HOLY
WEEK AND EASTER SERVICES
AT ST. ILLUMINATOR’S CATHEDRAL
Rev. Fr. Mesrob Lakissian, pastor
Maundy Thursday, April 5
10:30 am Order of Repentance and Last Supper
11:00 am Divine Liturgy and Communion
6:00 pm Washing of the Feet
8:00 pm Vigil (Khavaroom)
Guest Clergyman, Archpriest Fr. Moushegh Der Kaloustian
Good Friday, April
6
7:00 pm Evening service
7:30 pm The order of Entombment
Great Saturday, April
7
10 – 11 am Holy Communion & breakfast for the children
6:00 pm Easter eve service
6:30 pm Reading of the scriptures
7:00 pm Easter Eve Badarak
Easter Sunday, April
8
His Eminence Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan, Prelate
will celebrate the Divine Liturgy and deliver the Sermon
10:00 am Morning service
10:30 am Divine Liturgy
PRELATE’S
HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE
Archbishop Oshagan is in Washington, DC, where he will officiate over
Maundy Thursday services at Soorp Khatch Church, Bethesda, Maryland.
On Friday he will travel to Philadelphia, where he will officiate over
Good Friday Entombment services at St. Gregory the Illuminator Church.
On Saturday he will be in New Jersey where he will officiate over Easter
Eve services at Sts. Vartanantz Church in Ridgefield.
On Easter His Eminence will celebrate the Divine Liturgy and deliver the
sermon at St. Illuminator’s Cathedral in New York City.
VICAR’S
HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE
Bishop Anoushavan Tanielian, Vicar General, will preside over the Washing
of the Feet ceremony and the Vigil service on Holy Thursday, at St. Gregory
Church, North Andover, Massachusetts.
On Holy Friday he will preside over the Entombment service at Holy Trinity
Church, Worcester, Massachusetts.
On Saturday morning he will preside over Holy Communion and breakfast
for children at St. Stephen’s Church, Watertown, Massachusetts.
In the evening he will attend Easter Eve services at St. Asdvadzadzin
Church, Whitinsville, Massachusetts.
Bishop Anoushavan will celebrate the Divine Liturgy on Easter at Sts.
Vartanantz Church, Providence, Rhode Island, and he will preside over
the HMEM Easter luncheon following the service.
2007 DATEV
INSTITUTE SUMMER PROGRAM
The 21st annual St. Gregory of Datev Institute Christian summer studies
program will take place July 1 to 8 in Elverson, Pennsylvania. For details
click here.
40TH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE ORDINATION OF
ARCHBISHOP OSHAGAN CHOLOYAN
The 40th anniversary of the ordination of our Prelate, Archbishop Oshagan
Choloyan, will take place in three different regions as follows:
On Saturday, May 5, the first of the three celebrations will take place
at The Marriott in Providence, Rhode Island, with the participation of
all of the parishes in New England, Connecticut, and Troy, New York.
On Saturday, May 12, the second celebration will take place at the The
Marriott at Glenpointe, in Teaneck, New Jersey, with the participation
of all of the parishes in the Mid Atlantic, which includes New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington, DC.
The final celebration will take place during the National Representative
Assembly (NRA) which is being hosted by St. Sarkis Church in Dearborn,
Michigan. This will take place on Friday, May 18, at Double Tree Hotel
in Dearborn, with the participation of the parishes in the Mid-West, as
well as the NRA delegates and guests.
For more information click
here.
BIBLE TRANSLATION
PROJECT CONTINUES
The Prelate and Vicar will be in Montreal, Canada, April 10 to 15, where
they will take part in the Bible translation sessions. The original translators
were the late Archbishop Zareh Aznavorian, Archbishop Oshagan, and Rev.
Dr. Manuel Jinbashian. The death of Archbishop Zareh delayed continuation
of this project, but is now resumed.
2007 NATIONAL
REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY IN DEARBORN
The 2007 National Representative Assembly (NRA) will be hosted by St.
Sarkis Church, Dearborn, Michigan. For details click
here.
IN CELEBRATION
OF THE YEAR OF THE ARMENIAN LANGUAGE…
By order of His Eminence Archbishop Oshagan, the message of His Holiness
Aram I declaring 2007 as the Year of the Armenian Language, will be read
in all Prelacy parishes on Sunday, April 15.
To read the message in Armenian click
here.
To read the message in English click here.
DN. SHANT
KAZANJIAN CONDUCTS BIBLE STUDY
AT ST. SARKIS CHURCH IN DOUGLASTON
After the evening service of the Great (Holy) Tuesday, at the invitation
of Rev. Fr. Nareg Terterian, pastor of St. Sarkis Church in Douglaston,
New York, Dn. Shant Kazanjian conducted a Bible study for the young adult
group. Dn. Shant focused on the scriptural readings of the Armenian Church
for Great Monday. (For Holy Week Bible readings, click
here.)
“The Monday readings present an overarching drama of the Bible,”
said Dn. Shant, “the climactic scene in the final act being the
betrayal, the suffering, the crucifixion, the death and the resurrection
of the promised messiah, Jesus the Christ, who gave his life as a ‘ransom
for many’” (Matthew 20:28). In this drama, however, we are
not mere spectators, emphasized Dn. Shant; we have a role to play—we
are commanded to follow the way of Jesus: “But Jesus called them
[the disciples] to him and said, ‘You know that the rulers of the
Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them.
