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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: Chris Bonfiglio, Gayane Hamparsoumian, Gayane Manukyan

Today’s Scripture Readings: 2Corinthians 7:4-16. Mark 7:31–37

BAREKENDAN OF THE FAST OF EXALTATION ԲԱՐԵԿԵՆԴԱՆ ԽԱՉՎԵՐԱՑԻ ՊԱՀՔԻՆ

Today there will be no Requiem Service after Badarak.

BIRTH OF ST. MARY FROM ANNA The birth of the Holy Mother of God in not described in the Holy Bible. We learn about from the Holy Tradition of the Church. Parents of the Holy Virgin, Jehoiakim and Anna did not have children for many years. Once, when Anna goes to the garden to pray, suddenly God’s Angel appears to her and tells her that she will have a baby. Anna thanks God for hearing her prayers and promises to present her baby to God. Jehoiakim also has the same vision. He also renders glory to God for de-serving him that grace and offers sacrifice. Anna gives birth to a girl, who is named Mary, which means “Illuminated”. It was she whom God granted the grace to be the Mother of God. As mother she worried, suffered for her Son, but never opposed to God very well understanding the importance of the mission en-trusted to her by God.

Ս. ԿՈՒՅՍ ՄԱՐԻԱՄԻ ԾՆՈՒՆԴՆ ԱՆՆԱՅԻՑ Ս. Աստվածածնի ծնունդը նկարագրված չէ Աստվածաշունչ մատյանում, այն մեզ փոխանցվել է Եկեղեցու Սրբազան ավանդությամբ: Կույսի ծնողները` Հովակիմն ու Աննան երկար ժամանակ երեխա չէին ունենում, քանի որ վերջինս ամուլ էր: Եվ մի օր, երբ Աննան իջնում է պարտեզ աղոթելու, հանկարծ հայտնվում է Տիրոջ հրեշտակը և ավետում, որ զավակ է ունենալու, ում երանի են տալու բոլոր ազգերը: Աննան գոհություն է հայտնում Աստծուն, որ լսեց իր անդադրում աղոթքների ձայնն ու խղճաց իրեն: Նա խոստանում է իր զավակին Աստծուն նվիրել: Նույն այս տեսիլքը երևում է նաև Հովակիմին` հայտնելով բարի լուրը: Ս. Կույսի հայրը նույնպես փառք է տալիս Բարձրյալին այդ մեծ շնորհին արժանանալու համար և իր ընտիր արջառներից ու ոչխարներից մատաղ է անում` բաժանելով աղքատներին: Աննան հղիանում է, ունենում մի աղջիկ, որին անվանում են Մարիամ, այսինքն` լուսավորյալ: Նա էր այն ընտրյալը երկրի վրա, ում Աստված իր առաքինությունների ու արժանիքների շնորհիվ պատվեց լինելու Աստծու մայրը: Նա տառապեց իր Որդու համար, սակայն երբեք չերկնչեց ու չընդդիմացավ Աստծուն` քաջ գիտակցելով Բարձրյալից իրեն վստահված առաքելության կարևորությունը: Նա առաքինի, հավատավոր մոր, ընտանեկան սրբության պահապանի մարմնացումն է: Հայ Եկեղեցին Աստվածամոր ծննդյան տոնը հաստատուն կերպով տոնում է սեպտեմբերի 8-ին:

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE READING The reading is from the Second Letter of Paul to Corinthians (7:4-16) I often boast about you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with consolation; I am overjoyed in all our affliction. For even when we came into Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were afflicted in every way—disputes without and fears within. But God, who consoles the downcast, consoled us by the arrival of Titus, and not only by his coming, but also by the consolation with which he was consoled about you, as he told us of your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced still more. For even if I made you sorry with my letter, I do not regret it (though I did regret it, for I see that I grieved you with that letter, though only briefly). Now I rejoice, not be-cause you were grieved, but because your grief led to repen-tance; for you felt a godly grief, so that you were not harmed in any way by us. For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation and brings no regret, but worldly grief produces death. For see what earnestness this godly grief has produced in you, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what punishment! At every point you have proved yourselves guiltless in the mat-ter. So although I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did the wrong, nor on account of the one who was wronged, but in order that your zeal for us might be made known to you before God. In this we find comfort.

