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St. Gregory the Enlightener Armenian Church Rev. Fr. Mesrob Hovsepyan, pastor

1131 North Street, White Plains, NY 10605 / Office: (914) 428-2595 Pastor: (804) 405-9399 Email: Der Mesrob - fr.mesrob@yahoo.com, Office - saintgregorychurchwp@gmail.com

Web: www.stgregorywp.com Office Hours: Monday closed, Tuesday-Friday 9:30-3:00 pm

Welcome to St. Gregory the Enlightener Armenian Church!

“Legacy of Our Martyrs: A Gift to Carry Forward” The Morning Service starts at 9:45 a.m. on Sundays

and is followed by Soorp Badarak (Divine Liturgy) at 10:15 a.m.

Parish Council Members on Duty: Arman Bedonian, Lauren Kayaian, Greg Sahagian

Today’s Scripture Readings: James 5:16-20. Luke 4:25-30

FIRST SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST: REMEMBRANCE OF THE PROPHET ELIJAH

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Today there will be no Requiem Service after Badarak.

FIRST SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST: REMEMBRANCE OF THE PROPHET ELIJAH

Prophet Elijah is one of the major prophets of the Old Testa-ment, distinguished for his loyalty to the Lord, for his zealous struggle against idolatry spread in Israel by the apostate king Ahab and his idolatrous wife, Queen Jezebel. Prophet Elijah lived in the IX century B.C. In the First Book of Kings (17-18) and the Second Book of Kings (1-2) is told about the activity of the Prophet Elijah. Evangelists also mention the name of the Prophet Elijah. In the First Book of Kings it is told that being the true herald of the Word of God Elijah, by the Lord’s will appeared before the apostate king Ahab and warned about the upcoming drought. His prophecy came true and after three years the Prophet again went to the king Ahab. Proving the weakness of the idolatrous, Prophet Elijah prayed God asking to send down fire for the sacrifice and a heavy rain. It is also told that thanks to the divine grace the Prophet Elijah helped the widow in Zarephath making so that her bowl wouldn’t run out of flour and her jar wouldn’t run of oil, also restored the widow’s dead sun to life.

ԵՂԻԱ ՄԱՐԳԱՐԵԻ ՀԻՇԱՏԱԿՈՒԹՅԱՆ ՕՐ Հին Կտակարանի մեծ մարգարեներից է, որ հայտնի է Տիրոջ հանդեպ ունեցած հավատարմությամբ, հավատուրաց Աքաաբ թագավորի ու նրա կռապաշտ Հեզաբել թագուհու կողմից Իսրայելում սերմանված կռապաշտության դեմ նախանձախնդիր պայքարով: Եղիա մարգարեն ապրել և գործել է Քրիստոսից առաջ 9-րդ դարում: Նրա մասին պատմվում է Թագավորաց Գ և Դ գրքերում: Եղիա մարգարեի անունը հիշատակում են ավետարանիչները: Թագավորաց գրքում գրված է, թե ինչպես Եղիան, իբրև Աստծո խոսքի ճշմարիտ բանբեր, Տիրոջ տնօրինությամբ հայտնվում է հավատուրաց Աքաաբի առջև և հայտարարում սպասվող երաշտի մասին: Կատարվում է Եղիայի մարգարեությունը և երեք տարի անց մարգարեն կրկին ներկայանում է Աքաաբին: Ապացուցելով կռապաշտների անզորությունը, Եղիան աղոթքով վառում է իր ողջակեզի կրակը, ապա դիմելով աստծուն, հորդառատ անձրեւ բերում: Եղիա մարգարեին են վերագրում զանազան հրաշարագործություններ, թե ինչպես աստվածային զորությամբ միշտ լի է

պահում այրի կնոջ ալյուրի և յուղի ամանները, հարություն տալիս նրա մահացած որդուն եւ այլն: Հայ Առաքելական Եկեղեցու տոնելի սրբերի շարքում Եղիա մարգարեին առանձնահատուկ տեղ է հատկացված: Ի տարբերություն մյուս սրբերի, որոնց հիշատակությունը տոնում են շաբաթվա սովորական օրերին, Եղիա մարգարեի հիշատակությունը կատարվում է Հոգեգալստին հաջորդող միայն կիրակի օրը:

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READINGS The first reading is from the Letter of James 5:16-20 Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power in its effects. Elijah was a man of like nature with ourselves and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. Then he prayed again and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth its fruit. My brethren, if any one among you wanders from the truth and some one brings him back, let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins. The second reading is from the Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ ac-cording to Luke 4:25-30 I assure you that there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s time, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and there was a severe famine throughout the land. Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath in the re-gion of Sidon. And there were many in Israel with leprosy in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.” All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this. They got up, drove him out of the town, and took him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw him off the cliff. But he walked right through the crowd and went on his way.

BIBLE STUDY Come to explore together the pathways of the New Testament and to increase our faith and spiritual fulfillment through study of the Holy Scriptures led by Der Mesrob Hovsepyan.

The next Bible Study session: June 15, Thursday - 10:00-11:00 AM

Feel free to join our group.

Today, please take a moment to remember in your prayers Arshaluys Kaleli, Gale Perzigian, Girair Poladian, Estella

Garkavi, Adrienne Dodakian

as well as all the sick and recovering members of our community.

May God touch His faithful servants with His healing hand, and grant them good health & recovery.

Please inform Der Hayr if you have friends or family who are suffering

any physical or spiritual distress and are in need of prayer, and he will add them to his prayer list where they will be remembered before “the Holy and

Immortal Lamb of God” during the Eucharist. We all need prayer – both to say for others and to be said for us.

