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    PRESS RELEASE
    Eastern Prelacy of the Armenian Apost. Church of America and Canada
    H.E. Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan
    Prelate, Easter Prelacy and Canada
    138 East 39th Street
    New York, NY 10016
    Tel: 212-689-7810
    Fax: 212-689-7168
    Web: http://www.armenianprelacy.org/



    May 20, 2010
    IN MEMORIAM: REV. FR. GEGHART BABOGHLIAN
    The Prelacy of Greece announces with sadness the passing of Archpriest
    Fr. Geghart Baboghlian, who served for many years as the pastor of the
    St. Garabed Church of Neos Kosmos in Greece. Der Geghart also served
    the Prelacy in the United States from 1966 to 1969. He was 85 years
    old.
    Funeral services and Extreme Unction will take place on
    Saturday, May 22, at St. Garabed Church. Interment will follow at the
    Nea Zmirni Cemetery.
    Der Geghart was the brother of the late Vartges Baboghlian,
    the well-known choir director who served in the United States and who
    was the host of the Prelacys popular weekly Armenian Radio Hour during
    the 1980s and 1990s.
    Asdvatz Hokin Lousavoreh . May God Illuminate his soul.
    IN MEMORIAM: ELIZABETH HOVNANIAN
    Archbishop Oshagan officiated at the funeral services for Elizabeth
    (Lili) Hovnanian which took place on Tuesday, May 18, at St. Gregory
    the Illuminator Church in Philadelphia. Mrs. Hovnanian was the wife of
    the late Jirair Hovnanian. Both were devoted to the Armenian Church
    and supporters of the Prelacy for decades.
    Our condolences to the entire Hovnanian and Vosbikian
    families.
    PRELATE WILL TRAVEL TO WORCESTER
    Archbishop Oshagan will travel to Worcester, Massachusetts, where on
    Sunday, May 23, he will celebrate the Divine Liturgy and deliver the
    sermon at Holy Trinity Church. Following the services His Eminence
    will preside over the banquet celebrating the 75th anniversary of the
    church.
    VICAR WILL BE IN WHITINSVILLE
    Bishop Anoushavan will celebrate the Divine Liturgy and deliver the
    sermon at St. Asdvadzadzin Church, Whitinsville, Massachusetts, this
    Sunday, May 23. Following the services His Grace will preside over
    the churchs 53rd anniversary banquet.
    NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY CONVENES
    The Eastern Prelacys National Representative Assembly (NRA) convened
    in New York City last week. Clergy and lay delegates deliberated and
    planned on programs and activities for the coming fiscal year
    The 2010 NRA site on the Prelacys web page (being prepared
    now) will include full details about the Assembly along with many
    photographs. Please check the web page early next week.
    PLG MOTHERS DAY LUNCHEON
    Grace Keshgegian from Philadelphia was honored as the Mother of the
    Year at the Mothers Day luncheon hosted by the Prelacy Ladies . Full
    coverage and photographs will be on the Prelacys web page.
    DATEV SUMMER PROGRAM: MARK YOUR CALENDAR
    The 24th annual St. Gregory of Datev Institute Summer Program, for
    youth ages 13-18, is scheduled to take place at the St. Mary of
    Providence Center in Elverson, Pennsylvania, from June 25-July 4,
    2010. The program is sponsored by the Armenian Religious Education
    Council (AREC). For more information click here (
    http://e2ma.net/go/8291727395/2824170/94852665/2 4882/goto:http://www.armenianprelacy.org/index.php /departments/arec/datev-institute
    ).
    VICAR ATTENDS FUNDRAISER
    Bishop Anoushavan attended a special exhibition preview on May 17 of
    the
    African Services annual Positive Kids Fundraiser which took place at
    the James Cohan Gallery in New York City. The artist/photographer
    Mr. Hayk Kocharian donated 100% of the proceeds from the sale of his
    exhibited photographs to the HIV clinics in Ethiopia. The event was
    co-sponsored by Garen Nazarian, the Ambassador and Permanent
    Representative of the Republic of Armenia to the United Nations.
    VICAR ATTENDS EXHIBIT PREVIEW
    Bishop Anoushavan attended a special exhibition preview at the New
    York Public Library on May 18. The exhibition is scheduled to open in
    October. Three Armenian manuscripts will be part of the exhibition.
