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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]
www.lraper.org <http://www.lraper.org/> (Open, click "ARM" for
Armenian, "ENG" for English-language page)
MAJOR FEAST OF THE HOLY MOTHER OF GOD
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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
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]
www.lraper.org <http://www.lraper.org/> (Open, click "ARM" for
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