Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

Eastern Prelacy: Crossroads E-Newsletter - 06/23/2005

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • Eastern Prelacy: Crossroads E-Newsletter - 06/23/2005

    PRESS RELEASE
    Eastern Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America
    138 East 39th Street
    New York, NY 10016
    Tel: 212-689-7810
    Fax: 212-689-7168
    e-mail: [email protected]
    Website: http://www.armenianprelacy.org
    Contact: Iris Papazian

    June 23, 2005

    PRELATE WILL BE IN RACINE THIS SUNDAY;
    ATTEND ARMENIAN REPORTER'S 40TH ANNIVERSARY SATURDAY
    Archbishop Oshagan, who will return from Lebanon tomorrow evening, will
    visit the St. Hagop Armenian Church community in Racine, Wisconsin, this
    Sunday, June 26.
    On Saturday evening, June 25, His Eminence will attend the 40th
    anniversary gala for the Armenian Reporter in New Jersey.

    MORE THAN 70 STUDENTS WILL ATTEND
    ST. GREGORY OF DATEV INSTITUTE SUMMER PROGRAM
    Over seventy students (ages 13-18) from thirteen parishes, and ten
    clergymen will gather at the St. Mary of Providence Center in Elverson,
    Pennsylvania, on Sunday, July 3, for the 19th annual weeklong St. Gregory of
    Datev Institute Armenian Christian Studies Program, under the directorship
    of Very Rev. Fr. Anoushavan Tanielian, the Vicar General of the Eastern
    Prelacy.
    A few days ago-Monday, June 20 to be exact-"Datevatsies" from the New
    York New Jersey metropolitan area came to the Prelacy to help put together
    program material for the participants of the weeklong St. Gregory of Datev
    Institute. "Datevatsies" who came to help are: James Haddad, Taleen
    Kupelian, Mardo Piramian, Lousine Galoyan, Mgo Piramian, and Mary Gulmezian.

    GERMAN PARLIAMENT PASSES ARMENIAN RESOLUTION
    Germany's parliament, the Bundestag, adopted a unanimous resolution last
    Thursday condemning the massacres and deportation of Armenians in Ottoman
    Turkey ninety years ago. The petition, endorsed by all German political
    parties, urges Turkey to "take historic responsibility" for the massacres
    and expulsion of Armenians by the Ottoman government. The Bundestag also
    regretted the "inglorious role" of the German Reich, which in spite of
    information about the "organized expulsion and extermination of Armenians
    did not try to stop the atrocities." Germany is the ninth European Union
    nation to issue a resolution on the Armenian Genocide. The Bundestag also
    criticized Turkey's continued denial noting, "This Turkish position
    conflicts with the idea of reconciliation that guides the community of
    values of the EU."

    REPRESENTATIVE OF ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY
    VISITS CILICIAN CATHOLICATE IN ANTELIAS
    Fr. Anthony Ball, the representative of Archbishop Rowan Williams of
    Canterbury in the Middle East, visited the Catholicate of Cilicia on June
    17. He was greeted by Bishop Nareg Alemezian, Ecumenical Officer for the
    Catholicate.
    Bishop Alemezian and Fr. Anthony consulted on various ecumenical issues
    of interest to the Armenian and Anglican Churches. They discussed the
    possibility for the continuation of the official theological dialogue
    initiated between the Eastern Orthodox Churches and the Anglican Church.
    Fr. Anthony was part of an Anglican delegation that visited Deir Zor in
    April on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.

    NORA BAIRAKDARIAN APPOINTED CHAIR OF CATHOLICATE'S
    ECUMENICAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE
    Dr. Nora Bairakdarian-Kabakian was appointed chair of the Ecumenical
    Relations Committee of the Catholicate of Cilicia by His Holiness Aram I,
    during a recent meeting of the committee. Dr. Bairakdarian is a professor of
    international law and political science at Lebanese University. During
    recent years she has been very active in ecumenical relations and has
    represented the Cilician Catholicate at various international meetings. Also
    announced was the appointment of two new members to the committee:
    Archbishop Sebouh Sarkisian, Primate of the Diocese of Tehran, and Mrs. Teny
    Pirry-Simonian, Executive Secretary of the Relations Department of the World
    Council of Churches.
    Ecumenical Relations officer Bishop Nareg Alemezian reported on various
    ecumenical conferences and meetings during the past few months. The
    Catholicos identified the significant aspects of the current ecumenical
    landscape and the specific role of the Catholicate of Cilicia. His Holiness
    praised the commitment of the delegates who represented the Armenian Church
    in various ecumenical activities.

    NEW YORK DAILY NEWS CITES BEASTS ON THE MOON
    AS ONE OF FIVE "MUST-SEE" PLAYS
    Drama Critic Howard Kissel has named Beast on the Moon as one of "Five
    Must-See Plays" currently running in New York. Writing in today's edition of
    the New York Daily News, Mr. Kissel notes, "There is a surprising amount of
    serious theater in New York now.. There are exciting dramas in theaters all
    over the city, from the West Village to the upper East Side to what has
    become Off-Broadway's busiest thoroughfares, 15th Street, just off Union
    Square."
    About Beast he writes: "Richard Kalinoski's Beast on the Moon, at the
    Century Theater (111 E. 15th St.), is about a woman who survived the 1915
    Armenian genocide and has arrived in Milwaukee five years later as a
    mail-order bride. The play moves from tragedy and turmoil to a profound
    sense of promise, a journey director Larry Moss captures powerfully."
    Crossroads learned today that for the month of July David Grillo, the
    producer of the play, will play the lead role of Aram Tomasian, while Omar
    Metwally takes a leave of absence to work in a new Steven Spielberg film.
    The part is not new to Grillo who has played Aram in a production in Boston
    in 1999. Grillo said: "I first fell in love with Beast on the Moon when I
    played Aram in the Boston production. I knew then that this was a play that
    had to reach New York audiences. I have been standing-by for Omar since we
    began previews this spring. While Omar is off filming, I am looking forward
    switching hats and revisiting Richard Kalinoski's beautiful play from an
    actor's perspective."
    For information about tickets and performances, www.BeastontheMoon.com.

    REMEMBERING THE TWELVE APOSTLES AND PAUL
    This Saturday, June 25, the Armenian Church remembers the Twelve
    Apostles and Paul, often referred to as the "thirteenth disciple."
    The word apostle is Greek meaning "one who is sent out." In the New
    Testament the word is used to describe Jesus' disciples, who were selected
    by Him to accompany Him, follow His instructions, and continue His work.
    Although not one of the "twelve," Paul is considered to be the most
    effective apostle of early Christianity and the church's "first theologian."
    More than one-fourth of the New Testament consists of his writings.

    FAST OF TRANSFIGURATION
    This Sunday, June 26, begins the Fast leading to the Feast of the
    Transfiguration which is on Sunday, July 3-fourteen weeks after Easter.

    "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name
    of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to
    observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, to the
    close of the age."
    The Gospel According to Matthew, Chapter 28, Verses 19-20.

    Visit our website at www.armenianprelacy.org
Working...
X