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PRESS RELEASE
Eastern Prelacy of the Armenian Apost. Church of America and Canada
H.E. Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan
Prelate, Easter Prelacy and Canada
138 East 39th Street
New York, NY 10016
Tel: 212-689-7810
Fax: 212-689-7168
Web: http://www.armenianprelacy.org/
October 9, 2014
PROVIDENCE COMMUNITY IS WITNESS TO UPLIFTING
ORDINATION OF TWO NEW PRIESTS; PRELATE GIVES THEM
NEW NAMES OF THE ARCHANGELS, MICHAEL AND GABRIEL
The Providence community witnessed the centuries-old inspiring
ceremony of ordination to the holy order of priesthood at
Sts. Vartanantz Church in Providence, Rhode Island, last Friday and
Saturday, October 3 and 4. The two-day ritual was celebrated under the
auspices of His Eminence Archbishop Oshagan, who officiated over the
Service of Calling on Friday and the Divine Liturgy and Ordination on
Saturday. The participation of ten clergymen serving the Eastern
Prelacy, as well as a number of guest clergy made the service even
more moving and poignant.
Deacon Harold Nazarian of Sts. Vartanantz Church in Providence, was
renamed Gabriel and Deacon Diran Der Khosrofian of St. Asdvadzadzin
Church in Whitinsville, was renamed Michael by the Prelate, who
directed his words to the newly anointed priests telling them they
became new men. `You bowed down as human beings and stood up as Men of
God.' With rich biblical references His Eminence told Rev. Fr. Michael
and Rev. Fr. Gabriel to be good role models for their followers with
their service, love, faith and
conduct.
Der Michael and Der Gabriel are now observing their 40-day retreat
under the fatherly supervision of Archpriest Fr. Gomidas Baghsarian,
pastor of Providence's Sts. Vartanantz Church. They will spend this
time praying, meditating, and studying. They will celebrate their
first Divine Liturgy on Sunday, November 9-Rev. Fr. Michael at
St. Asdvadzadzin Church in Whitinsville and Rev. Fr. Gabriel at
Sts. Vartanantz Church in Providence. Thereafter, Der Michael will
begin his service as pastor of Sourp Asdvadzadzin Church and Der
Garbriel will serve as assistant pastor at Sts. Vartanantz Church,
Providence.
A detailed press release about the ordination and more photos will be
on the Prelacy's web page tomorrow.
To see an article from the Providence Journal click here
(https://t.e2ma.net/click/kkugf/4f4cee/ks4dmb).
Archbishop Oshagan places his hands upon the heads of each candidate
asking all to pray for the candidates.
Dn. Diran Der Khosrofian and Dn. Harold Nazarian were remained Michael
and Gabriel, respectively, to begin their new life of service.
The clergy gather around the candidates.
Rev. Fr. Gabriel is anointed with Holy Muron by the Prelate, as the
anointed Rev. Fr. Michael stands at extreme right.
PRELATE WILL VISIT ST. SARKIS CHURCH IN DEARBORN
Archbishop Oshagan will celebrate the Divine Liturgy and deliver the
sermon at St. Sarkis Church in Dearborn, Michigan, this Sunday,
October 12. During the Liturgy His Eminence will ordain Jeffery
Naraian, Khatchig Kafafian, and Thomas Guerjikian as deacons and
Yervant Bedigian as a sub-deacon.
Following the Liturgy, His Eminence will preside over the banquet
celebrating the 52nd anniversary of the parish.
PRELACY CLERGY WILL GATHER FOR RETREAT
Archbishop Oshagan will preside over the gathering of the clergy
serving the Eastern Prelacy at a retreat of renewal, reflection, and
meditation, as well as discussions on specific topics of interest. The
clergy will gather at St. Mary of Providence Center in Elverson,
Pennsylvania, this Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday (October 13, 14,
15).
Topics to be explored during the conference will include a final
review of Holy Week services that have been a focus of attention
during past gatherings, and the directives of the National
Representative Assembly, the 100th anniversary of the Armenian
genocide, the forthcoming pontifical visit of His Holiness Aram I, and
the `In Defense of Christians' summit that took place in Washington
last month.
VICAR WILL TRAVEL TO WASHINGTON
Bishop Anoushavan will preside over the Divine Liturgy at Soorp Khatch
Church in Bethesda, Maryland this Sunday, October 12. The Liturgy will
be celebrated by Rev. Fr. Sarkis Aktavoukian, pastor; Bishop
Anoushavan will deliver the sermon. Following the Liturgy the Vicar
will present a reflection on the `Holy Translators of the Fifth
Century and Armenian Culture Today.'
PRELATE AND VICAR IN NEW JERSEY
Archbishop Oshagan presided over the Divine Liturgy last Sunday at
Sts. Vartanantz Church in Ridgefield, New Jersey. The Liturgy was
celebrated by the parish priest, Rev. Fr. Hovnan Bozoian and Bishop
Anoushavan delivered the sermon. Following the Liturgy, Bishop
Anoushavan presented the prayers of St. Ephraim the Syrian in a
program that also included students of the Nareg Saturday School who
offered selections about Mesrob Mashdots and the Holy Translators.
Archbishop Oshagan and Bishop Anoushavan with the students and
teachers and administrators.
SUNDAY SCHOOL DEDICATION SERVICE
In an uplifting Dedication Service following the Divine Liturgy on
Sunday, October 5, the Sunday School teachers of St. Gregory Church,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, committed themselves to God, before their
students and the congregation to teach the message of the Gospel and
the love of Christ according to the doctrine and creed of the Armenian
Church. After reciting prayers, reading the Creed of Faith, hearing
the Good News from the Book of Romans as it relates to teaching about
Jesus and salvation, the teachers received blessings from Archpriest
Fr. Nerses Manoogian, pastor. Der Hayr then presented each teacher
with a beautifully engraved cross, saying `as the Cross is the symbol
of the highest sacrifice made by our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ,
may God accept your sacrifice and dedication as you continue with your
teaching this year.'
Archpriest Fr. Nerses Manoogian with the Sunday School staff at
St. Gregory Church, Philadelphia.
