Sts. Vartanantz Church

WEEKLY BULLETIN Archpriest Father Gomidas Baghsarian -- Pastor Reverend Father Kapriel Nazarian -- Assistant Pastor 402 Broadway, Providence, RI 02909 Office: 831-6399 Fax: 351-4418 Email: info@stsvartanantzchurch.org Website: stsvartanantzchurch.org

Second Sunday of the Exaltation September 18, 2016

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

Making Mas

Sts. Vartanantz Church welcomes

Mila Victoria Tyrell daughter of Jeffrey and Natasha Tashian Tyrell

Baptized September 10, 2016

Godfather: Bryan Tyrell

May God bless you, Mila and may God keep you in His care always.

Sarkis Parseghian and Lisa Nahabedian

exchanged the vows of Holy Matrimony in Sts. Vartanantz Church on September 10, 2016

May God Bless You and

May He keep you in His care always

Opening Day for Mourad Armenian School

September 10, 2016

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Homenetmen Scouts --- Welcome Back Meeting

Sunday School Opening Day and Family Breakfast

Exaltation of the Holy Cross --- Blessing of the Rayhan [basil]

Sunday School and Mourad Armenian School Teacher Dedication

Retirement Reception for our Church Secretary, Alice Simonian Buratti

and our Church Receptionist, Helen Dayian

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GOSPEL Mark 10:1-12

Divorce

Jesus then left that place and went into the region of Judea and across the Jordan. Again crowds of people came to him, and as was his custom, he taught them.

Some Pharisees came and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” “What did Moses command you?” he replied. They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.” “It was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you this law,” Jesus replied. “But at the beginning of creation God made them male and female. For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.

So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.” When they were in the house again, the disciples asked Jesus about this. He answered, “Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her. And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.” (On Page 1001 in your Bible)

EPISTLE II Corinthians (11: 1-10)

Paul and the False Apostles I hope you will put up with a little of my foolishness; but you are already doing that. I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to him. But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, you minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ. For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough. But I do not think I am in the least inferior to those “super apostles.” I may not be a trained speaker, but I do have knowledge. We have made this perfectly clear to you in every way. Was it a sin for me to lower myself in order to elevate you by preaching the gospel of God to you free of charge? I robbed other churches by receiving support from them so as to serve you. And when I was with you and needed something, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied what I needed. I have kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so. As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, nobody in the regions of Achaia will stop this boasting of mine. (On Page 1148 in your Bible)

Altar Candles are donated in Loving memory of

ArchPriest Dr. Mesrob Tashjian by

Sarkis Yepremian And Family

Altar Flowers are donated in Loving memory of

madlen terzian Chobanian by

Paul Chobanian and Children

REQUIEM SERVICE September 18, 2016

Madlen Terzian Chobanian --- First Year Anniversary

Mariam Khoulian --- First Year Anniversary

Arsen Ajojian, Azniv and Sarkis Parseghian, and Parseghian and Gdanian Families

Ghazaros and Amas Aproian

Mitchell, Rose and Mitchell Jr. Asadorian

Lousaper, Boghos, Bedros and Dolores Bahian

Haroutoon and Haiganoosh Bedigian

Edward Ervant and Lillian Kasparian

Harry Kizirian

Harry, Nazalie and Dr. Gabriel Kojoian

Michael Kroian

Sara. Donig, Bagdasar, Martha, Hagop, and Takouhie Leylegian

Cerna Mabel and Benjamin Najarian

Kachig Nalbandian and Edward Vartian

Beatrice Virginia Samuelian

Marie Rose Shiranian

Dickran and Rose Toufanian

Stephen Jay Varadian

Joyce Vinacco

Vartkes Zadourian

James Zamiara

REQUIEM SERVICE September 25, 2016

Deceased Members of the Attarian Family

Mary Babigian

Lousaper, Boghos, Bedros and Dolores Bahian

Cora Bedigian, and Varther and Havanes Markarian

David John Bedrosian

Persape and Yeghishe Bedrosian

Leon Caprielian

Mary and Yervant Dayian

Aram and Varsenig Deradoorian, and Alice Deradoorian Kamajian

Vartoohe and Vahan Der Muksian

Vartan Donabedian

Sirpouhie, Yervant, Hagop Jack, Gabriel and Rose Hagopian, and Martha Kaprielian

Margaret Tavanian Harmaian

Ani Krikorian Jackson

Harbesima Karaoughlian

Vartan and Yeghsapet Kashmanian

Richard Keoseian

Anna Louise and Vartkes Kimatian

Sarkis, Kohar, Rupen and Papkin Krikorian

Arshag, Nshan, Mary, and Josephine Mooradian, and Jane Mooradian Conway

Dickran and Mayram "Mari" Nalbandian, and Azniv Nalbandian Berberian

Stella Takian and Agavni Tootoonjian

Elizabeth Tomasian

Parishioners, Please Support Your Church

2016 Membership Dues and Stewardship are now due.

Forms are available in the Church Office.

Your 2016 Membership Dues must be paid in order for you to

vote during our upcoming Annual Membership Meeting

and Elections

Armenian Fest 2016 Preparations are Underway!!!

We need your help!

Please come and join us for a few hours starting September 7th

Every Mon & Wed = Choreg & Katah 9 am Every Tues = Micheeg 9 am Every Thurs = Kufta 6 pm

Choreg, Katah and Kufta may be picked up Monday thru Wednesday between 10am and 1 pm

or after Church on Sundays

Parishioners

Please refrain from parking in the Gas Station Lot

as it is now open for business on Sundays.

