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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 22 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.
In Memory of ALL ARMENIAN FALLEN SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS
Requested by
Mr. & Mrs. Sami & Lala Abraham
In Memory of
THE LATE MAKROUHI KERESTEDJIAN-OHANNESIAN
on the 7th day of her passing
Requested by
Mrs. Rose Madjarian
Arthur and Alissa Madjarian and daughters, Morgan and Jordan
Paul and Marilyn Madjarian and sons, Phillip and Thomas
Hermine Madjarian
Lisa Artinian and Harry Madjarian and families
Evelyn Tefoglou, Marianne Madjarian, and Violette (Nairie) Madjarian and families
In Memory of Their beloved Husband, Father, Grandpa, and Uncle
THE LATE AHARON MADJARIAN
On the 40th day of his passing
Requested by Dr. Verjine Amadyan
Mr. & Mrs. Pierre and Siran Otjian and Daughter, Ani Otjian
In Memory of Their Beloved Husband, Father and Grandfather
DR. MASIS AMADYAN
On the 40th day of his passing
Requested by
Mr. & Mrs. Sarkis & Hermine Burunsouzian and Daughters
In Memory of Their Beloved Father & Grandfather
THE LATE KRIKOR BOYADJIAN
On the 40th day of his passing
Requested by
Anahid & Manoushag Hagopian
In Memory of
THE LATE ANTRANIG & MARIAM BONJOUKIAN
THE LATE PAPKEN & TEGHTSANIG BONJOUKIAN
THE LATE LEVON & LOUCINE BONJOUKIAN
THE LATE HAGOP BONJOUKIAN
THE LATE YEZNIG & LOUCINE TEGHARARIAN
THE LATE BAYDZAR & AZAD TEGHARARIAN
THE LATE SAMSON HAGOPIAN
THE LATE MOURAD & ARA MANOUGIAN
Requested by
Mr. Karapet Varesh
Mr. & Mrs. Tom & Christine Varesh
Mr. & Mrs. Donald & Tina Pleau
and their children, Samantha & Savannah Pleau
In Memory of Their Beloved Wife, Mother and Grandmother
THE LATE CLARA VARESH (née Yeghiaian)
On the 10th anniversary of her passing
Requested by
Nataliya, Marina and Viktoriya Milikhiny Tigran, Nuriya and Violetta Osipov
Zamira and Lillian Yukhtmanu
In Memory of Their Beloved Father and Grandfather
THE LATE VLADIMIR OSIPOV and
In Memory of Their Beloved Mother and Grandmother
THE LATE MADYKHIYA OSIPOVA
Requested by Mrs. Lorans and her daughters
In Memory of Their beloved husband and father
ARIS SARKISIAN
Their beloved deceased family members
SIANOS SARKISIAN, HAYKANUSH VARTAN
MISAK NALBANDIAN, MUNA NALBANDIAN
ADIBA ALKAS SAMUEL, NOUR-JIHAN ALKAS SAMUEL
KATHERINE BOGHOS, SAMUEL ALKAS MURAD
On Sunday, September 22nd, following the Divine Liturgy, Memorial Receptions will be hosted by the families of the late
CLARA VARESH
AHARON MADJARIAN
DR. MASIS AMADYAN
KRIKOR BOYADJIAN in lower level of the church
Altar Flowers are sponsored by MADJARIAN FAMILY In Memory of THE LATE AHARON MADJARIAN
Arrangements by Flowers of The World
List of Donations between September 14- 20, 2023
GENERAL
Anonymous$500
Mr. Allen & Dr. Sonia Atamer $200
Mr. & Mrs. John & Margritt Satouri $100
Ms Ivet Panosian $100
Ms Arine Kemkemian $50
Ms. Mari-Jaeva Tomol $25
ALTAR FLOWERS
Ms. Marianne Madjarian $100
THE LATE MADLEN AYNACIYAN
Mr. George Paraghamian $100
Ms. Sylva Tourian $100
Mr. Binoun Balian $100
Mr. Terence Ortslan $ 100
THE LATE SIRVARD & KHATCHIG KURDIAN
Mrs. Arpiné Altounian $100
APPRECIATION
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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 Betty@TorontoArmenianChurch.com
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