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P.O.Box 53010, 5100 Erin Mills Pkwy, Mississauga L5M 5A7 Vol 2, No. 18, Sunday, November 22, 2009 Welcome to St. Vartan Armenian Church Welcome to our Soorp Badarak this afternoon. Thank you for taking the time to pray and worship with us. We believe that you will feel God's love and spirit among us today, as we come together as a community to give him glory. Divine Liturgy @ 1 p.m. Celebrant Rev. Fr. Myron Sarkissian . |
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1 In the fourteenth year of King Hezeki'ah, Sennach'erib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them. 2 And the king of Assyria sent the Rab'shakeh from Lachish to King Hezeki'ah at Jerusalem, with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool on the highway to the Fuller's Field. 3 And there came out to him Eli'akim the son of Hilki'ah, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and Jo'ah the son of Asaph, the recorder. 4 And the Rab'shakeh said to them, "Say to Hezeki'ah, 'Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: On what do you rest this confidence of yours? 5 Do you think that mere words are strategy and power for war? On whom do you now rely, that you have rebelled against me? 6 Behold, you are relying on Egypt, that broken reed of a staff, which will pierce the hand of any man who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who rely on him. 7 But if you say to me, "We rely on the LORD our God," is it not he whose high places and altars Hezeki'ah has removed, saying to Judah and to Jerusalem, "You shall worship before this altar"? 8 Come now, make a wager with my master the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders upon them. 9 How then can you repulse a single captain among the least of my master's servants, when you rely on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? Isaiah 36:1-9 |
Rev. Fr. Myron Sarkissian Requiem services (hokehankist) can be requested for the next church service by calling Rev. Fr. Datev Melenguitchian. A requiem may be requested following the death of a loved one, 40 days after their death (karasoonk),the yearly anniversary, name day, birthday or Father's/Mother's Day. Have you moved or are you planning a move? The Parish Council needs your help to keep its mailing list up-to-date. Sign up to receive church news by email. Clipboards are at the church entrance doors. St. Vartan has its own website with news and worship information. Check it out! www.stvartan.ca News Stories and Photos on Holy Etchmiadzin Website : www.armenianchurch.org Canadian Diocese Website : www.armenianchurch.ca |
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News re: photos: A very large upload of photos for 2009 events has been made. Please see the News/Photos page , or click here. I have completely changed the way that photos are viewed. Now, photos are presented in an album format for each calendar year going forward. I will NOT be updating the Standard format, or TAB CONTENT format, any more . Rather, the new format can be viwed by all users working with any web browser. When you enter the new website, you are asked for a password, which is " stvartan ". Thanks for your patience. Enjoy! John |
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I salute you. I am your friend, and my love for you goes deep. There is nothing I can give you which you have not got; but there is much, very much, that, while I cannot give it, you can take ... No heaven can come to us unless our hearts find rest in today. Take heaven! No peace lies in the future which is not hidden in this present little instant. Take Peace! The gloom of the world is but a shadow. Behind it, yet within our reach, is joy. There is radiance and glory in the darkness, could we but see, and to see we have only to look. I beseech you to look. Life is so generous a giver; but we, judging it's gifts by their covering, cast them away as ugly or heavy or hard. Remove the covering and you will find beneath it a living splendor, woven of love, by wisdom, with power. Welcome it, grasp it, and you touch the angel's hand that brings it to you. Everything we call a trial, a sorrow, or a duty believe me, that angel's hand is there; the gift is there, and the wonders of an over-shawdowing Presence. Our joys too: be not content with them as joys. They, too, conceal diviner gifts. Life is so full of meaning and purpose, so full of beauty beneath it's covering that you will find earth but cloaks your heaven. Courage then to claim it: that is all! But courage you have, and the knowledge that we are pilgrims together wending through an unknown country, home. And so, at this time, I greet you. Not quite as the world sends greetings, but with a profound esteem, and with the prayer that for you, now and forever, the day breaks, and the shadows flee away. Fra Giovanni 1513 A.D. May the peace and joy of Christmas remain in your heart all year through. |
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