    TELE LUMIERE MARKS 20TH ANNIVERSARY
    On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the television network,
    Tele Lumiere, Archbishop Oshagan has asked the parishes of the Eastern
    Prelacy to offer prayers this Sunday, May 23, for the continued
    success of Tele Lumiere which has been bringing the Christian message
    of hope, peace, and love to all people. Tele Lumiere has been
    described as a shining lighthouse in the Middle East and beyond and
    has become a great tool of unity among all the Christians of the East.
    BIBLE READING
    Bible readings for today, Thursday, May 20, are: Luke 20:27-21:4; Acts
    25:23-26:32; Jude 1:8-15; John 13:1-15; Matthew 22:15-46; Mark
    12:1-37.
    Then the Pharisees went and plotted to entrap him in what he
    said. So they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians,
    saying, Teacher, we know that you are sincere, and teach the way of
    God in accordance with truth, and show deference to no one; for you do
    not regard people with partiality. Tell us, then, what you think. Is
    it lawful to pay taxes to the emperor, or not? But Jesus, aware of
    their malice, said, Why are you putting me to the test, you
    hypocrites? Show me the coin used for the tax. And they brought him a
    denarius. Then he said to them, Whose head is this, and whose title?
    They answered, The emperors. Then he said to them, Give therefore to
    the emperor the things that are the emperors, and to God the things
    that are Gods. When they heard this, they were amazed; and they left
    him and went away.
    The same day some Sadducees came to him, saying to him, saying
    there is no resurrection; and they asked him a question, saying,
    Teacher, Moses said, If a man dies childless, his brother shall marry
    the widow, and raise up children for his brother. Now there were seven
    brothers among us; the first married, and died childless, leaving the
    widow to his brother. The second did the same, so also the third, down
    to the seventh. Last of all, the woman herself died. In the
    resurrection, then, whose wife of the seven will she be? For all of
    them had married her.
    Jesus answered them, You are wrong, because you know neither
    the scriptures nor the power of God. For in the resurrection they
    neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in
    heaven. And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read
    what was said to you by God, I am the God of Abraham, the God of
    Isaac, and the God of Jacob? He is God not of the dead, but of the
    living. And when the crowd heard it, they were astounded at his
    teaching.
    When the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees,
    they gathered together, and one of them, a lawyer, asked him a
    question to test him. Teacher, which commandment in the law is the
    greatest? He said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all
    your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is
    the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall
    love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments hang all the
    law and the prophets.
    Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked
    them this question: What do you think of the Messiah? Whose son is he?
    They said to him, The son of David. He said to them, How is it then
    that David by the Spirit calls him Lord, saying, The Lord said to my
    Lord, Si8t at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet
    ? If David thus calls him Lord, how can he be his son? No one was able
    to give him an answer, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him
    any more questions. (Matthew 22:15-46)
    For a listing of the coming weeks Bible readings click here
    (
    http://e2ma.net/go/8291727395/2824170/94852 666/24882/goto:http://www.armenianprelacy.org/imag es/prelacy/PDF/2010dbr-5.pdf
    ).
    SUNDAY IS PENTECOST
    This Sunday, May 23, is Pentecost (Hogegaloust), which is celebrated
    fifty days after Easter.
    Jesus had commanded the apostles to Go therefore to all
    nations and make them my disciples, (Matthew 28:19). Christ recognized
    the difficulty of this great responsibility and had advised them not
    to begin their teaching mission until after the Descent of the Holy
    Spirit. In the Acts of the Apostles, we read that on the day of
    Pentecost the apostles gathered in one place, and that suddenly a
    strong wind seemed to fill the house in which they were assembled. And
    there appeared to them flames like tongues of fire distributed among
    them and coming to rest on each one. They were all filled with the
    Holy Spirit and began to talk in other tongues, as the Spirit gave
    them power of utterance, (Acts 2:2-4). Many of the people in Jerusalem
    were from foreign lands. They marveled at the fact that each one of
    them could understand the Apostles words in his own language. The
    first gift of the Holy Spirit given to the Apostles was the ability to
    speak and be understood!
    by people who came from many different nations.
    Life-creating God, Spirit and lover of mankind, with tongues of fire
    you enlightened those united with one accord in love; therefore we
    also celebrate today your holy descent. Filled with joy by your coming
    the holy apostles began in different-sounding tongues to call into
    unity them that had been divided from each other; therefore we also
    celebrate today your holy descent. By spiritual and holy baptism
    through them you have adorned the universe in a new and radiant
    garment, therefore we also celebrated your holy descent.
