St. Stephen's Armenian Apostolic Church of Greater Boston

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Get ready to start feeling generous! We are excited to have a number of our friends participate in our silent auction at this year’s bazaar! Check out our website for auction details! See you November 2 & 3! #armenianchurch #armenianbazaar #armenianfestival #charity #auction

***TONIGHT*** We are excited to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the First Republic of #Armenia. Tickets are still available for purchase! #armenianchurch #armenia #republic #independence #sevakamroyan

Who’s ready? Stay tuned to see all the goodies we have in store for you! #armenianchurch #armenian #church #soorpstepanos #ststephenschurch #bazaar #festival #armenianfood #food #watertown #homemade

An Avedikian Family tradition: soujoukh, a cured meat that is a delicacy. For more than 30 years, the Avedikian family has been making our famous soujoukh for the annual bazaar. Started by their late husband, father, and grandfather, Greg Avedikian, the legacy continues and we can’t imagine a bazaar without the ever so popular soujoukh. Thanks to our volunteers tonight for coming and getting the bazaar countdown going! We are just about a month away! #armenianchurch #soorpstepanos #ststephenschurch #bazaar #armenian #food #armenianfood #festival #kebab #dinner #soujoukh #curedmeat

“Train up a child in the way he should and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” -Proverbs 22:6. #armenianchurch #soorpstepanos #ststephenschurchwatertown #ststephens #jesus #church #sundayschool #christian #prayer #religion #religiouseducation #christ #belief

Today, the Armenian Church commemorates the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Khachverats), which is the last of the five Tabernacle Feasts observed by the Armenian Church during the liturgical year. The Exaltation celebrates the transformation of the cross as an instrument of punishment into a venerated symbol of life and victory. A sacred religious symbol that was now exalted and glorified. This holy day is commemorated by most Christian churches on September 14. The Armenian Church celebrates it on the Sunday closest to the 14th. It is the oldest of the feasts devoted to the cross. The cross, once a means of death for criminals, became the dominant symbol of the Christian world, an object of reverence and worship, and symbol of triumph over death. Christ’s apostle James, Patriarch of Jerusalem, elevated the Holy Cross during a religious ceremony chanting the hymn, “Khachee oh Krisdos Yergeer Bakanemk,” (To Your Cross We Bow),” thus accepting the cross as a symbol of salvation and an object of utmost veneration. James was later martyred in Jerusalem, and upon his grave stands the expansive Armenian monastery of St. James in Jerusalem. There are four feasts devoted to the cross in the Armenian liturgical calendar, with the Exaltation being the most important. The other three are: Apparition of the Holy Cross; Holy Cross of Varak; and Discovery of the Cross. Each of these four holidays devoted to the Holy Cross are related to the life and the salvific work of our Lord. The ceremony for the Exaltation begins with the decoration of the Cross with sweet basil (rehan), a sign of royalty, and also as a symbol of the living cross that is carried around the church in a procession led by the priest, and followed by deacons and altar servers. After the Bible readings, the officiating priest lifts the Cross and makes the sign of the Cross, and blesses the four corners of the world (Andastan service), asking God’s blessing and bounty for the prosperity of the Armenian Church and for the fruitfulness of the land, and all the holy places and inhabitants thereof. The Khachveratz ceremony was prepared by Catholicos Sahag Dzoraporetsi (677-703).

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Bible Study October 23, 2018 at 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm St Stephens Armenian Apostolic Church, 38 Elton Ave, Watertown, MA 02472, USA
Bible Study November 13, 2018 at 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm St Stephens Armenian Apostolic Church, 38 Elton Ave, Watertown, MA 02472, USA

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