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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
The Judge March 6, 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
Sts. Vartanantz Church
welcomed Archpriest Father Aram Stepanian
as our Guest Speaker at this past week’s Vespers Service.
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18:1
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GOSPEL Luke 18: 1-14
The Parable of the Persistent Widow
Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared about men. And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’
“For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care about men, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually wear me out with her coming!’”
And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”
Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector
To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and
the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: “God, I thank you that I am not like other men - robbers, evildoers, adulterers - or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’
“But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’
“I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.
(On Page 1038 in your Bible)
EPISTLE Philippians 4:4-9
Exhortations
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable - if anything is excellent or praiseworthy - think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me - put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.
(On Page 1163 in your Bible)
REQUIEM SERVICE
March 6, 2016
Baghdasar, Souren, Boghos, Siranoosh, Minas and Elmas Arzoomanian and Anna Nahabedian
Hagopos, Ovsanna, Dr. Kegham and Shavarsh Nartouni Ayvasian, Arsen and Mariam Babikyan and Aghavni Derderian
Artacky Berberian
Minas and Margaret Dayian
Helen Fashjian
Satenig and John Hovhannes Garabedian
Rev. Fr. Vartan Kassabian
Dikranouhi and Krikor Krikorian
Haig Markarian, Sr
Aroussiag Minassian
Parsegh and Nartig Mooradian and Melkon "Mal" Norigian
Moushegh “Joe” Najarian
Gulizar Sarkisian
Yeranuhi and Harpet Sarkisian
Mugurdich Shaljian
Kazar, Almas, Peter and Vencenza Simonian, and Zartar Atamian
Hrayr, Rouben, Vehanush, Stepan, Antranig, Mari, and Vartan Stepanyan
Karapet Tashian
REQUIEM SERVICE
March 13, 2016
Helena, Hagop, Lawrence, Daniel and Dawn Adoian
Arpie Asadoorian
Asadoor and Elmas Avakian
Parancum, Setrag and Alice Bagdasarian
Haig Martin Baligian
Beatrice Bouris
Anna Casciano, Mary Karibian and Parensem Antonian
Lousik Dadayan
Jouhar Dappinian, Melkon Derderian, Toni Christina Budnick, and Soukias and Tourvanda Setian
Garabed, Mariam and Manoog DerKachadourian and
Haroutoon Andonian
Harold and Sally Goolgasian
Karapet Khoulian
Frances Kizirian
Aram Markarian and Yeghishe and Vergine Basmajian Leo Marsoubian
Paramaz Narzakian and Robert Hagopian
Genevieve Pelkey
Gregory Portukalian
Sahak Sahakian
Elizabeth, Hagop and Robert Tevekelian
CALENDAR of EVENTS
Adult Bible Study meets each Monday at 7 pm
Young Adults Fellowship [ages 18 – 30]
meets each Thursday at 7 pm during Lent
Choreg and Kufta are now available
for purchase on Sundays after Church
Our Ladies will once again be making Bahotz Kufta for Lent on March 7th and 8th. Cost is $15/dozen
Please place your order with Sarah Markarian [401-861-5022]
Parishioners Please refrain from parking
in the Gas Station Lot
as it is now open for business on Sundays.
March 1 thru 27, 2015 ARS sponsored Food Drive for the RI Community Food Bank
Non-perishable food items should be left in the bins in the hallway
This Saturday, March 5, 2016 ANEC NE Regional Seminar
Fermanian Fellowship Hall from 12 – 5 pm
This Sunday, March 6, 2016 Coffee Hour Fellowship is hosted by the Krikorian Family
in Loving Memory of their deceased Family Members
Monday and Tuesday, March 7 and 8, 2016
The Ladies' Guild will be making "Bahotz Kufta". To place an order, please call Sarah Markarian 861-5022
Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Lenten Vespers 7 pm Followed by Fellowship hosted by
our Christian Education Committee
Sunday, March 13, 2016
Sunday School Monthly Family Breakfast 10 am sharp
Please note: Dates of Future Family Breakfasts April 10th; May 8th
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Lenten Dinner 6 pm in Fermanian Fellowship Hall sponsored by our Ladies’ Guild. Menu will be choice of
Vospov Kheyma and Mock Khema, or Vegetable Lasagna
Cost $15.00 Contact Vicki Jamjyan [401-885-1613] to reserve “spicy vosbov kheyma”
Lenten Vespers follows at 7 pm
Winter and Inclement Weather is upon us!
