WEEKLY EVENTS Morning Service - 9:00am Badarak - 10:00am Sunday School - 10:00am Sunday School Easter Basket Drive Continues Students Attend Church Services. Sunday School Sponsored Fellowship Hour. Daylight Savings Time Starts at 2:00am - Set Clocks 1 Hour Ahead March 9th, 2014 Rev. Fr. Vart Gyozalian Pastor "Let's B uild on O ur Faith" Wednesday March 12th, 2014: BIBLE STUDY from 6:00pm - 7:00pm at the Church. Thursday March 13th, 2014: ARMENIAN LANGUAGE STUDIES for Adults at 7:00pm at the Church. Friday March 14th, 2014: Lenten Dinner 5:00pm - 6:15pm, Lenten Service 6:30pm - 7:00pm, 7:00pm Speaker Evan Sahagian My Pilgrimage to Armenia UPCOMING EVENTS Thursday March 20th, 2014: ARMENIAN LANGUAGE STUDIES for Adults at 7:00pm at the Church. Friday March 21st, 2014: Lenten Dinner (Sponsored by the Choir) 5:00pm 6:15pm, Lenten Services 6:30pm - 7:00pm, Speaker 7:00pm Rev. Fr. Michael Shirley The Ministry of the Baptized Person Daily Lectionary Readings Luke 4:43-5:11. Isaiah 33:2-22. Romans 12:1-13:10. Matthew 5:17-48. Friday March 21st, 2014: Due to the Lenten Season, Family Movie Night has been postponed until April. Watch for details in our Sunday Bulletin & on our Website. hokehankisd Lent
KARASOONK DONATIONS NAME DAY Karasoonk Donations for the Soul of MARY SARKISIAN from: M/M Mike Raymond, M/M David Sarkisian, Michael & Sona Naroian, M/M Bradley Jones, Richard & Eleanor Avedisian, Kristen, Glenn & Andrew Hewitt, Carol Ann Smith, Eva Naroian, Barbara & Richard Naroian, Jason & Robyn Naroian, M/M Richard Bazarian, Mary Tatoyian, Katherine Meranian, M/M Anthony Giragosian, Lu Sirmaian & Family, M/M Scott Sahagian, M/M Charles Bazarian, Bea Ohanian, M/M John Mosto, Robert Serabian, Rose Q. Azarian, Rose Stepian, Arpi Kazanjian & Family Joel, Sophia, Gregory, Daniel, Theodore HOKEHANKISD DONATIONS Hokehankisd Donations for the Soul of KARLEN GEVORGIAN from: Laura Gevorgyan & Family, Ervant & Ahahit Kibarian, Katherine Meranian, M/M Anthony Giragosian, Lu Sirmaian, M/M Scott Sahagian, M/M Charles Bazarian, Mark Sahagian, Melanee Naroian, M/M John Naroian & Family, M/M Aram Mooradian, Bea Ohanian, M/M Michael Naroian, Robert Serabian, Arpi Kazanjian & Family REQUEST FOR PRAYERS Prayers & Get Well Wishes to All Who are Ill from: M/M Anthony Giragosian, M/M Scott Sahagian, Barbara & Richard Naroian Paree Nubadag from: M/M Scott Sahagian Good Health to All Who are Ill from: M/M John Mosto Special Prayers & Get Well Wishes to Papa Ricky from: Kyle & Jack Naroian Best Wishes & Special Prayers for Julie Ballentine from: Charlie & Carol Bazarian
BIBLE VERSE OF THE DAY Luke 12:6-7 Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And not one of them is forgotten before God. Why, even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; you are of more value than many sparrows. Thursday, March 20th, 6:30-8:45 Documentary "Dark Forest in the Mountains" a film by Roger Kupelian, was shot on location in Nagorno- Karabakh and uses a mix of digital animation, live footage and interviews to tell the story of war in the early 1990s that claimed tens of thousands of lives. Also, a presentation by Dro Kanayan on the Armenian Genocide Education Committee and their efforts to teach about the Genocide in the public school system. Seating is limited, admission free. Memorial Hall Library, 2 N. Main St., Andover, MA. Co-sponsored by the Arakadz Lodge of the Knights of Vartan. For information email arakadzlodge35@gmail.com.
