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  • Eastern Prelacy: Crossroads E-Newsletter - 06/15/2006

    PRESS RELEASE
    Eastern Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America
    138 East 39th Street
    New York, NY 10016
    Tel: 212-689-7810
    Fax: 212-689-7168
    e-mail: [email protected]
    Website: http://www.armenianprelacy.org
    Contact: Iris Papazian

    JUNE 15, 2006

    COUNTDOWN TO DATEV 2006
    The St. Gregory of Datev Institute Summer Studies will begin on July 2.
    This year the Institute is commemorating its 20th anniversary. Some special
    events have been planned in celebration of this milestone, including a
    seminar and banquet. For details click
    http://www.armenianprelacy.org/datevatsi.htm

    ANEC CELEBRATES YEAR OF THE ARMENIAN SCHOOL
    We reported earlier about a very successful Festival of Schools presented
    by the Armenian National Education Committee last March. Seven schools from
    the Mid-Atlantic area participated. To read about the event in more detail
    and to view photographs click http://www.armenianprelacy.org/061306a.htm

    THE PASSING OF EDWARD K. BOGHOSIAN, FOUNDING EDITOR OF
    THE ARMENIAN REPORTER INTERNATIONAL
    Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan will participate in funeral services for
    Edward K. Boghosian, founding editor of The Armenian Reporter International,
    who died early this week. Funeral services, officiated by Archbishop Khajag
    Barsamian, Primate of the Diocese of the Armenian Church (Eastern), will
    take place at St. Vartan Cathedral in New York City, tomorrow, Friday, June
    16, at 10 a.m.
    Archbishop Oshagan will offer condolences on behalf of His Holiness Aram
    I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia, who in a letter of condolence
    expressed his heartfelt sympathy to the Boghosian family.
    Eddie-as all knew him-founded the New York based weekly newspaper more
    than forty years ago, in a bold experiment. Last year the 40th anniversary
    of the newspaper was commemorated with a gala banquet, at which time
    Archbishop Oshagan presented him with the Cilician See's Mesrob Mashtots
    Medal on behalf of His Holiness Catholicos Aram I.

    PRELATES MEET WITH CATHOLICOS IN ANTELIAS
    His Holiness Aram I presided over a meeting of Prelates in the Antelias
    headquarters of the Catholicosate of Cilicia earlier this month. The meeting
    brought together a number of prelates who were in Lebanon on the occasion of
    the ordination of three bishops, including the Eastern Prelacy's Vicar, V.
    Rev. Fr. Anoushavan Tanielian, now Bishop Anoushavan. The clergymen
    discussed various matters, including the upcoming Armenia-Diaspora
    conference in Armenia in September, the educational conference at the
    Catholicosate in August, and a number of spiritual and administrative
    issues.
    In a separate meeting His Holiness conferred with the Prelates and
    members of their respective Executive Councils who had traveled to Lebanon
    to attend the ordination of Bishops. His Holiness also met with a large
    number of pilgrims from the Eastern Prelacy who traveled to Lebanon for the
    ordination ceremony.

    ST. GREGORY THE ILLUMINATOR'S DELIVERANCE FROM THE PIT
    This Saturday, June 17, is the Feast of St. Gregory the Illuminator's
    Emergence from the pit (khor virab). Gregory is the greatest figure of the
    Armenian Church. He is recognized and memorialized in both eastern and
    western hierarchical churches. The Armenian Church calendar reserves three
    feast days specifically in his memory: Entrance into the Pit; Emergence from
    the Pit; Discovery of His Remains. In addition to these three, there are
    several feast days to which he is connected, such as, Feasts of St.
    Hripsimiantz and St. Gayaniantz; Feast of Shoghakat, Feast of Holy
    Etchmiadzin, Feast of King Tiridates (Trdat).
    St. Gregory was condemned to the pit in 287 A.D. by King Trdat and the
    persecutions of Christians in Armenia began. After the persecution and
    martyrdom of a group of nuns who came into Armenia, led by Hripsime and
    Gayane, Trdat came down with strange maladies and became insane. His sister,
    Khosrovidukht, had a dream that Gregory was the only person who could heal
    her brother. Miraculously Gregory was still alive. Trdat accepted baptism,
    proclaimed Christianity to be the religion of Armenia, and proceeded to
    facilitate the evangelization of the country.
    After many years of service, Gregory retired to a cave on Mount Sepuh
    where he died. Some of us have had the privilege of traveling to this
    revered site in historic Armenia (eastern Turkey) and climb Mount Sepuh to
    the remains of the monastery where Gregory spent his final years. He is one
    of the principal Armenian saints and is venerated as The Illuminator. The
    high-esteem that the Armenians hold for Gregory can, perhaps, best be seen
    by the large number of Armenian churches named in his honor.

