Fourth Sunday After Assumption ÎÇõñ³Ï ½ÏÝÇ ì»ñ³ áëù³ý

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1 ê. ñç áñ Èáõë³õáñÇã гÛó. ²é³ù»É³Ï³Ý ºÏ»Õ»óÇ ²ñÅÝ. î. Ø»ëñáå øñýû. Úáíë»³Ý St. Gregory the Enlightener Armenian Church Rev. Fr. Mesrob Hovsepyan, pastor 1131 North Street, White Plains, NY / Office: (914) Pastor: (804) Der Mesrob - fr.mesrob@yahoo.com, Office - saintgregorychurchwp@gmail.com Web: Office Hours: Monday closed, Tuesday-Friday 9:30-3:00 pm Սեպտեմբեր 3, 2017 September 3, 2017 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 s and is followed by Soorp Badarak (Divine Liturgy) at 10:15 a.m. Parish Council Members on Duty: Anthony Picone, Gayane Manukyan, Talene Dadian White Today s Scripture Readings: 2Corinthians 2:12-3:3. Mark 6:30 44 Fourth After Assumption ÎÇõñ³Ï ½ÏÝÇ ì»ñ³ áëù³ý Requiem Service will be offered for the soul of: Leon Chutjian By: Irene Shadoian May God rest his soul in His eternal peace and presence and grant his loved ones the comfort of the Holy Spirit.

2 Commemoration of Sts. James and Simon Apostles In order to differ St. James Apostle from James, the son of Zebedee, he is named James son of Alphaeus and James Junior. The Apostle James son of Alphaeus has preached the Gospel in the Southern parts of Palestine and in Egypt, where he has been martyred. St. Simon the Patriot Apostle is famous as Simon of Canaan, which also means Zealous. There was a grouping with that name among the Jews, who without making distinctions between means struggled against the foreign Roman yoke and for eliminating the betraying and fond of foreigners Jews. St. Simon has preached and has been martyred in Persia. ՍՈՒՐԲ ԱՌԱՔՅԱԼՆԵՐԻ ՀԱԿՈԲՈՍԻ և ՇՄԱՎՈՆԻ ՀԻՇԱՏԱԿՈՒԹՅԱՆ ՕՐ Ս. Հակոբոս առաքյալը Զեբեդյան Հակովբոսից տարբերվելու համար «Ալփյան և Կրտսեր Հակոբոս» է կոչվում: Հակոբոս Ալփյան առաքյալն Ավետարանը քարոզել է Պաղեստինի հարավային ծովեզերքում և Եգիպտոսում, ուր և նահատակվել է: Ս. Շմավոն կամ Սիմոն առաքյալն իր նախորդի` Հակոբոսի նման միայն հանվանե է հիշատակվում Ավետարանի մեջ: Հայտնի է նաև Կանանացի անունով, որ նշանակում է նախանձահույզ: Այս անունով մի խմբակցություն կար հրեաների մեջ, որն առանց միջոցների մեջ խտրականություն դնելու, պայքարում էր օտար` հռոմեական լուծը թոթափելու և ուրացող կամ օտարամոլ հրեաներին վերացնելու համար: Սիմոն Կանանացին քարոզել և նահատակվել է Պարսկաստանում: TODAY S SCRIPTURE READINGS The first reading is from the Second Letter of Paul to Corinthians (2:12-3:3) Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and found that the Lord had opened a door for me, I still had no peace of mind, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia. But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ s triumphal procession and uses us to spread the aroma of the knowledge of him everywhere. For we are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. To the one we are an aroma that brings death; to the other, an

3 aroma that brings life. And who is equal to such a task? Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as those sent from God. Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you? You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone. You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. The second reading is from the Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Mark (6:30-44) The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught. Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest. So they went away by themselves in a boat to a solitary place. But many who saw them leaving recognized them and ran on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them. When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things. By this time it was late in the day, so his disciples came to him. This is a remote place, they said, and it s already very late. Send the people away so that they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat. But he answered, You give them something to eat. They said to him, That would take more than half a year s wages! Are we to go and spend that much on bread and give it to them to eat? How many loaves do you have? he asked. Go and see. When they found out, they said, Five and two fish. Then Jesus directed them to have all the people sit down in groups on the green grass. So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to his disciples to distribute to the people. He also divided the two fish among them all. They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish. The number of the men who had eaten was five thousand.