TODAY S GOSPEL READING Matthew 5:17-48 Jesus' Attitude toward the Law 17 Let there be no thought that I have come to put an end to the law or the prophets. I have not come for destruction, but to make complete. 18 Truly I say to you, Till heaven and earth come to an end, not the smallest letter or part of a letter will in any way be taken from the law, till all things are done. 19 Whoever then goes against the smallest of these laws, teaching men to do the same, will be named least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who keeps the laws, teaching others to keep them, will be named great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 For I say to you, if your righteousness is not greater than the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never go into the kingdom of heaven. Jesus' Attitude toward Anger 21 You have knowledge that it was said in old times, You may not put to death; and, Whoever puts to death will be in danger of being judged: 22 But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be in danger of being judged; and he who says to his brother, Raca, will be in danger from the Sanhedrin; and whoever says, You foolish one, will be in danger of the hell of fire. 23 If then you are making an offering at the altar and there it comes to your mind that your brother has something against you, 24 While your offering is still before the altar, first go and make peace with your brother, then come and make your offering. 25 Come to an agreement quickly with him who has a cause against you at law, while you are with him on the way, for fear that he may give you up to the judge and the judge may give you to the police and you may be put into prison. 26 Truly I say to you, you will not come out from there till you have made payment of the very last farthing. Jesus' Attitude toward Adultery 27 You have knowledge that it was said, You may not have connection with another man's wife: 28 But I say to you that everyone whose eyes are turned on a woman with desire has had connection with her in his heart. 29 And if your right eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out and put it away from you; because it is better to undergo the loss of one part, than for all your body to go into hell. 30 And if your right hand is a cause of trouble to you, let it be cut off and put it away from you; because it is better to undergo the loss of one part, than for all your body to go into hell. Jesus' Attitude toward Divorce 31 Again, it was said, Whoever puts away his wife has to give her a statement in writing for this purpose: 32 But I say to you that everyone who puts away his wife for any other cause but the loss of her virtue, makes her false to her husband; and whoever takes her as his wife after she is put away, is no true husband to her. Jesus' Attitude toward Oaths 33 Again, you have knowledge that it was said in old times, Do not take false oaths, but give effect to your oaths to the Lord: 34 But I say to you, Take no oaths at all: not by the heaven, because it is the seat of God; 35 Or by the earth, because it is the resting-place for his foot; or by Jerusalem, because it is the town of the great King. 36 You may not take an oath by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black. 37 But let your words be simply, Yes or No: and whatever is more than these is of the Evil One. Love for Enemies 38 You have knowledge that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: 39 But I say to you, Do not make use of force against an evil man; but to him who gives you a blow on the right side of your face let the left be turned. 40 And if any man goes to law with you and takes away your coat, do not keep back your robe from him. 41 And whoever makes you go one mile, go with him two. 42 Give to him who comes with a request, and keep not your property from him who would for a time make use of it. 43 You have knowledge that it was said, Have love for your neighbor, and hate for him who is against you: 44 But I say to you, Have love for those who are against you, and make prayer for those who are cruel to you; 45 So that you may be the sons of your Father in heaven; for his sun gives light to the evil and to the good, and he sends rain on the upright man and on the sinner. 46 For if you have love for those who have love for you, what credit is it to you? Do not the tax-farmers the same? 47 And if you say, Good day, to your brothers only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the Gentiles the same? 48 Be then complete in righteousness, even as your Father in heaven is complete.
Date '2014-03-08' Commemoration of St. Theodoros the Captain St. Theodoros the Captain is a Saint recognized by all traditional churches of Christendom. The Armenian Church commemorates this Saint on the first Saturday during the period of Great Lent. According to hagiographers, St. Theodoros was born to God-fearing and pious parents in the village of Saroo, near the town of Amasia. He was a soldier in the Roman Army, and rose through the ranks, eventually becoming a Captain. In the beginning of the fourth century, Rome was under the rule of the Emperor Diocletian. Instead of worshipping at the temple of the pagan goddess Rea, as he had been instructed to, St. Theodoros burns the temple to the ground, thus demonstrating that pagan idols were false. For this act, Diocletian imprisons St. Theodoros, and he suffers severe tortures. In the year 306 A.D., he is martyred by being set on fire. St. Theodoros is also known as the Slayer of the Dragon, as he was said to have defeated a great and mighty dragon due to his courage and faith. Date '2014-03-09' February 10 - Sunday of Expulsion The second Sunday of the period of Great lent is called the Sunday of Expulsion. The basis of the mystery of and the name of the day can be found in the Holy Bible, the Book of Genesis: So the Lord God sent him out of the Garden of Eden and made him cultivate the soil from which he had been formed (Genesis 3:23). Prehistory is the following. The human being, listening to the deceitful words of Satan, disobeyed the divine commandments and ate the forbidden fruit, As punishment the human being, the human being, of course, didn t die at once, but was deprived of the eternity granted by God and was cursed Since then man must work hard and sweat to make the soil produce enough food, and woman will have pain in giving birth to her offspring. And in end God said to the human being: You were made from soil and you will become soil again (Genesis 3:19). The church Fathers have given the Sundays of the Period of great lent such names and mysteries which symbolize the mankind s way of life birth, sinning, regret and repentance. This should serve for the human being as an occasion for thinking of himself/herself and his/her lifer so that the period of great Lent should be fruitful and productive.