DN. SHANT SPEAKS AT NORTH ANDOVER
The Saint Gregory Church of Merrimack Valley, North Andover,
Massachusetts, will soon begin a six-part adult Christian education
course on the Nicene Creed, led by Rev. Fr. Stephan Baljian,
pastor. On that occasion, Dn. Shant Kazanjian, Director of AREC, was
invited, this past Sunday, to speak briefly on the origin of creeds in
general and the Nicene Creed in particular, highlighting the various
purposes it has served in the life of the Church. As in the past, the
Nicene Creed today functions as a badge of membership, as a summary of
faith in an outline form, as a test for what is orthodox and what
isn't, and as a syllabus for Christian instruction.
Commentary on the Nicene Creed by Archbishop Zareh, published by the
Eastern Prelacy, will be used as the text for the adult Christian
education course.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IN ARMENIA AND NEW JULFA
Vazken Ghougassian, Executive Director of the Prelacy, traveled to
Armenia this week where he is conferring with the Prelacy sponsored
`The Saint Nerses the Great Charitable Fund' about the various
charitable projects in Armenia and Artsakh.
Before returning to the United States, Dr. Ghougassian will travel to
New Julfa, Iran, where he will participate in a series of events from
October 18 to 22 celebrating the 350th anniversary of the Cathedral of
All Savior's Monastery organized by the Diocese of New Julfa, under
the auspices of His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of
Cilicia. Dr. Ghougassian is one of twelve scholars invited to
participate in a conference on October 21. He will present a paper
entitled `The Social, Administrative and Ecclesiastical Structure of
the New Julfa Armenian Community in
the 17th Century.'
MUSICAL ARMENIA APPLICATIONS
The Musical Armenia committee is accepting applications from young
Armenian musicians who would like to be featured in a concert at
Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall in New York City. Those interested
in applying should visit the Prelacy's web site
(www.armenianprelacy.org) or click here
(https://t.e2ma.net/click/kkugf/4f4cee/0k5dmb).
The Prelacy inaugurated the Musical Armenia series in 1982 in order to
promote the careers of talented young Armenian musicians from all over
the world. Since then, the annual concerts have remained faithful to
the objectives of the series. The 2015 concert will take place on
Friday, March 20. Applications should be sent no later than October
30, 2014.
BIBLE READINGS
Bible readings for Sunday, October 12, Fifth Sunday of the Exaltation
are,
Isaiah 19:1-11; Galatians 2:1-10; Mark 12:35-44.
While Jesus was teaching in the temple, he said, `How can the scribes
say that the Messiah is the son of David? David himself, by the Holy
Spirit, declared, `The Lord said to my Lord, `Sit at my right
hand, until I put your enemies under your feet.' '
David himself calls him Lord; so how can he be his son?' And the large
crowd was listening to him with delight.
As he taught, he said, `Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around
in long robes, and to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces, and
to have the best seats in the synagogues and places of honor at
banquets! They devour widows' houses and for the sake of appearance
say long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.'
He sat down opposite the treasury, and watched the crowd putting money
into the treasury. Many rich people put in large sums. A poor widow
came and put in two small copper coins, which are worth a penny. Then
he called his disciples and said to them, `Truly I tell you, this poor
widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the
treasury. For all of them have contributed out of their abundance; but
she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to
live on.'
(Mark 12:35-44)
For a listing of the coming week's Bible readings click here
(https://t.e2ma.net/click/kkugf/4f4cee/gd6dmb).
FEAST OF THE
HOLY TRANSLATORS
This Saturday, October 11, the Armenian Church commemorates the Feast
of the Holy Translators, one of the most beloved feasts. There are, in
fact, two such commemorations in our liturgical calendar. One is on
the Thursday following the fourth Sunday after Pentecost, which can
occur in June or July;
the other is on the second Saturday of October.
The October commemoration focuses on the creation of the Armenian
alphabet (406) and on the accomplishments of the Holy
Translators. Mesrob Mashdots, the founder of the alphabet, and
Catholicos Sahag, together with some of their students, translated the
Bible. Schools were opened and the works of world-renowned scholars
were translated. Their work gave the Armenian Church a distinct
national identity.
In modern times the entire month of October has been designated as a
=80=9CMonth of Culture.' Armenians throughout the Diaspora and Armenia
mark this with cultural events not only in remembrance of the past,
but in celebration of modern-day scholars, theologians, writers, and
translators.
Specifically remembered this Saturday along with Mesrob and Sahag,
are: Yeghishe, a renowned student of Sahag and Mesrob, who served as
secretary to Vartan Mamigonian and who wrote the great history of the
Vartanantz wars; Movses of Khoren, another student of Sahag and
Mesrob, who is revered as the father of Armenian history; David the
Invincible, a student of Movses, received most of his education in
Athens, where he was given the title =80=9CInvincible' because of his
brilliance in philosophy; Gregory of Narek, who is considered the
greatest poet of the Armenian nation and its first and greatest
mystic; and Nerses Shnorhali, a great writer, musician, theologian,
and ecumenist.
The holy translators, like stewards, were interpreters of the divine
Scriptures by inventing letters by means of which are preserved on
earth as living words for the shepherd flock of the New Israel, praise
God with a sweet sounding hymn. They looked on the greatness of
earthly glory as on darkness
and having put their hope in the immortal bridegroom they were made
worthy
of the kingdom of heaven; praise God with a sweet-sounding song. By
the power of the Father's wisdom the uncreated existing One by means
of their translation they made firm the throne of Saint Gregory,
praise God with a sweet-sounding song. Saint Sahag having dressed in
the new word, the holy scriptures, adorned the Armenian churches,
praise God with a sweet-sounding song.
(Canon to the Holy Translators, from the Liturgical Canons of the
Armenian
Church)
`After translating the book of Proverbs, Mesrop and his students began
the translation of the New Testament. Translating the bible into any
language is an enormous amount of work. It is especially daunting
given the absence of any Armenian literature prior to the
Bible. Contrast this with the translation of the Bible into
English. The most famous English translation is the King James
Version, completed in 1611. The earliest English Bible
was produced by John Wycliffe in 1382. But even before Wycliffe, there
was a tradition of writing in English from which Wycliffe and
subsequent
translators could draw familiar expressions and phrases. The Armenian
Bible, however, is the first work of Armenian literature. In
translating the Bible, Sahak and Mesrop and their disciples did more
than just a translation.
They in essence created a new written language that would be a source
and inspiration for all of the Armenian literature that would follow.'