Please remember to check for our cancellations. They will be listed on
all local radio and television stations and their web sites.
Visit our website for updated Church News
http://www.stsvartanantzchurch.org
Assistant Secretary Position
Sts. Vartanantz Church is looking to hire someone as an Assistant Secretary with the potential to become the Secretary/Office Manager in the future. Approximately 25 hours per week. Computer proficiency is a must. Knowledge of the Armenian language is preferred but not mandatory.
Those qualified and interested should contact the Church Office [401-831-6399] for an application and complete job description.
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Scholarship information
ARS EASTERN USA’S Undergraduate & Lazarian Graduate 2015 Scholarship
Applications are available. Website scholarship page www.arseastusa.org.
Deadline for submitting applications is April 1, 2016 Providence ARS “Ani” Chapter Undergraduate Scholarship Applications are now
available. Must be a RI Resident and in second year of college. Call Karen Pilla
274-1033 or email [email protected] Deadline for submitting applications is
April 1, 2016 The Scholarship Committee of Sts. Sahag & Mesrob Armenian Church, is
pleased to announce that applications are now available for the Charles
Yaghoobian, Jr. Scholarship Grants for 2016. Scholarship Grants will be
awarded to qualified members of all three Armenian Churches in RI. Applicants
must be dues paying members of their church. Scholarships are limited for up to
3 years only. We are currently seeking qualified candidates for consideration.
For an application and a list of eligibility requirements you may contact: Nathalie
Yaghoobian, 353-2488. The deadline to submit completed application and all
documentation is April 1, 2016.
The Vaughn Avedisian Scholarship Fund was established in 2003 within the
Rhode Island Community Foundation to benefit students from Rhode Island to
attend a non-profit post-secondary institution that offers either a two-year
associate or a four-year college degree. The scholarships averaging $2,000 will be
given annually. Your application must arrive by April 4, 2016. For further
information and/or an application, please contact John Takian by emailing him at
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Paul O. and Mary Boghossian Memorial Trust Scholarship Awards Scholarships
for study at institutions of higher education beyond the secondary level to RI
students who demonstrate: financial need, academic capability; and potential to
contribute to the USA and its form of government.
Scholarship awards from the Trust are limited to RI students from any one of the
following groups :
1) Residents of Kent, Newport or Washington Counties in the state of RI;
or
2) Members and former members of the Kent County branch of the YMCA in
the City of Warwick; or
3) Members and former members of the Pawtucket Boys & Girls Club, in the
city of Pawtucket; or
4) Members or descendants of a member of Park Place Congregational
Church, in the city of Pawtucket; or
5) Persons or descendants of persons who are Armenian by national origin or
descent
All decisions pertaining to scholarship applications and awards are made by a
Scholarship Committee composed of individuals independent of the Boghossian
Family and Bank of America, N.A., the Corporate Trustee.
For questions regarding the scholarship process
please contact Ms. Dian Parker Quinn at 617-434-6454 or
Copies of the application are available in our Church Office
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Daughters of Vartan, Aik Otyag #10
MERIT BASED SCHOLARSHIP
FOR ARMENIAN STUDENTS
The Daughters of Vartan, Aik Otyag #10, is proud to announce a $1,000.00
academic scholarship for a High School Senior who:
(1) is a person of Armenian descent accepted to a full time undergraduate
program at an institution of higher learning.