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5 Khorenian Divine Liturgy 2 CD Set The Khorenian Badarak is an entirely original Divine Liturgy commissioned by the late Catholicos of All Armenians, His Holiness Vasken I, and composed by Maestro Khoren Mekanejian in the early 1980s. A masterpiece of sound and devotion, it has been performed all over the world, but no professional recording had been made until now. The present recording was completed in October 2016, with the participation of the choir of St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral in Yerevan, Armenia. The two-disc album comes complete with an informational booklet in an attractive plastic case. The price is $30. Please contact Anoush Givelekian at: (203) or nuyawka165@gmail.com to purchase. St. Gregory Church Choir will receive 30% of each sale. The St. Gregory Women's Guild Annual Picnic Volunteer Work Schedule The more hands, the more fun...come join us!! Please sign up at church or call Yn. Dawn if you are able to help. Thank you! September 8-16 Beginning at 10am 8th - Simit; Nazook 9th - Choerag 12th - Wrap Yalanchi 13th - Wrap Yalanchi and/or Simit 14th - Paklava; Khaydaif 15th - Bake Pak./Khay.; Homos 16th - Luleh Kabob; Mezze Platters

6 JACOB BURNS FILM CENTER Intent to Destroy Q&A director Joe Berlinger with JBFC founder Steve Apkon m. Joe Berlinger. Radical Media. US. English. NR. a smart and affecting portrait of the powerful effects of living in a culture where media can both reflect and create and even remarkably distort an entire lost history. (POV Magazine) Academy Award-nominated director Joe Berlinger embeds himself on the epic film set of Terry George s The Promise (starring Oscar Isaac, Christian Bale, and Charlotte Le Bon), to take an unwavering look at the Armenian Genocide. Historians, scholars, and high-profile filmmakers come together in Berlinger s cinematic exploration of the tangled web of responsibility that has driven a century of denial by the Turkish government and its strategic allies. Intent to Destroy is a timely reckoning with the large-scale suppression of a historical tragedy. Berlinger confronts the fraught task of shedding light on the Armenian Genocide, whose witnesses and descendants are still fighting to be officially acknowledged by the international community, by revealing how it was carried out during World War I and continued to lay the groundwork for genocides that followed. Intent to Destroy had its World Premiere in April 2017 as a Special Presentation at the TriBeCa Film Festival. Tickets: $10 (members), $15 (nonmembers) Today, please take a moment to remember in your prayers Arshaluys Kaleli, Girair Poladian, Adrienne Dodakian, Bernard & Lucy Tepikian, Violet Derebegian 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.

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8 Today September 10, September 16, Saturday September 17, October 22, November 5, Divine Liturgy. Happy Labor Day Weekend! School: Beginning of the Fall Semester Classes meet every, from 10:30-12:15 for ages Pre-K through 10th grade. ACYOA Jr's meeting following Badarak. All Juniors ages 13 and up are invited to attend. Armenian School: Beginning of the Fall Semester Classes meet every Saturday. Nursery and Pre-K classes meet from 9:30-12:30. Kindergarten - 7th Grade meet from 9:30-1:30. FAMILY FALL FAIR & ARMENIAN PICNIC The details are inside. Presentation by Adrienne G. Alexanian Speaking on her newly-edited book of her father s memoirs, Forced into Genocide: Memoirs of an Armenian Soldier in the Ottoman Turkish Army - 1:00 PM St. Gregory Award Banquet following Badarak. Details to follow. November 12, Women's Guild General Election and Meeting (all 2017 dues paid are asked to attend) December 8, Friday Women's Guild Annual Christmas Luncheon Burning Tree Country Club/Greenwich, CT. Details to Follow.