EVE OF THE FAST OF EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS This is the Sunday preceding the week prior to the Exaltation of the life giving Cross of the Lord. Fasting period is from Monday to Fri-day

ԲԱՐԵԿԵՆԴԱՆ ՍՈՒՐԲ ԽԱՉԻ ՊԱՀՈՑ Բարեկենդանը պահքին նախորդող կիրակին է, որը նվիրված է տաղավար տոներից մեկին՝ Խաչվերացին և տևում է երկուշաբթիից մինչև շաբաթ:

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

Adrienne Dodakian, Bernard & Lucy Tepikian, Violet Derebegian

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.

JACOB BURNS FILM CENTER Intent to Destroy

Q&A director Joe Berlinger with JBFC founder Steve Apkon

2017. 115 m. Joe Berlinger. Radical Media. US. English. NR.

“…a smart and affecting portrait of the powerful effects of living in a culture where media can both reflect and create – and even remarka-bly distort – an entire lost history.” (POV Magazine) Academy Award-nominated director Joe Berlinger embeds himself on the epic film set of Terry George’s The Promise (starring Oscar Isaac, Christian Bale, and Charlotte Le Bon), to take an unwavering look at the Armenian Genocide. Historians, scholars, and high-profile film-makers come together in Berlinger’s cinematic exploration of the tan-gled web of responsibility that has driven a century of denial by the Turkish government and its strategic allies. Intent to Destroy is a timely reckoning with the large-scale suppression of a historical trag-edy. Berlinger confronts the fraught task of shedding light on the Ar-menian Genocide, whose witnesses and descendants are still fighting to be officially acknowledged by the international community, by re-vealing how it was carried out during World War I and continued to lay the groundwork for genocides that followed. Intent to Destroy had its World Premiere in April 2017 as a Special Presentation at the TriBeCa Film Festival. Tickets: $10 (members), $15 (nonmembers)

The St. Gregory Women's Guild Annual Picnic Volunteer Work Schedule

The more hands, the more fun...come join us!!

Please sign up at church or call Yn. Dawn 914-632-3024 if you are able to help. Thank you!

September 8 - 16 Beginning at 10am

12th - Wrap Yalanchi 13th - Wrap Yalanchi and/or Simit 14th - Paklava; Khaydaif 15th - Bake Pak./Khay.; Homos 16th - Luleh Kabob; Mezze Platters

Hurricane Harvey, which made landfall in Texas ear-lier this week, has caused catastrophic damage and flooding to Houston and the surrounding communi-ties. Parishioners of St. Kevork Armenian Church in Houston have been severely

affected, and many Armenian families have been displaced by Hurricane Harvey and its aftermath. In a directive sent earlier this week, our Primate, Abp. Khajag Barsamian asked all Diocesan parishes to assist in fundraising efforts to help the families in need. Special collections will be held every Sunday in Sep-tember. Donations may also be made in person at the St. Gregory the Enlightener Church Office. Checks should be made out to the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America, with the memo: St. Kevork Flood Relief. Any donation amount is greatly appreciated and 100% of funds collected will go directly to the St. Kevork Relief Fund. We also encourage all parishioners to lend whatever help they can to the general relief effort to the flood victims. Please keep the St. Kevork pa-rishioners in your prayers—and pray for all the victims of the hurricane and flooding in Texas and the Gulf Coast region. May our Lord answer the prayers of all people who call out to Him in their time of need.

Today

Divine Liturgy. Sunday School: Beginning of the Fall Semester

Classes meet every Sunday, from 10:30 - 12:15 for ages Pre-K through 10th grade.

ACYOA Jr's meeting following Badarak at the

Tutak Hall. All Juniors ages 13 and up are invited to attend.

September 16, Saturday

Armenian School: Beginning of the Fall Semester Classes meet every Saturday.

Nursery and Pre-K classes meet from 9:30 - 12:30. Kindergarten - 7th Grade meet from 9:30 - 1:30.

September 17, Sunday

FAMILY “FALL FAIR” & ARMENIAN PICNIC The details are inside.

October 1, Sunday

Children's Sermon and Sunday School Teachers Dedication Service immediately following Badarak.

Piano Performance by Karine Poghosyan

following coffee hour. Free will donations. ALL proceeds will benefit

Hurricane Harvey relief fund. Details to follow.

October 15, Sunday

“Save the Tomb” presentation following Badarak. 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

November 5, Sunday

St. Gregory Award Banquet following Badarak. Details to follow.