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    Lraper Church Bulletin
    Contact: Deacon Vagharshag Seropyan
    Armenian Patriarchate
    TR-34130 Kumkapi, Istanbul
    T: +90 (212) 517-0970, 517-0971
    F: +90 (212) 516-4833, 458-1365
    [email protected]
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    Armenian, "ENG" for English-language page)


    MAJOR FEAST OF THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD
    http://www.lraper.org/main.aspx?Action=DisplayNews
    <http://www.lraper.org/main.aspx?Action=DisplayNews&NewsCode=N0000008 58&Lang=ENG> &NewsCode=N000000858&Lang=ENG

    Sunday, 14 August 2005, is the Tabernacle Feast of the Holy
    Mother-of-God and the Name Day of the Surp Asdvadzadzin Patriarchal
    Church of the Armenian Patriarchate of Istanbul (Constantinople).

    His Beatitude Mesrob II, Armenian Patriarch of Istanbul & All Turkey,
    will be celebrating the Divine Liturgy in the Patriarchal Church. The
    procession of priests, deacons and acolytes, leading His Beatitude, will
    move from the entrance of the Patriarchate towards the Patriarchal
    Church at 10:30 a.m. The hymns of the Divine Liturgy will be sung by the
    Koghtan Choir of the Patriarchal Church. Following the Divine Liturgy,
    the traditional service of "The Blessing of the Grapes" (Khaghogh
    Orhnek) will be held.

    The annual pilgrimage to the Armenian Church of the Holy Mother of God,
    in the Vakifli village, on the slopes of Mt. Musadag, in the province of
    Antakya (Antioch), will be led by the Revd. Fr. Drtad Uzunyan. The
    Blessing of the Madagh will be held on Saturday, 13 August, at 20:00
    hours, in the churchyard. The Festival will begin immediately
    afterwards. The Divine Liturgy will be celebrated on Sunday, 14 August,
    at 10:00 hours. Following the Divine Liturgy, the traditional service of
    "The Blessing of the Grapes" (or Khaghogh Orhnek) will be held.


    For more information on this feast and the traditions surrounding it,
    you can visit the following sites:

    "Facing Up To Mary" by Archpriest Peter E. Gillquist
    http://aggreen.net/theotokos/face_up_to_mary.html

    Who was Saint Mary?
    http://www.armenianchurch.net/worship/mary/i ndex.html

    For teenagers
    http://www.armenianchurch.net/worship/ma ry/teens.html

    Some Feasts of the Holy Mother of God
    http://www.armenianchurch.net/worship/mary/feasts .html

    Christopher Zakian's article on the Assumption
    http://www.armenianchurch.net/worship/m ary/assumption.html

    A Homily on the Dormition of the Theotokos
    http://www.ocf.org/OrthodoxPage/reading/dormitio n.html

    The Orthodox Veneration of the Theotokos
    http://home.it.net.au/~jgrapsas/pages/Ve neration.html
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