    >From the Canon for Pentecost according to the liturgical calendar of
    the Armenian Church.
    CATHOLICOS ARAM RECEIVES DIRECTOR
    OF KARAGEUZIAN FOUNDATION
    His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia,
    received Dr. Walter Bandazian, the director of the Karageuzian
    Foundation, which is based in New York. The director of the Lebanon
    branch, Rev. Robert Sarkissian, accompanied Dr. Bandazian. His
    Holiness was informed of the humanitarian and social activities of the
    Foundations regional offices in Lebanon, Syria, Armenia and other
    countries. The Catholicos commended the work of the Foundation.
    ARTICLE BY DAVID BOYAJIAN ON WEB
    An well researched and well written article about the Woodrow Wilson
    Center and its presentation of the Woodrow Wilson Award for Public
    Service to Turkeys Foreign Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, is on
    thepeoplevoice.org.
    To read the article click here (
    http://e2ma.net/go/8291727395/2824170/94852667/2 4882/goto:http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/TPV3/Voic es.php/2010/05/06/an-investigative-report-the-wood row-wils#more11267
    ). For the action alert issued by the ANCA on this same topic click
    here (
    http://e2ma.net/go/8291727395/2824170/94852668/2 4882/goto:http://www.capwiz.com/anca/issues/alert/ ?alertid=15045776
    ).
    CALENDAR OF EVENTS

    May 22 & 23 Divine Liturgy and 93rd anniversary celebration,
    St. Asdvadzadzin Church, Whitinsville, Massachusetts. Bishop
    Anoushavan Tanielian will celebrate the Divine Liturgy, deliver the
    sermon, and preside over the anniversary banquet.
    May 23 75th Anniversary celebration of Holy Trinity Church, Worcester,
    Massachusetts, under the auspices of His Eminence Archbishop Oshagan,
    at Crowne Plaza Hotel, Worcester. For information: 508-852-2414.
    May 26 Fifth and final Bible study on Women in the Bible at
    St. Illuminators Cathedral, 221 E. 27th Street, New York City, 7:15
    pm. Sponsored by the Prelacys Armenian Religious Education Council and
    St. Illuminators Cathedral.
    June 11 New York Hamazkayin Literary Committee presents DVD showing of
    The Everlasting Lanterhn of KIachazthe Life and Work of Renowned
    Artist Kachaz by Professor Ararat Aghasian. Remarks by Satenik
    Kechejian, 8:35 pm, Armenian Center, 69-23 47th Avenue, Woodside, NY.
    June 12 Food Festival sponsored by Ladies Guild of St. Gregory Church,
    Jaffarian Hall, 158 Main Street, North Andover, Massachusetts.
    June 25-July 4 24th annual St. Gregory of Datev Institute Summer
    Program for youth ages 13 to 18, at St. Mary of Providence Center,
    Elverson, Pennsylvania.
    June 27 St. Hagop (Racine) annual Madagh and Church Picnic at Johnsons
    Park (Hwy 38) Racine, Wisconsin.
    July 17 A Hye Summer Night V, dance hosted by Ladies Guild of
    Sts. Vartanantz Church and ARS Ani Chapter, Providence, Rhode Island,
    at the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, Cranston, Rhode Island. For
    tickets and information: Joyce Bagdasarian (401-434-4467) or Joyce
    Yeremian. (401-354-8770).
    August 15 Annual picnic of St. Stephen Church, Watertown,
    Massachusetts, at Camp Haiastan, Franklin, Massachusetts (12 noon to 5
    pm). For information: 617-924-7562.
    August 22 Annual picnic of St. Asdvadzadzin Church, Whitinsville,
    Massachusetts.
    October 8-10 The Eastern Prelacys Linked In workshop weekend for young
    adults at Holy Virgin Marys Spiritual Vineyard, Charlton,
    Massachusetts.
    Web pages of the parishes can be accessed through the Prelacys web
    site.
    To ensure the timely arrival of Crossroads in your electronic mailbox,
    add [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) to
    your address book.
    Items in Crossroads can be reproduced without permission. Please
    credit Crossroads as the source.
    Parishes of the Eastern Prelacy are invited to send information about
    their major events to be included in the calendar. Send to:
    [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])
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