal Privacy Laws, hospitals no longer provide Der Hayr with a Patient Religion List. We ask that you notify the Church Secretary ( ) of family members and parishioners who are ill and/or hospitalized so that Der Hayr may call or make a visitation. Please contact the Church Office at with any address/telephone changes.

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16 ARS Senior Citizens Bus Trip Please RSVP to Joyce Yeremian by Wednesday, June 18th