SECOND SUNDAY OF THE EXALTATION (Eve of the Fast of the Holy Cross of Varak)
SYNAXIS READINGS
ISAIAH 14:3-17 / 2 CORINTHIANS 10:18-11:10
MARK 10:1-12
Morning Service at 9:30 am
Divine Liturgy at 10:30 am
Celebrated by:
REV. FR. HAYARI TANASHIAN
Pastor’s Assistant
Choirmaster: Dn. Shahe Altounian
Organist: Mrs. Sona Artinian
2 CORINTHIANS 10:18-11:10
For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.
I hope you will put up with me in a little foolishness. Yes, please put up with me! I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to him. But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ. For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the Spirit
you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough.
I do not think I am in the least inferior to those “superapostles.” I may indeed be untrained as a speaker, but I do have knowledge. We have made this perfectly clear to you in every way. Was it a sin for me to lower myself in order to elevate you by preaching the gospel of God to you free of charge? I robbed other churches by receiving support from them so as to serve you. And when I was with you and needed something, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied what I needed. I have kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so. As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, nobody in the regions of Achaia will stop this boasting of mine.
MARK 10:1-12
Jesus then left that place and went into the region of Judea and across the Jordan. Again crowds of people came to him, and as was his custom, he taught them. Some Pharisees came and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”
“What did Moses command you?” he replied. They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.”
“It was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you this law,” Jesus replied. 6“But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’ a 7‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, b 8and the two will become one flesh.’ c So they are no longer two, but one flesh.
9Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
When they were in the house again, the disciples asked Jesus about this. 11He answered, “Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her. And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.”
EVE OF THE FAST OF THE HOLY CROSS OF VARAK
This Sunday, September 18 is the Eve of the Feast of the Holy Cross of Varak. In the Armenian Church Calendar there are four feasts dedicated to the Khach: The Apparation of Holy Cross, the Exaltation of Holy Cross, the feast of Holy Cross of Varak and the feast of Discovery of Holy Cross.
The feast of Holy Cross of Varak is celebrated only by Armenian Apostolic church and is dedicated to finding the relic of Holy Cross on the Mount of Varak. The relic of the Holy Cross was brought to armenian by St. Hripsime and was hidden in the Mount Varak. The relic was found in the 7th century by a miraculous vision and the Armenian Apostolic Church dedicated a feast to commemorate this extraordinary event.
Requested by Mr. & Mrs. Nurel and Lena Beylerian and family
In Memory of BEYLERIAN FAMILY’S DEPARTED SOULS
Requested by Mrs. Hasmik Makarians
Mr. & Mrs. Sasha and Linda Makarians and children, Sevag and Sona
Mr. & Mrs. Sako and Sarah Makarians and children, Anayis and Sako
In Memory of Their Beloved Husband, Father and Grandfather THE LATE YOURIK MAKARIANS
On the 1st anniversary of his passing
Requested by Mrs. Meri Burshtein Akopian
Mr. & Mrs. Michael and Ludmila Pritsker and children
Mr. & Mrs. Robert and Teresa Biberberg and children
Mr. & Mrs. Danil and Ksenia Akopian and children
In Memory of Their Beloved Husband, Father and Grandfather
THE LATE ROBERT AKOPIAN
On the 1st anniversary of his passing
Requested by Mrs. Arpine Maghakian
Mrs. Maggy Libarian and Mr. Harout Aren Libarian
Mr. & Mrs. Mardig & Yamile Maghakian and children
Mr. & Mrs. Alex & Carin Talaslian and children
Mr. Vicken Maghakian and children
Mr. & Mrs. Shaunt & Caroline Libarian and children
Mr. Ara Libarian & Ms Amanda Cabral
Mr. Vahe Maghakian
Mrs. Albera Boujoukian
Mr. & Mrs. Setrak and Meline Jikerjian
In Memory of
Their beloved Husband, Father, Grandfather, Great-Grandfather, Brother and Uncle THE LATE HAROUT “HARRY” MAGHAKIAN
On 3rd anniversary of his passing
Requested by Nataliya, Marina and Viktoriya Milikhiny
Tigran, Nuriya and Violetta Osipov
Zamira and Lillian Yukhtman
In Memory of Their Beloved Father and Grandfather
THE LATE VLADIMIR OSIPOV
as well as
In Memory of Beloved Mother and Grandmother
THE LATE MADYKHIYA OSIPOVA
Requested by Mr. Haig Aghagulian
Mr. Vahan Aghagulian and family
In Memory of Their Beloved Parents and Grandparents
THE LATE BOGHOS AGHAGOULIAN
On 33rd anniversary of his passing
THE LATE ARAXI AGHAGOULIAN
On 20th anniversary of her passing
As well as
In Memory of all deceased members of THE MELKONIAN AND KUCUK GOZEN FAMILIES
Requested by Mr. Garo Varesh
Mr. & Mrs. Tom & Christine Varesh
Mr. & Mrs. Donald & Tina Pleau and their children Samantha & Savannah
Mr. & Mrs. Areg & Takoush Yeghiaian
Mr. & Mrs. George & Christina Yeghiaian
In Memory of Their Beloved Wife, Mother, Grandmother and Sister
THE LATE CLARA VARESH
On the 9th anniversary of her passing
List of Donations between September 16 to 22, 2023
In Memory of BEYLERIAN FAMILY’S DEPARTED SOULS
Mr. & Mrs. Nurel and Lena Beylerian $100
THE LATE BEDROS ZAKARIAN
Mrs. Arlene Zakarian$200 (Women’s Guild)
THE LATE ARAM BALTAYAN
Mr. & Mrs. Alexan & Nora Baltayan $50
THE LATE ANGELE SARKISSIAN
Ms Satenik Yousif Hovsepian $50
Louma
Mr. Sasoon Manoukian $50
General
Mr. & Mrs. Massis & Anita Roshanian $100
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The Altar Flowers are sponsored by THE AKOPIAN FAMILY in loving memory of ROBERT AKOPIAN
Arrangements provided by Ann's Flowers
Vicar of Armenian Church Canadian Diocese and Parish Priest
Rev. Archpriest Fr. Zareh Zargarian
Pastor’s Assistant
Rev. Fr. Hayari Tanashian
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Administrative Secretary, Betty Panossian
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