CALENDAR of EVENTS

This Saturday Ladies' Guild Yard Sale --- Church Parking Lot

Blessing/Dedication Memorial Pedestal & Book of Remembrance

North Burial Ground 10 am

This Sunday

Coffee Hour and Dedication of our Kitchen in Honor of Sara "Sally Mouradjian

Please join us as we dedicate the Church Kitchen to Mrs. Sally Mouradjian for her many years of dedicated service in the kitchen. A Special Fellowship Hour will follow as we honor Sally for her faithful commitment to all of the work of our kitchen for over 40 years.

Sunday, September 25, 2016

Annual Membership Meeting --- Part One Your 2016 Membership Dues must be paid in order for you

to vote during our upcoming Annual Membership Meetings

and Elections

Sunday, October 2, 2016 Retirement Banquet

in honor of our beloved Der Gomidas Crowne Plaza, Warwick, RI

RSVP before September24th

Visit our website for updated Church News

http://www.stsvartanantzchurch.org

From the September 15, 2016 edition of Crossroads

PAREGENTAN OF THE HOLY CROSS OF VARAK

This Sunday, September 18, is the Paregentan (Eve) of the Fast of the Holy Cross of Varak. Monday to Friday are fasting days leading up to next Sunday, September 25, when the Feast of the Holy Cross of Varak will be commemorated.

FEASTS OF SAINTS FEBRONIA, MARIANA, AND SHOUSHAN

Next Tuesday, September 20, the Armenian Church remembers Febronia, Mariana, and Shoushan. The best known of the three is Shoushan, daughter of Vartan Mamigonian and great-granddaughter of Sahag Bartev. She was educated under the tutelage of St. Sahag and her mother, Sahaganoosh. Her father’s life and martyrdom influenced her to become a devout and faithful Christian. Her birth name was Varteny, but she was called Shoushan because of her extraordinary piety. She was married to Vazken, a son of a Georgian king, and had three sons and a daughter. After the death of her father-in-law, her husband became power hungry, went to Persia, renounced the Christian faith and returned to Georgia with another wife, and tried to force Shoushan to renounce her Christian faith. Even after years of imprisonment and torture she refused to renounce

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the faith for which her father had fought so valiantly.

Febronia was a nun of extraordinary beauty at Nisibis in Mesopotamia. She was offered to be spared from persecution and torture if she renounced her religion. She refused and was brutally martyred.

Although the daughter of idol worshippers, Mariana was raised by a woman who was secretly a Christian and was baptized at age twelve. At the age of fifteen she confessed to her father that she was a Christian. She refused to renounce her religion, and refused the offer of marriage by a local official telling him that she was “married to Christ.” She was tortured and martyred.

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PLEASE DO NOT FORGET:

SYRIAN ARMENIAN COMMUNITY NEEDS OUR HELP MORE THAN EVER

The crisis in Syria requires our financial assistance.

Please keep this community in your prayers, your hearts, and your

pocketbooks.

PLEASE DO NOT FORGET OUR ONGOING RELIEF EFFORTS FOR

THE ARMENIAN COMMUNITY IN SYRIA WHERE CONDITIONS ARE

BECOMING INCREASINGLY MORE DIFFICULT.

THE NEED IS REAL. THE NEED IS GREAT. .

TO DONATE PLEASE MAY MAIL YOUR DONATION TO:

Armenian Prelacy

138 E. 39th Street

New York, NY 10016

Checks payable to: Armenian Apostolic Church of America

(Memo: Syrian Armenian Relief)

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Sts. Vartanantz Armenian Apostolic Church

Nominating Committee Dear Sts. Vartanantz Church Community Members, As we approach another church election, the Nominating Committee would like to remind church community members of the opportunity to serve the church as a member of the Board of Trustees or as a delegate to the National Representative Assembly (NRA). If you are interested in this opportunity and would like to be considered as a potential candidate or have questions about the positions, please contact a member of the Nominating Committee listed below. Also, if you would like to suggest a church community member as a potential candidate, please contact a member of the Nominating Committee. All suggestions will be considered by the Nominating Committee as a slate of candidates is prepared for the election. When making suggestions for potential Board of Trustee candidates, please keep in mind some of the roles and responsibilities of a Trustee. Board meetings are typically held twice a month (once a month in the summer) and a Trustee should regularly attend the Divine Liturgy on Sundays. The Trustees execute and implement all motions passed at the membership meeting, present the proposed annual budget, and supervise all collections, church dues and donations. It should be noted that a Trustee serves a two-year term and can be elected to a maximum of three consecutive terms. An NRA Delegate serves a four year term and can be elected to a maximum of two consecutive terms. An NRA Delegate is expected to attend the NRA Convention, which is held on a Thursday through Saturday each year in May. The Convention provides delegates a chance to discuss their local and regional communities, elect the Prelate of the Eastern Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America, elect the members of the Prelacy Executive Council, and vote to approve the Eastern Prelacy Budget. The Nominating Committee members and their contact information is as follows:

Paula Burke paulacburke@yahoo.com (401) 282-0459 Dr. Fotini Dionisopolous fotinid@yahoo.com (401) 369-1292 Sandra Megerdichian sandra.megerdichian@gmail.com (401) 261-3948 Steve Mesrobian smesrobian1@gmail.com (508) 524-7631 Beth Pilla bpilla@gmail.com (401) 497-3190 Joyce Yeremian joycey41@cox.net (401) 354-8770

Sincerely yours, 2016 Sts. Vartanantz Church Nominating Committee

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The Board of Trustees of Sts. Vartanantz Church

cordially invites you to attend

Retirement Banquet in honor of our beloved Der Hayr,

Archpriest Fr. Gomidas Baghsarian

October 2, 2016

Der Gomidas will celebrate the Soorp Badarak at10 am

followed by

Reception at 2 pm Dinner promptly at 3 pm at the Crowne Plaza in Warwick, RI

RSVP before September 24th