(Light from Light: An Introduction to the History and Theology of the
Armenian Church, by Michael B. Papazian)
THIS WEEK IN ARMENIAN HISTORY
(Prepared by the Armenian National Education Committee[ANEC])
Completion of the first printing of the Armenian Bible
(October 13, 1668)
After more than two and half years of work, the printing of the first
edition of the Armenian Bible was finished in Amsterdam (Netherlands)
in 1668. The tenacious efforts of Voskan Yerevantsi, a bishop of the
Armenian Church, had finally achieved an elusive target that had been
pursued for several decades.
Voskan (1614-1674) was the son of parents from Yerevan, who had been
part of the deportation of Armenians from Eastern Armenia to Persia
ordered by Shah Abbas I in 1604 and settled in New Julfa (Nor Jugha),
the Armenian suburb of Ispahan founded by the Persian ruler. He
studied at the monastery of All Saviors and, against the wishes of his
parents, he was consecrated a celibate priest. After a few years of
further study in Holy Etchmiadzin and Yerevan, he returned to New
Julfa. Invited to Etchmiadzin by Catholicos Pilipos I Aghbaketsi in
1634, he was appointed abbot of the monastery of St. Sargis in Ushi,
where he took classes in Latin, philosophy, geometry, and astronomy
from the learned Dominican monk Paulo Piromalli, a Catholic missionary
in Armenia, and taught Armenian to him.
In 1655 Catholicos Hakob IV Jughayetsi (1655-1680) sent his secretary,
Movses Tzaretsi, to Europe with the aim of establishing a print
shop. He did not find support in Italy and went to Amsterdam, where
conditions were more favorable for printing, as the Netherlands were
outside the sphere of influence of the Catholic Church. He was able to
establish a print shop, but his
attempt at printing the Armenian Bible ended in failure. Before his
death in 1661, he asked his friend, the merchant Avetis from Jugha, to
take over the print shop and continue his work. Avetis, at his turn,
asked his brother, Voskan Yerevantsi, to come to Amsterdam. The latter
had already been consecrated as bishop and was commissioned by the
Catholicos to continue the task.
The first page of the Gospel of Matthew from the first printed
Armenian Bible of 1668.
Bishop Voskan arrived in the Dutch port in 1664 and took over the
direction of the `Holy Etchmiadzin and St. Sargis' print shop. Between
1664 and 1669, he printed 14 Armenian books, including the first
printed book by a living Armenian historian, the Book of Histories by
Arakel of Tabriz (1669). He and his disciples Karapet Andrianatsi and
Ohan Yerevantsi started the printing of the Armenian Bible on March
11, 1666, which would result in a beautifully illustrated edition of
21 x 26 cm. (8.27 x 10.23 inches) and 1464 pages. This achievement
would become enough to give Voskan Yerevantsi a place of honor in the
history of Armenian printing, following the first printer of Armenian
books, Hakob Meghapart.
Voskan moved his print shop to Livorno, Italy, in 1669, and three
years later to Marseilles, France. He would print eight more books,
including the first mathematical textbook, which was also the first
printing in Modern Armenian, entitled Art of Calculus (Ô±Ö=80Õ°Õ¥Õ½Õ¿
Õ°Õ¡Õ´Õ¡Ö=80Õ¸Õ²Õ¸Ö=82Õ©Õ¥Õ¡ Õ¶, 1675). He died on February 4, 1674,
before the printing of the textbook was
complete. His print shop remained active until 1686 and a total of 40
books were printed.
The original text of the Armenian Bible has had ten editions since
1666 (the last one was printed in Vienna by the Mekhitarist fathers in
1929). Very
Rev. Hovhannes Zohrabian's edition, printed in Venice in 1805, is
regarded as the most valuable by Biblical scholars.
Previous entries in `This Week in Armenian History' can be
read on the Prelacy's web site (www.armenianprelacy.org).
ARMENIAN LANGUAGE CORNER
(Prepared by the Armenian National Education Committee[ANEC])
Don't Rub This on Anyone's Face
If you still use a pencil to write, then you probably have an eraser
around to rub out pencil marks. Because of such use, the elastic
substance that came from tropical plants has been called rubber since
the end of the eighteenth century.
Something similar happened in Armenian: the elastic substance was
called redeen (Õ¼Õ¥Õ¿Õ«Õ¶) and your eraser bears the same name
redeen. Unlike English, however, the word had no relation with the
function
of the eraser, but was created from a different source. It was the
name of
a substance that flowed from trees as a balsam or a medicine. Armenian
medical books from the Middle Ages advised: `Redeen, which is a
balsam.'
The word redeen probably entered the Armenian language through the
translation of the Bible in the fifth century, and its source was the
Greek word rhetine `pine resin.' Several other languages borrowed this
word: Latin resina, Arabic ratinag, Farsi ratiyan.
Of course, the Latin word sounds familiar. It is the indirect source,
through Old French, for the current English word resin.
But where does the Greek word, the common ancestor for Armenian redeen
and
English resin, come from? That is one of the many mysteries that
students of the language have not been able to solve so far.
Previous entries in `The Armenian Language Corner' can be read on the
Prelacy's web site (www.armenianprelacy.org).
SYRIAN ARMENIAN COMMUNITY NEEDS OUR HELP MORE THAN EVER
The crises in Syria, including the recent upheaval in Kessab, require
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
ONLINE. TO DONATE NOW CLICK HERE
(https://t.e2ma.net/click/kkugf/4f4cee/w56dmb) AND
SELECT SYRIAN ARMENIAN RELIEF IN THE MENU. OR IF YOU PREFER YOU MAY
MAIL YOUR DONATION TO:
Armenian Prelacy
138 E. 39th Street
New York, NY 10016
Checks payable to: Fund for Syrian Armenian Relief
Thank you for your help
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
October 11-Armenian Friends of America presents Kef 5, 7:30-12:30,
Michael's Function Hall, 12 Alpha Street, Haverhill,
Massachusetts. Tickets $50; students 21 and under, $40. Proceeds will
benefit Armenian churches of Merrimack Valley. Individually served
mezza platters and pastries; musicians, Mal Barsamian (clarinet), John
Berberian (oud), Bob Raphaelian (violin), Bruce Jigarjian (guitar),
Jason Naroian (dumbeg & vocals). Advance ticket sales only. John
Arzigian, 603-560-3826; Lucy Sirmaian, 978-683-9121; Peter Gulezian,
978-375-1616, Sandy Boroyan, 978-251-8687.