It will not be so among you; but whoever wishes to be great among you
must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be
your slave; just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve,
and to give his life a ransom for many’” (Matthew 20:24-28)
DAILY BIBLE
READINGS
Bible readings for today, April 5, Holy Thursday are as follows:
Morning: John 12:27-43. Office of
Penitents: Isaiah 60:20-22; Ezekiel 36:24-41; Hebrews 10:19-31;
Luke 7:36-50. Holy Eucharist: Genesis 22:1-18;
Isaiah 61:1-7; Acts 1:15-26; Mark 14:1-26. I Corinthians 11:23-32; Matthew
26:17-30. Washing of the Feet: Exodus 30:17-21;
1 Kings 7:38-40; 2 Chronicles 4:2-6; Isaiah 44:2-6; 1 Corinthians 10:1-4;
1 John 4:7-21; John 13:1-11; John 13:12-15.
“Your sun shall no more go down, nor your moon withdraw itself,
for the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your days of mourning
shall be ended. Your people shall all be righteous, they shall possess
the land for ever, the shoot of my planting, the work of my hands, that
I might be glorified. The least one shall become a clan, and the smallest
one a mighty nation; I am the Lord; in its time I will hasten it.
For listing of the entire week’s Bible readings click
here.
VIGEN GUROIAN
ON PUBLIC RADIO
Noted theologian Vigen Guroian will be featured on public radio’s
Speaking of Faith series. Public radio’s web page describes the
program like this: Honing the Senses: Life, Gardening, and an Orthodox
Easter: Theologian Vigen Guroian experiences Easter as “a call to
our senses.” We’ll explore his Eastern Orthodox sensibility
that is at once more mystical and more earthy than the Christianity dominant
in Western culture. And at this time of year and beyond, Vigen Guroian
does real theology in his garden as richly as in church.
The program airs in the New York area on WNYC-AM (820) this Saturday at
3 pm and Sunday at 10 pm. To check your listening area click
here.
PRAISING EGERIA
We have detailed information about the celebration of Holy Week in Jerusalem
in the early church, thanks to a Spanish nun named Egeria who made a pilgrimage
to Jerusalem during Holy Week in the late fourth century and kept a detailed
journal. Egeria’s journal provides us with important information
regarding the early church. For example, she categorizes the chants into
hymns, psalms, and antiphons, showing that certain parts of the church
liturgy were already existent in the fourth century. Her accounts also
reveal the hierarchy within the church, and provide information about
the daily services, Sunday services, lenten season in Jerusalem, rules
of fasting, etc.
LAST AMERICAN VETERAN OF WORLD WAR I
The news this week about the death of the last American veteran of World
War I, age 105, reminded us that tomorrow is the 90th anniversary of the
United States’ entry into the war. After three years of neutrality,
the United States declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917.
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CALENDAR
OF EVENTS
April
14—Ladies Guild Comedy Night
featuring Mel Simons, Meze and dessert will be served, St. Stephen’s
Church, Watertown, Massachusetts. For information, 617-924-7562.
April
20—City Hall Genocide Commemoration, hosted by the Armenian
National Committee of New York, at Surrogate’s Courthouse, north
of City Hall in Manhattan. The program will begin at 6:30. Open to the
public.
May
5—40th anniversary of ordination of Archbishop Oshagan
Choloyan in the New England area will take place in Providence, Rhode
Island.
May
6—30th anniversary of St. Illuminator’s Armenian
Day School, Terrace on the Park, Corona, New York, at 5 pm.
May
7—Prelacy Ladies Guild Mothers’ Day Luncheon, St.
Regis Hotel, New York City.
May
12—40th anniversary of ordination of Archbishop Oshagan
Choloyan in Mid Atlantic area will take place at the Marriott at Glenpointe,
Teaneck, New Jersey.
May
12—Soorp Asdvadzadzin Church, Whitinsville, 50th anniversary
concert featuring Onnik Dinkjian and John Berberian.
May
12—Armenian Dance party, St. Gregory Church, Indian Orchard,
Massachusetts.
May
18—40th anniversary of ordination of Archbishop Oshagan
Choloyan in Midwest will take place at the National Representative Assembly.
May
20—“Hello Ellis Island” and Reception, St.
Stephen’s Church Hall, Watertown, Massachusetts. $20 per person.
Information, 617-924-7562.
July
1-8—St. Gregory of Datev Institute, 21st annual summer
Christian studies program for junior and senior high school students,
at St. Mary of Providence Center in Elverson, Pennsylvania. For information
click here.
July
21—Sts. Vartanantz Church Ladies Guild, Providence, Rhode
Island, and ARS Ani Chapter present “A Hye Summer Night 2.”
For information 401-286-8107.
August
7—Soorp Asdvadzadzin Church, Whitinsville, Massachusetts,
annual golf tournament at Blackstone Country Club.
August
19—Soorp Asdvadzadzin Church, Whitinsville, Massachusetts,
annual church picnic.
September
29—Soorp Asdvadzadzin Church, Whitinsville, Massachusetts,
50th anniversary banquet at Pleasant Valley.
December
1—Soorp Asdvadzadzin Church, Whitinsville, Massachusetts,
annual church bazaar.
December
9—St. Stephen’s Church, Watertown, Massachusetts,
50th anniversary celebration. For information, (617) 924-7562.
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