    SUNDAY IS FEAST OF HOLY ETCHMIADZIN
    This Sunday, June 17, is the Feast day of Holy Mother Etchmiadzin, the
    cathedral built by St. Gregory after his deliverance from the pit, to the
    specifications he saw in a vision, and on the place marked by the Lord with
    a golden hammer. This feast day commemorates the establishment of the
    Armenian Church and the eradication of paganism.
    The Cathedral of Etchmiadzin is the oldest example of a four-altar,
    four-pillar, domed, cruciform church in Christian architecture.

    AND DON'T FORGET DAD..
    Sunday is Fathers' Day. The United States is one of the few countries in
    the world that has an official fathers' day. Although there are many
    different stories of who are where the first fathers' day was celebrated,
    there is agreement that the most ardent promoter of the holiday was Mrs.
    Bruce John Dodd of Spokane, Washington, who wanted to honor her father who
    raised six children after the untimely death of his wife. It is believed
    that the first Fathers Day was observed on June 19, 1910, in Spokane. States
    began lobbying Congress to declare an annual Father's Day. President Woodrow
    Wilson approved the idea in 1916 as did President Calvin Coolidge who in
    1924 suggested that it be a national event. However, it did not become an
    official holiday until 1966 when President Lyndon Johnson signed a
    proclamation declaring the third Sunday of June as Father's Day.

    SUMMERTIME..
    Next Wednesday, June 21, is the first day of summer, the longest day of
    the year.

    CALENDAR OF EVENTS

    June 18-Fathers' Day celebration at St. Illuminator Cathedral, 221 E. 27th
    Street, New York City, following Divine Liturgy. Organized by the
    Cathedral's Ladies Guild. For information: 212-689-5880.

    June 18-St. Gregory Church, Indian Orchard, Massachusetts, Annual Father'
    Day Picnic and Reunion, following church service. For information:
    413-543-4763.

    July 22-Ladies Guild of Sts. Vartanantz Church, Providence, Rhode Island,
    and Ani Chapter of Armenian Relief Society co-host gala dance at Greek
    Orthodox Annunciation Church. For information, 401-286-8107.

    June 24-Siamanto Academy graduation, Armenian Center, Woodside, NY.

    July 2-9-St. Gregory of Datev Summer Institute. For details click
    http://www.armenianprelacy.org/datev.htm

    Au gust 8-Soorp Asdvadzadzin Armenian Apostolic Church of Whitinsville,
    Massachusetts, Annual Golf Tournament, 11:30 am registration. Blackstone
    Valley Country Club, Sutton, MA. For details contact David, 508-234-3261.

    August 13-Annual picnic, Holy Cross Church, Troy, New York.

    August 20-Soorp Asdvadzadzin Armenian Apostolic Church of Whitinsville,
    Massachusetts, Annual Church Picnic, 12 noon on the church grounds. For
    details: 508-234-3677.

    September 28-4th Annual Golf Outing hosted by Sts. Vartanantz Church,
    Ridgefield, New Jersey. Bergen Hills Country Club, River Vale, New Jersey.
    For reservations and/or information: 201-943-2950.

    October 22-Holy Cross Church, Troy, NY, anniversary celebration.

    Visit our website at www.armenianprelacy.org
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