October 12-15-Prelacy Clergy Gathering for Reflection and Renewal at
St. Mary of Providence Retreat Center, Elverson, Pennsylvania.
October 18-Annual Armenian Bazaar, St. Gregory Church, 135 Goodwin
Street, Indian Orchard, Massachusetts, 10 am to 7 pm. Favorite
Armenian dinners including shish, losh, and chicken kebab and rice
pilaf; stuffed grape leaves, cheese and spinach pie, pickled
vegetables; traditional Armenian and American baked goods;
raffle. Take-out available. For information: (413) 543-4763.
October 19-St. Stephen's Church, New Britain, Connecticut, His
Eminence Archbishop Oshagan will ordain Ara Stepanian as Deacon during
the Divine Liturgy and preside over the parish's 89th Annual Banquet.
October 25-St. Gregory Church of Merrimack Valley, Annual Fall Fair,
10 am to 7 pm, at Jaffarian Hall, 158 Main Street, North Andover,
Massachusetts. Shish, losh, and chicken kebab dinners, lentil and
kheyma, vegetarian dinners, pastries, gifts, raffles. For information:
978-685-5038.
October 26-Celebration of 80th anniversary of Armenian Weekly and
115th anniversary of Hairenik, at home of Carmen and Avo Barmakian, 58
Matthew Lane, Waltham, Massachusetts. Keynote speaker, Professor
Richard G. Hovannisian, professor of Armenian and Near Eastern History
at UCLA. Reservations by October 18, Heather Krafian, 617-932-1965.
November 2-All Saints Church, Glenview, Illinois, 71st Anniversary
under auspices of Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan, following the Divine
Liturgy, at Shahnasarian Hall, 1701 N. Greenwood, Glenview, Illinois.
November 6-Avak Luncheon, sponsored by St. Gregory Church, 158 Main
Street, North Andover, Massachusetts, at noon. Speaker: Sonya
Vartabedian, `Diary of a Community Editor,' reflections from Sunday
School student here to award-winning journalist and editor of The
Andover Townsman and Andover Magazine.
November 7-8-9-Rouben Mamoulian Film Festival, 7 pm, at the Museum
of the Moving Image in Astoria, New York. Sponsored by the
Anthropology Museum of the People of New York, the Armenian Cultural
Educational Resource Center Gallery at Queens College, and The Museum
of the Moving Image. Opening night and reception will feature Love Me
Tonight, the 1932 musical comedy film produced and directed by
Mamoulian, with music by Rodgers and Hart, starring Jeanette MacDonald
and Maurice Chevalier. For tickets and information:
[email protected] or 718-428-5650.
November 7 & 8-St. Stephen's Church, Watertown, Massachusetts, 58th
Armenian Bazaar, 10 am to 9:30 pm at Armenian Cultural & Educational
Center, 47 Nichols Avenue, Watertown, Massachusetts. Meals served from
11:30 am to 8:30 pm (take out is available). Enjoy delicious meals,
Armenian pastries, gourmet items, arts and crafts, books, raffles,
attic treasures. For information: 617-924-7562.
November 15 &16-Sts. Vartanantz Church, Providence, Rhode Island,
Armenian Fest 2014 at Rhodes-on-the-Pawtuxet, Broad Street, Cranston,
Rhode
Island. Largest indoor festival in Rhode Island. Delicious shish and
losh kebob, chicken and kufta dinners and Armenian pastry available
all day. Live dance music. The Mourad Armenian School and Providence
Hamazkayin dance groups will perform on Saturday and Sunday at 5
pm. Hourly raffles, silent auction, country store, gift baskets,
flea-market, arts and crafts. Main raffle prizes worth total $2,700.
Fun for all ages. Free admission, parking and valet. For information:
401-831-6399 or www.stsvartanantzchurch.org.
November 21, 22, 23-Sts. Vartanantz Church, Ridgefield, New Jersey,
Annual Bazaar, Food Festival, and Hantes. Mezze and Kebab dinners
(chicken, shish, luleh); dessert table and trays of home-made
delicacies; Boutique
Booths; Chinese Auction; Supervised Game Room for children;
Pre-packaged Monte, Sou Buereg, Kufteh, and Lehmejun; Take-out
available; Live Music for dancing and listening. Traditional Kavourma
dinner on Sunday served immediately after church service. For
information: 201-943-2950.
December 6-Armenian Winter Dessert Festival, Soorp Khatch Church,
Bethesda, Maryland.
December 6-St. Asdvadzadzin Church, Whitinsville, Massachusetts,
Annual Bazaar at Christian Reform Church, Whitinsville, 10 am to 5 pm.
December 7-Ladies Guild of St. Stephen's Church of New Britain and
Hartford, Connecticut, will host a Wine Tasting Party at noon in the
church hall, 167 Tremont Street, New Britain. A wine talk and tasting
will be provided by Taylor Brooke Winery, Woodstock, Connecticut,
owned by Linda Varjabedian Auger.
December 7-8th Annual ANC Eastern Region Banquet, Ritz-Carlton Battery
Park, NY. Freedom Award Honoree: former Manhattan District Attorney
Robert Morgenthau and the Morgenthau family; Vahan Cardashian Award
Honoree: ANCA activist Alice Movsesian. Tickets are $250. For
reservations and information, please visit www.anca.org/erbanquet or
917.428.1918.
December 12-Children of Armenia Fund (COAF) 11th Annual Holiday Gala,
Cipriani 42nd Street, New York City. Cocktails and Silent Auction, 7
pm; Dinner & Program, 8 pm; Dancing & After Party, 10 pm. For tickets
and information www.coafkids.org or 212-994-8234.
February 9-11, 2015-Ghevontiantz gathering of clergy serving the
Eastern Prelacy.
March 13-15, 2015-`Responsibility 2015,' International conference for
Armenian Genocide's centennial at Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York,
featuring prominent historians, policymakers, authors, and
artists. Organized by the ARF Eastern US Centennial Committee, under
the auspices of the Armenian Genocide Centennial Committee of America,
Eastern Region. www.responsibility2015.com for information.