(2) is an American Citizen.
(3) is a resident of the State of Rhode Island, or, if a resident of another
state, has a closely related relative who is a member of Daughters of
Vartan, Aik Otyag #10, Providence, RI.**
(4) has demonstrated academic excellence.
You are invited to apply for the Aik Otyag Academic Scholarship by furnishing the
Aik Otyag #10, Daughters of Vartan Scholarship Committee with the following
forms:
(1) COMPLETED APPLICATION POSTMARKED NO LATER THAN MAY 15,
2016
(2) LATE OR INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
Copies of the application are available in our Church Office
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From the March 3rd issue of Crossroads
SUNDAY OF THE JUDGE We are now more than halfway through Great Lent (yesterday was Michink, the median day of Lent). This Sunday, March 6, is the Sunday of the Judge (Datavori Kiraki). The Gospel reading for this day is the parable told by Jesus about a widow and a judge (see reading above). The judge in the parable is seen as hard-hearted and without principles, fear of God, or compassion for people. A widow in the same town has been ill-treated and she has come to the judge for justice. Although her cause is just, the judge does not pay attention to her case. However, she is persistent and she makes the same appeal again and again until at last the judge decides to see she receives
justice. He does this not because he cares about justice, but because he wants to be rid of the widow.
The message of this parable is that we must persist in our pursuit of righteousness and justice with the confidence that perseverance (especially in prayer) will be rewarded.
FORTY MARTYRS OF SEBASTIA
This Saturday, March 5, we remember the Forty Martyrs of Sebastia. Although the backgrounds and identities of the forty young soldiers are not known, it is
believed they came from Lesser Armenia and served in the Roman army. According to St. Basil of Caesarea, forty Christian soldiers refused to worship the Roman emperor while stationed in Sebastia in Armenia in 320. They remained faithful to their Christian faith. The soldiers were tried and condemned to death by stoning. Miraculously, when the sentence was being carried out, the stones would not reach the condemned soldiers, but would instead come back striking those throwing the stones. The soldiers were than thrown into a frozen lake and forced to stay there, unless they renounced their faith. Warm baths were prepared for anyone who would recant. Of the forty, only one gave up. When he did, another soldier, moved by the example of the suffering Christians, declared himself a Christian and took the apostate’s place. All forty died. Some of our great Church Fathers like Basil, Gregory of Nyssa, Ephraim the Assyrian, and Sisian of Sebastia, wrote panegyrics about the forty martyrs, who are remembered each year during Lent on the Saturday following the median day of Lent. The Armenians have built and named churches in memory of the Forty Martyrs in various parts of the world.
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.
DONATIONS TO THE FUND FOR SYRIAN ARMENIAN RELIEF CAN BE
MADE BY MAILING 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)
A R M E N I A N R E L I E F S O C I E T Y
ANI & ARAX CHAPTERS
EASTER FOOD DRIVE FOR THE
R. I. COMMUNITY FOOD BANK
COMMUNITY OF STS.VARTANANTZ CHURCH
AYF AND HOMENETMENT SCOUTS
SUNDAY SCHOOL AND ARMENIAN SCHOOL
STUDENTS ARE ASKED TO PARTICIPATE WITH
WITH THE ARS CHAPTERS TO DONATE
CANNED AND DRY FOODS TO HELP THE NEEDY
DONATIONS MAY BE LEFT IN THE
BOXES IN THE BACK HALLWAY FROM
MARCH 1 TO MARCH 20
ALL DONATIONS ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
This Sunday
Ladies’ Guild
LENTEN DINNER
Choice of Vosbov Kheyma & Mock Kheyma, or Vegetable Lasagna
$15.00 Contact Vicki Jamjyan [401-885-1613] to reserve “spicy vosbov kheyma”
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
Fermanian Fellowship Hall
Dinner 6 pm Lenten Vespers Service 7 pm
PLEASE JOIN US!