“MER DOON” SUMMER PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN 3 - 8

This program is designed for children ages 3-8 to take place at our school from Monday to Friday, June 26 – 30, 2017. Daily ses-sions begin at 9:00AM and conclude at 12 Noon. Children will learn Armenian songs, dance, key words and simple useful sentences, Armenian prayers and ele-mentary Armenian cultural facts. Experienced teachers

constitute the staff.

Sessions are held in safe environment with the loving care of the teachers. We need to know by April 25 your wish to register your child/ren. The nominal tuition of $100 per child will be charged with registration. Checks should be made to: ST. GREGORY ARMENIAN CHURCH, Memo: “Mer Doon”.

Retirement Ceremony Honoring Commander Valerie Mendelson

On April 22, 2017 official retirement ceremony was held to honor Commander Valerie Men-delson to mark the conclusion ofher career in the United States Navy.

Commander Valerie Mendelson (daughter of Mike & Aida Pisani) is a native of Yonkers, NY, and a graduate of the Pennsylvania State

University with a degree in International Relations. She reported to active duty at Officer Candidate School Newport, RI, in August 1989, where she earned her commission. Commander Mendelson reported for her first sea duty assignment in September 1990 aboard the USS MONONGAHELA (AO-178), homeported in Norfolk, VA.

Commander Mendelson reported for her second sea tour on the USNS JOHN LENTHALL (T-AO 189) as Officer in Charge (OIC) of the military detachment in 1993. Her final active duty assignment was Administrative Officer at Afloat Training Group WESTPAC in Yokosuka, Japan, 1995-1997.

Commander Mendelson’s first reserve assignment was Naval Con-trol of Shipping Organization (NCSO) 104 at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, in 1997. She was recalled to active duty in January 2003 and mobilized to US Naval Forces Central Command in Bahrain for Operation Iraqi Freedom through May 2003.

She was next assigned to Navy War College Support Unit 101, serv-ing as Executive Officer in the final year.

In December 2011, she transferred to Center for Personal and Profes-sional Development Northeast Unit as a facilitator for the Advanced Officer Leadership Course (AOLC) through December 2014. After nearly a year as OIC of the Voluntary Training Unit at NOSC Long Island, she reported for her final assignment in October 2015 at Mili-tary Sealift Command Headquarters Unit.

In her civilian career Commander Mendelson is a Space Management Specialist at the US Department of Labor Office of the Assistant Sec-retary for Administration and Management in New York City. She and her husband Rich reside in Long Island, NY.

ARMENIAN SCHOOL GRADUATES Liana Sarkissian Hamlet Kochian Avo Sarkissian Yeraz Bozuklu Tanya Postian Arto Stepanian

SUNDAY SCHOOL GRADUATES Nicholas Tiratsuyan

Alek Kevorkian Talin Bedonian

We are proud of our graduates and congratulate them on this achievement. We wish them the best in their future endeavors, and pray that they always be filled with the spirit of Christ and led by the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

We also congratulate the parents and families of our graduates, our Armenian School Superintendents Margrit Hamparsoumian & Maria Bedonian, and Sunday School Superintendents Alice Leylegian & Tom Daw, also all the teachers of both schools for their devotion to the youth of our church.

Khorenian Divine Liturgy

2 CD Set The Khorenian Badarak is an en-tirely original Divine Liturgy commissioned by the late Catholi-cos of All Armenians, His Holi-ness Vasken I, and composed by Maestro Khoren Mekanejian in the early 1980s. A masterpiece of

sound and devotion, it has been performed all over the world, but no professional recording had been made until now. The present recording was completed in October 2016, with the par-ticipation of the choir of St. Gregory the Illuminator Cathedral in Yer-evan, Armenia. The two-disc album comes complete with an informa-tional booklet in an attractive plastic case. The price is $30. Please contact Anoush Givelekian at: (203)321-8642 or email: nuy-awka165@gmail.com to purchase. St. Gregory Church Choir will receive 30% of each sale.

SECOND PLATE COLLECTION TO BENEFIT CASP

This Sunday, June 11th the Women's Guild will have a Second Plate Collection at the end of the service.

All donations received will be in support of and contributed to CASP (Children of Armenia Sponsorship Program)

Checks should be made payable to:

WOMEN'S GUILD of St. Gregory the Enlightener (memo: CASP donation)

Thank you for your generous support

If you are not able to be present this Sunday, kindly mail your donation to:

St. Gregory the Enlightener Armenian Church ATTN: WOMEN'S GUILD for CASP

1131 North Street, White Plains, NY 10605

Today

Divine Liturgy. Second plate collection to benefit CASP

Sunday School Graduation

following the service. Diplomas will be presented in church at the conclu-

sion of Divine Liturgy. A short program and reception in honor of the

graduates will follow.

June 26 - 30 MER DOON Summer Camp Ask Fr. Mesrob for details.

July 30, Sunday

St. Gregory Women’s Guild ALL AMERICAN BBQ

The details to follow.

September 17, Sunday

FAMILY “FALL FAIR” & ARMENIAN PICNIC Details to follow.

October 22, Sunday

Presentation by Adrienne G. Alexanian Speaking on her newly-edited book

of her father’s memoirs, “Forced into Genocide: Memoirs of an Armenian Soldier in the Ottoman Turkish Army” - 1:00 PM

June 28, Wednesday

“They Shall Not Perish: The Story of Near East Relief”

Documentary screening at the Jacob Burns Film Center The details are inside.

HELP IS NEEDED In-home Companion for Elderly Couple

Help is needed for an elderly couple with meal preparation, laundry, and errands. Please contact Janice Tepikian (914) 512-1570.