October 5-9, 2015-Clergy gathering of Eastern, Western, and Canadian
Prelacies.
Web pages of the parishes can be accessed through the Prelacy's web
site.
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Parishes of the Eastern Prelacy are invited to send information about
their major events to be included in the calendar. Send to:
[email protected]
Eastern Prelacy of the Armenian Apost. Church of America and Canada
H.E. Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan
Prelate, Easter Prelacy and Canada
138 East 39th Street
New York, NY 10016
Tel: 212-689-7810
Fax: 212-689-7168
Web: http://www.armenianprelacy.org/
October 9, 2014
PROVIDENCE COMMUNITY IS WITNESS TO UPLIFTING
ORDINATION OF TWO NEW PRIESTS; PRELATE GIVES THEM
NEW NAMES OF THE ARCHANGELS, MICHAEL AND GABRIEL
The Providence community witnessed the centuries-old inspiring
ceremony of ordination to the holy order of priesthood at
Sts. Vartanantz Church in Providence, Rhode Island, last Friday and
Saturday, October 3 and 4. The two-day ritual was celebrated under the
auspices of His Eminence Archbishop Oshagan, who officiated over the
Service of Calling on Friday and the Divine Liturgy and Ordination on
Saturday. The participation of ten clergymen serving the Eastern
Prelacy, as well as a number of guest clergy made the service even
more moving and poignant.
Deacon Harold Nazarian of Sts. Vartanantz Church in Providence, was
renamed Gabriel and Deacon Diran Der Khosrofian of St. Asdvadzadzin
Church in Whitinsville, was renamed Michael by the Prelate, who
directed his words to the newly anointed priests telling them they
became new men. `You bowed down as human beings and stood up as Men of
God.' With rich biblical references His Eminence told Rev. Fr. Michael
and Rev. Fr. Gabriel to be good role models for their followers with
their service, love, faith and
conduct.
Der Michael and Der Gabriel are now observing their 40-day retreat
under the fatherly supervision of Archpriest Fr. Gomidas Baghsarian,
pastor of Providence's Sts. Vartanantz Church. They will spend this
time praying, meditating, and studying. They will celebrate their
first Divine Liturgy on Sunday, November 9-Rev. Fr. Michael at
St. Asdvadzadzin Church in Whitinsville and Rev. Fr. Gabriel at
Sts. Vartanantz Church in Providence. Thereafter, Der Michael will
begin his service as pastor of Sourp Asdvadzadzin Church and Der
Garbriel will serve as assistant pastor at Sts. Vartanantz Church,
Providence.
A detailed press release about the ordination and more photos will be
on the Prelacy's web page tomorrow.
To see an article from the Providence Journal click here
(https://t.e2ma.net/click/kkugf/4f4cee/ks4dmb).
Archbishop Oshagan places his hands upon the heads of each candidate
asking all to pray for the candidates.
Dn. Diran Der Khosrofian and Dn. Harold Nazarian were remained Michael
and Gabriel, respectively, to begin their new life of service.
The clergy gather around the candidates.
Rev. Fr. Gabriel is anointed with Holy Muron by the Prelate, as the
anointed Rev. Fr. Michael stands at extreme right.
PRELATE WILL VISIT ST. SARKIS CHURCH IN DEARBORN
Archbishop Oshagan will celebrate the Divine Liturgy and deliver the
sermon at St. Sarkis Church in Dearborn, Michigan, this Sunday,
October 12. During the Liturgy His Eminence will ordain Jeffery
Naraian, Khatchig Kafafian, and Thomas Guerjikian as deacons and
Yervant Bedigian as a sub-deacon.
Following the Liturgy, His Eminence will preside over the banquet
celebrating the 52nd anniversary of the parish.
PRELACY CLERGY WILL GATHER FOR RETREAT
Archbishop Oshagan will preside over the gathering of the clergy
serving the Eastern Prelacy at a retreat of renewal, reflection, and
meditation, as well as discussions on specific topics of interest. The
clergy will gather at St. Mary of Providence Center in Elverson,
Pennsylvania, this Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday (October 13, 14,
15).
Topics to be explored during the conference will include a final
review of Holy Week services that have been a focus of attention
during past gatherings, and the directives of the National
Representative Assembly, the 100th anniversary of the Armenian
genocide, the forthcoming pontifical visit of His Holiness Aram I, and
the `In Defense of Christians' summit that took place in Washington
last month.
VICAR WILL TRAVEL TO WASHINGTON
Bishop Anoushavan will preside over the Divine Liturgy at Soorp Khatch
Church in Bethesda, Maryland this Sunday, October 12. The Liturgy will
be celebrated by Rev. Fr. Sarkis Aktavoukian, pastor; Bishop
Anoushavan will deliver the sermon. Following the Liturgy the Vicar
will present a reflection on the `Holy Translators of the Fifth
Century and Armenian Culture Today.'
PRELATE AND VICAR IN NEW JERSEY
Archbishop Oshagan presided over the Divine Liturgy last Sunday at
Sts. Vartanantz Church in Ridgefield, New Jersey. The Liturgy was
celebrated by the parish priest, Rev. Fr. Hovnan Bozoian and Bishop
Anoushavan delivered the sermon. Following the Liturgy, Bishop
Anoushavan presented the prayers of St. Ephraim the Syrian in a
program that also included students of the Nareg Saturday School who
offered selections about Mesrob Mashdots and the Holy Translators.
Archbishop Oshagan and Bishop Anoushavan with the students and
teachers and administrators.
SUNDAY SCHOOL DEDICATION SERVICE
In an uplifting Dedication Service following the Divine Liturgy on
Sunday, October 5, the Sunday School teachers of St. Gregory Church,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, committed themselves to God, before their
students and the congregation to teach the message of the Gospel and
the love of Christ according to the doctrine and creed of the Armenian
Church. After reciting prayers, reading the Creed of Faith, hearing
the Good News from the Book of Romans as it relates to teaching about
Jesus and salvation, the teachers received blessings from Archpriest
Fr. Nerses Manoogian, pastor. Der Hayr then presented each teacher
with a beautifully engraved cross, saying `as the Cross is the symbol
of the highest sacrifice made by our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ,
may God accept your sacrifice and dedication as you continue with your
teaching this year.'
