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: [email protected]Website: stsvartanantzchurch.org Exaltation of the Holy Cross Sunday, September 13, 2015 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
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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: [email protected] Website: stsvartanantzchurch.org
Exaltation of the Holy Cross Sunday, September 13, 2015
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
Sts. Vartanantz Church welcomes
Autumn Rose Marseglia daughter of Vincent and Erica Silva Marseglia
Baptized September 5, 2015
Godfather: Mario Marseglia
May God bless you, Autumn and may God keep you in His care always.
Providence Hosts and Wins the 83rd Annual AYF Olympics
No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven - the Son of Man. Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds are evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be
exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God.
(On Page 1051 in your Bible)
EPISTLE Galatians 6:14-18
May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything; what counts is a new creation. Peace and mercy to all who follow this rule, even to the Israel of God.
Finally, let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen.
(On Page 1155 in your Bible)
There will be no Requiem Service on September 13th
as we are celebrating Exaltation of the Holy Cross
REQUIEM SERVICE
September 20, 2015
Khachig "Joseph" Nezamian --- Fortieth Day Remembrance
Harry Ahilijanian
Ghazaros and Amas Aproian Mitchell, Rose and Mitchell Jr. Asadorian
Attarian and Ward Families
Armenag and Charles Avakian
Mary Babigian
Lousaper, Boghos, Bedros and Dolores Bahian
Margaret Bargamian
Cora Bedigian, and Varther and Hovanes Markarian
Persape and Yeghishe Bedrosian
Leon Ray Caprielian
Damerdjian Family
Vartan Donabedian
Sirpouhie, Yervant, Hagop Jack, Gabriel and Rose Hagopian, and Martha Kaprielian
Church Winter Schedule resumes this Sunday Soorp Badarak starts at 10 am
This Saturday, September 12, 2015 Mourad Armenian School Registration
& Classes Resume
This Sunday, September 13, 2015 Church "Regular Schedule" resumes
Morning Service - 9:30 am Divine Liturgy - 10 am
Sunday School Registration, Breakfast, & Classes Resume
Sunday & Armenian School Teacher Dedication Service
Annual Church Membership Meeting - Part 1
Sunday, September 27, 2015 Elections for Board of Trustees
and NRA Delegates 10 am
Annual Church Membership Meeting - Part 2
Your 2015 Membership Dues must be paid in order for you to be eligible to vote
Sunday, October 4, 2015
His Eminence, Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan, Prelate of the Eastern Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church, will celebrate the Divine Liturgy and ordain as Ouraragir – Hagop Taraksian, Harout Tashian and Shant Eghian, and as Tbir – Michael Simonian, Givan Baghsarian and Aram Baghsarian.
A Special Dinner honoring Ms. Mary Fermanian for her many years of service as the Director of our Sunday School will follow in Aramian Auditorium.
This Sunday, September 13, the Armenian Church commemorates the
Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Khachverats), which is the last of the five
Tabernacle Feasts observed by the Armenian Church during the liturgical
year.
This holiday is a celebration of the Holy Cross and is commemorated by most
Christian churches on September 14. The Armenian Church celebrates it on the
Sunday closest to the 14th. It is the oldest of the feasts devoted to the cross. The cross, once a means of death for criminals,
gradually became the dominant symbol of the Christian world, an object of reverence
and worship, and symbol of triumph over death. Christ’s apostle St James, Patriarch
of Jerusalem, elevated the Holy Cross during a religious ceremony chanting the
hymn, “Khachee oh Krisdos Yergeer Bakanemk,” (To Your Cross We Bow),”
thus accepting the cross as a symbol of salvation and an object of utmost veneration. James was later martyred in Jerusalem, and upon his grave stands the expansive Armenian monastery of St. James in Jerusalem.
There are four feasts devoted to the cross in the Armenian liturgical calendar, with the
Exaltation being the most important. The other three are: Apparition of the Holy Cross; Holy Cross of Varak; and Discovery of the Cross. Each of these four holidays
devoted to the Holy Cross are related to the life and the salvific work of our Lord.
The ceremony for the Exaltation begins with the decoration of the Cross with sweet basil (rehan), a sign of royalty, and also as a symbol of the living cross that is carried
through the church by the priest, deacons, altar servers, and choir in a procession. After the Bible readings, the officiating priest lifts the Cross and makes the sign of the
Cross, and blesses the four corners of the world (Andastan service), asking God’s
A reliquary from the Cilician Treasures Museum in Antelias, Lebanon containing a piece of the Holy Cross.
blessings and bounties for the prosperity of the Armenian Church and for the fruitfulness of the land and all the holy places and their inhabitants.
The Khachveratz ceremony was prepared by Catholicos Sahag Dzoraporetsi (677-
703). He also composed the hymn that is sung on this day. As with other Tabernacle Feasts, the Exaltation is preceded with a period of fasting (Monday to Friday), and
followed by a memorial day (Merelotz).
Name day commemorations this Sunday include: Khatchadour, Khatchig, Khatcherets, Rehan, Khatchkhatoun, Khachouhi, Khatchperouhi, Khosrov,
Khosrovanoush, Khrosrovitoukhd, and Nshan.
MONDAY IS MEMORIAL DAY
The day after the five Tabernacle Feasts is a Memorial Day in the Armenian
Liturgical Calendar. Traditionally the Divine Liturgy is celebrated on this day and the faithful go to the cemeteries where graves are blessed to honor the memory of their
departed loved ones.
Remembering the dead is an important ritual for the living. In a sense it is an act of faith and love, not meant necessarily to achieve understanding or bring healing. It is
simply to remember, as we are doing this week with the remembrances of September 11, 2001.
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.
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