Archpriest Fr. Nerses Manoogian with the Sunday School staff at
St. Gregory Church, Philadelphia.
DN. SHANT SPEAKS AT NORTH ANDOVER
The Saint Gregory Church of Merrimack Valley, North Andover,
Massachusetts, will soon begin a six-part adult Christian education
course on the Nicene Creed, led by Rev. Fr. Stephan Baljian,
pastor. On that occasion, Dn. Shant Kazanjian, Director of AREC, was
invited, this past Sunday, to speak briefly on the origin of creeds in
general and the Nicene Creed in particular, highlighting the various
purposes it has served in the life of the Church. As in the past, the
Nicene Creed today functions as a badge of membership, as a summary of
faith in an outline form, as a test for what is orthodox and what
isn't, and as a syllabus for Christian instruction.
Commentary on the Nicene Creed by Archbishop Zareh, published by the
Eastern Prelacy, will be used as the text for the adult Christian
education course.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IN ARMENIA AND NEW JULFA
Vazken Ghougassian, Executive Director of the Prelacy, traveled to
Armenia this week where he is conferring with the Prelacy sponsored
`The Saint Nerses the Great Charitable Fund' about the various
charitable projects in Armenia and Artsakh.
Before returning to the United States, Dr. Ghougassian will travel to
New Julfa, Iran, where he will participate in a series of events from
October 18 to 22 celebrating the 350th anniversary of the Cathedral of
All Savior's Monastery organized by the Diocese of New Julfa, under
the auspices of His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of
Cilicia. Dr. Ghougassian is one of twelve scholars invited to
participate in a conference on October 21. He will present a paper
entitled `The Social, Administrative and Ecclesiastical Structure of
the New Julfa Armenian Community in
the 17th Century.'
MUSICAL ARMENIA APPLICATIONS
The Musical Armenia committee is accepting applications from young
Armenian musicians who would like to be featured in a concert at
Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall in New York City. Those interested
in applying should visit the Prelacy's web site
(www.armenianprelacy.org) or click here
(https://t.e2ma.net/click/kkugf/4f4cee/0k5dmb).
The Prelacy inaugurated the Musical Armenia series in 1982 in order to
promote the careers of talented young Armenian musicians from all over
the world. Since then, the annual concerts have remained faithful to
the objectives of the series. The 2015 concert will take place on
Friday, March 20. Applications should be sent no later than October
30, 2014.
BIBLE READINGS
Bible readings for Sunday, October 12, Fifth Sunday of the Exaltation
are,
Isaiah 19:1-11; Galatians 2:1-10; Mark 12:35-44.
While Jesus was teaching in the temple, he said, `How can the scribes
say that the Messiah is the son of David? David himself, by the Holy
Spirit, declared, `The Lord said to my Lord, `Sit at my right
hand, until I put your enemies under your feet.' '
David himself calls him Lord; so how can he be his son?' And the large
crowd was listening to him with delight.
As he taught, he said, `Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around
in long robes, and to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces, and
to have the best seats in the synagogues and places of honor at
banquets! They devour widows' houses and for the sake of appearance
say long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.'
He sat down opposite the treasury, and watched the crowd putting money
into the treasury. Many rich people put in large sums. A poor widow
came and put in two small copper coins, which are worth a penny. Then
he called his disciples and said to them, `Truly I tell you, this poor
widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the
treasury. For all of them have contributed out of their abundance; but
she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to
live on.'
(Mark 12:35-44)
For a listing of the coming week's Bible readings click here
(https://t.e2ma.net/click/kkugf/4f4cee/gd6dmb).
FEAST OF THE
HOLY TRANSLATORS
This Saturday, October 11, the Armenian Church commemorates the Feast
of the Holy Translators, one of the most beloved feasts. There are, in
fact, two such commemorations in our liturgical calendar. One is on
the Thursday following the fourth Sunday after Pentecost, which can
occur in June or July;
the other is on the second Saturday of October.
The October commemoration focuses on the creation of the Armenian
alphabet (406) and on the accomplishments of the Holy
Translators. Mesrob Mashdots, the founder of the alphabet, and
Catholicos Sahag, together with some of their students, translated the
Bible. Schools were opened and the works of world-renowned scholars
were translated. Their work gave the Armenian Church a distinct
national identity.
In modern times the entire month of October has been designated as a
=80=9CMonth of Culture.' Armenians throughout the Diaspora and Armenia
mark this with cultural events not only in remembrance of the past,
but in celebration of modern-day scholars, theologians, writers, and
translators.
Specifically remembered this Saturday along with Mesrob and Sahag,
are: Yeghishe, a renowned student of Sahag and Mesrob, who served as
secretary to Vartan Mamigonian and who wrote the great history of the
Vartanantz wars; Movses of Khoren, another student of Sahag and
Mesrob, who is revered as the father of Armenian history; David the
Invincible, a student of Movses, received most of his education in
Athens, where he was given the title =80=9CInvincible' because of his
brilliance in philosophy; Gregory of Narek, who is considered the
greatest poet of the Armenian nation and its first and greatest
mystic; and Nerses Shnorhali, a great writer, musician, theologian,
and ecumenist.
The holy translators, like stewards, were interpreters of the divine
Scriptures by inventing letters by means of which are preserved on
earth as living words for the shepherd flock of the New Israel, praise
God with a sweet sounding hymn. They looked on the greatness of
earthly glory as on darkness
and having put their hope in the immortal bridegroom they were made
worthy
of the kingdom of heaven; praise God with a sweet-sounding song. By
the power of the Father's wisdom the uncreated existing One by means
of their translation they made firm the throne of Saint Gregory,
praise God with a sweet-sounding song. Saint Sahag having dressed in
the new word, the holy scriptures, adorned the Armenian churches,
praise God with a sweet-sounding song.
(Canon to the Holy Translators, from the Liturgical Canons of the
Armenian
Church)
`After translating the book of Proverbs, Mesrop and his students began
the translation of the New Testament. Translating the bible into any
language is an enormous amount of work. It is especially daunting
given the absence of any Armenian literature prior to the
Bible. Contrast this with the translation of the Bible into
English. The most famous English translation is the King James
Version, completed in 1611. The earliest English Bible
was produced by John Wycliffe in 1382. But even before Wycliffe, there
was a tradition of writing in English from which Wycliffe and
subsequent
translators could draw familiar expressions and phrases. The Armenian
Bible, however, is the first work of Armenian literature. In
translating the Bible, Sahak and Mesrop and their disciples did more
than just a translation.
They in essence created a new written language that would be a source
and inspiration for all of the Armenian literature that would follow.'
(Light from Light: An Introduction to the History and Theology of the
Armenian Church, by Michael B. Papazian)
THIS WEEK IN ARMENIAN HISTORY
(Prepared by the Armenian National Education Committee[ANEC])
Completion of the first printing of the Armenian Bible
(October 13, 1668)
After more than two and half years of work, the printing of the first
edition of the Armenian Bible was finished in Amsterdam (Netherlands)
in 1668. The tenacious efforts of Voskan Yerevantsi, a bishop of the
Armenian Church, had finally achieved an elusive target that had been
pursued for several decades.
Voskan (1614-1674) was the son of parents from Yerevan, who had been
part of the deportation of Armenians from Eastern Armenia to Persia
ordered by Shah Abbas I in 1604 and settled in New Julfa (Nor Jugha),
the Armenian suburb of Ispahan founded by the Persian ruler. He
studied at the monastery of All Saviors and, against the wishes of his
parents, he was consecrated a celibate priest. After a few years of
further study in Holy Etchmiadzin and Yerevan, he returned to New
Julfa. Invited to Etchmiadzin by Catholicos Pilipos I Aghbaketsi in
1634, he was appointed abbot of the monastery of St. Sargis in Ushi,
where he took classes in Latin, philosophy, geometry, and astronomy
from the learned Dominican monk Paulo Piromalli, a Catholic missionary
in Armenia, and taught Armenian to him.
In 1655 Catholicos Hakob IV Jughayetsi (1655-1680) sent his secretary,
Movses Tzaretsi, to Europe with the aim of establishing a print
shop. He did not find support in Italy and went to Amsterdam, where
conditions were more favorable for printing, as the Netherlands were
outside the sphere of influence of the Catholic Church. He was able to
establish a print shop, but his
attempt at printing the Armenian Bible ended in failure. Before his
death in 1661, he asked his friend, the merchant Avetis from Jugha, to
take over the print shop and continue his work. Avetis, at his turn,
asked his brother, Voskan Yerevantsi, to come to Amsterdam. The latter
had already been consecrated as bishop and was commissioned by the
Catholicos to continue the task.
The first page of the Gospel of Matthew from the first printed
Armenian Bible of 1668.
Bishop Voskan arrived in the Dutch port in 1664 and took over the
direction of the `Holy Etchmiadzin and St. Sargis' print shop. Between
1664 and 1669, he printed 14 Armenian books, including the first
printed book by a living Armenian historian, the Book of Histories by
Arakel of Tabriz (1669). He and his disciples Karapet Andrianatsi and
Ohan Yerevantsi started the printing of the Armenian Bible on March
11, 1666, which would result in a beautifully illustrated edition of
21 x 26 cm. (8.27 x 10.23 inches) and 1464 pages. This achievement
would become enough to give Voskan Yerevantsi a place of honor in the
history of Armenian printing, following the first printer of Armenian
books, Hakob Meghapart.
Voskan moved his print shop to Livorno, Italy, in 1669, and three
years later to Marseilles, France. He would print eight more books,
including the first mathematical textbook, which was also the first
printing in Modern Armenian, entitled Art of Calculus (Ô±Ö=80Õ°Õ¥Õ½Õ¿
Õ°Õ¡Õ´Õ¡Ö=80Õ¸Õ²Õ¸Ö=82Õ©Õ¥Õ¡ Õ¶, 1675). He died on February 4, 1674,
before the printing of the textbook was
complete. His print shop remained active until 1686 and a total of 40
books were printed.
The original text of the Armenian Bible has had ten editions since
1666 (the last one was printed in Vienna by the Mekhitarist fathers in
1929). Very
Rev. Hovhannes Zohrabian's edition, printed in Venice in 1805, is
regarded as the most valuable by Biblical scholars.
Previous entries in `This Week in Armenian History' can be
read on the Prelacy's web site (www.armenianprelacy.org).
ARMENIAN LANGUAGE CORNER
(Prepared by the Armenian National Education Committee[ANEC])
Don't Rub This on Anyone's Face
If you still use a pencil to write, then you probably have an eraser
around to rub out pencil marks. Because of such use, the elastic
substance that came from tropical plants has been called rubber since
the end of the eighteenth century.
Something similar happened in Armenian: the elastic substance was
called redeen (Õ¼Õ¥Õ¿Õ«Õ¶) and your eraser bears the same name
redeen. Unlike English, however, the word had no relation with the
function
of the eraser, but was created from a different source. It was the
name of
a substance that flowed from trees as a balsam or a medicine. Armenian
medical books from the Middle Ages advised: `Redeen, which is a
balsam.'
The word redeen probably entered the Armenian language through the
translation of the Bible in the fifth century, and its source was the
Greek word rhetine `pine resin.' Several other languages borrowed this
word: Latin resina, Arabic ratinag, Farsi ratiyan.
Of course, the Latin word sounds familiar. It is the indirect source,
through Old French, for the current English word resin.
But where does the Greek word, the common ancestor for Armenian redeen
and
English resin, come from? That is one of the many mysteries that
students of the language have not been able to solve so far.
Previous entries in `The Armenian Language Corner' can be read on the
Prelacy's web site (www.armenianprelacy.org).
SYRIAN ARMENIAN COMMUNITY NEEDS OUR HELP MORE THAN EVER
The crises in Syria, including the recent upheaval in Kessab, require
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
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Thank you for your help
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
October 11-Armenian Friends of America presents Kef 5, 7:30-12:30,
Michael's Function Hall, 12 Alpha Street, Haverhill,
Massachusetts. Tickets $50; students 21 and under, $40. Proceeds will
benefit Armenian churches of Merrimack Valley. Individually served
mezza platters and pastries; musicians, Mal Barsamian (clarinet), John
Berberian (oud), Bob Raphaelian (violin), Bruce Jigarjian (guitar),
Jason Naroian (dumbeg & vocals). Advance ticket sales only. John
Arzigian, 603-560-3826; Lucy Sirmaian, 978-683-9121; Peter Gulezian,
978-375-1616, Sandy Boroyan, 978-251-8687.
October 12-15-Prelacy Clergy Gathering for Reflection and Renewal at
St. Mary of Providence Retreat Center, Elverson, Pennsylvania.
October 18-Annual Armenian Bazaar, St. Gregory Church, 135 Goodwin
Street, Indian Orchard, Massachusetts, 10 am to 7 pm. Favorite
Armenian dinners including shish, losh, and chicken kebab and rice
pilaf; stuffed grape leaves, cheese and spinach pie, pickled
vegetables; traditional Armenian and American baked goods;
raffle. Take-out available. For information: (413) 543-4763.
October 19-St. Stephen's Church, New Britain, Connecticut, His
Eminence Archbishop Oshagan will ordain Ara Stepanian as Deacon during
the Divine Liturgy and preside over the parish's 89th Annual Banquet.
October 25-St. Gregory Church of Merrimack Valley, Annual Fall Fair,
10 am to 7 pm, at Jaffarian Hall, 158 Main Street, North Andover,
Massachusetts. Shish, losh, and chicken kebab dinners, lentil and
kheyma, vegetarian dinners, pastries, gifts, raffles. For information:
978-685-5038.
October 26-Celebration of 80th anniversary of Armenian Weekly and
115th anniversary of Hairenik, at home of Carmen and Avo Barmakian, 58
Matthew Lane, Waltham, Massachusetts. Keynote speaker, Professor
Richard G. Hovannisian, professor of Armenian and Near Eastern History
at UCLA. Reservations by October 18, Heather Krafian, 617-932-1965.
November 2-All Saints Church, Glenview, Illinois, 71st Anniversary
under auspices of Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan, following the Divine
Liturgy, at Shahnasarian Hall, 1701 N. Greenwood, Glenview, Illinois.
November 6-Avak Luncheon, sponsored by St. Gregory Church, 158 Main
Street, North Andover, Massachusetts, at noon. Speaker: Sonya
Vartabedian, `Diary of a Community Editor,' reflections from Sunday
School student here to award-winning journalist and editor of The
Andover Townsman and Andover Magazine.
November 7-8-9-Rouben Mamoulian Film Festival, 7 pm, at the Museum
of the Moving Image in Astoria, New York. Sponsored by the
Anthropology Museum of the People of New York, the Armenian Cultural
Educational Resource Center Gallery at Queens College, and The Museum
of the Moving Image. Opening night and reception will feature Love Me
Tonight, the 1932 musical comedy film produced and directed by
Mamoulian, with music by Rodgers and Hart, starring Jeanette MacDonald
and Maurice Chevalier. For tickets and information:
[email protected] or 718-428-5650.
November 7 & 8-St. Stephen's Church, Watertown, Massachusetts, 58th
Armenian Bazaar, 10 am to 9:30 pm at Armenian Cultural & Educational
Center, 47 Nichols Avenue, Watertown, Massachusetts. Meals served from
11:30 am to 8:30 pm (take out is available). Enjoy delicious meals,
Armenian pastries, gourmet items, arts and crafts, books, raffles,
attic treasures. For information: 617-924-7562.
November 15 &16-Sts. Vartanantz Church, Providence, Rhode Island,
Armenian Fest 2014 at Rhodes-on-the-Pawtuxet, Broad Street, Cranston,
Rhode
Island. Largest indoor festival in Rhode Island. Delicious shish and
losh kebob, chicken and kufta dinners and Armenian pastry available
all day. Live dance music. The Mourad Armenian School and Providence
Hamazkayin dance groups will perform on Saturday and Sunday at 5
pm. Hourly raffles, silent auction, country store, gift baskets,
flea-market, arts and crafts. Main raffle prizes worth total $2,700.
Fun for all ages. Free admission, parking and valet. For information:
401-831-6399 or www.stsvartanantzchurch.org.
November 21, 22, 23-Sts. Vartanantz Church, Ridgefield, New Jersey,
Annual Bazaar, Food Festival, and Hantes. Mezze and Kebab dinners
(chicken, shish, luleh); dessert table and trays of home-made
delicacies; Boutique
Booths; Chinese Auction; Supervised Game Room for children;
Pre-packaged Monte, Sou Buereg, Kufteh, and Lehmejun; Take-out
available; Live Music for dancing and listening. Traditional Kavourma
dinner on Sunday served immediately after church service. For
information: 201-943-2950.
December 6-Armenian Winter Dessert Festival, Soorp Khatch Church,
Bethesda, Maryland.
December 6-St. Asdvadzadzin Church, Whitinsville, Massachusetts,
Annual Bazaar at Christian Reform Church, Whitinsville, 10 am to 5 pm.
December 7-Ladies Guild of St. Stephen's Church of New Britain and
Hartford, Connecticut, will host a Wine Tasting Party at noon in the
church hall, 167 Tremont Street, New Britain. A wine talk and tasting
will be provided by Taylor Brooke Winery, Woodstock, Connecticut,
owned by Linda Varjabedian Auger.
December 7-8th Annual ANC Eastern Region Banquet, Ritz-Carlton Battery
Park, NY. Freedom Award Honoree: former Manhattan District Attorney
Robert Morgenthau and the Morgenthau family; Vahan Cardashian Award
Honoree: ANCA activist Alice Movsesian. Tickets are $250. For
reservations and information, please visit www.anca.org/erbanquet or
917.428.1918.
December 12-Children of Armenia Fund (COAF) 11th Annual Holiday Gala,
Cipriani 42nd Street, New York City. Cocktails and Silent Auction, 7
pm; Dinner & Program, 8 pm; Dancing & After Party, 10 pm. For tickets
and information www.coafkids.org or 212-994-8234.
February 9-11, 2015-Ghevontiantz gathering of clergy serving the
Eastern Prelacy.
March 13-15, 2015-`Responsibility 2015,' International conference for
Armenian Genocide's centennial at Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York,
featuring prominent historians, policymakers, authors, and
artists. Organized by the ARF Eastern US Centennial Committee, under
the auspices of the Armenian Genocide Centennial Committee of America,
Eastern Region. www.responsibility2015.com for information.
October 5-9, 2015-Clergy gathering of Eastern, Western, and Canadian
Prelacies.
Web pages of the parishes can be accessed through the Prelacy's web
site.
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