ՇՈՂ - SHOGH
SECOND PALM SUNDAY
SYNAXIS READINGS
ACTS 23: 12- 35
1 JOHN 5: 13- 21
JOHN 12: 12- 23
MORNING SERVICE at 9:30 am
DIVINE LITURGY at 10:30 am
Celebrated by:
REV. FR. HAYARI TANASHIAN
Pastor’s Assistant
Choirmaster: Mr. Shahe Altounian
Organist: Mrs. Sona Artinian
1 JOHN 5: 13- 21
I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us whatever we ask we know that we have what we asked of him.
If you see any brother or sister commit a sin that does not lead to death, you should pray and God will give them life. I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I am not saying that you should pray about that. All wrongdoing is sin, and there is sin that does not lead to death.
We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the One who was born of God keeps them safe, and the evil one cannot
harm them. We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one. We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
Dear children, keep yourselves from idols.
JOHN 12: 12- 23
The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, “Hosanna!”, “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”, “Blessed is the king of Israel!”
Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, as it is written:
“Do not be afraid, Daughter Zion; see, your king is coming, seated on a donkey’s colt.”
At first his disciples did not understand all this. Only after Jesus was glorified did they realize that these things had been written about him and that these things had been done to him.
Now the crowd that was with him when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to spread the word. Many people, because they had heard that he had performed this sign, went out to meet him. So the Pharisees said to one another, “See, this is getting us nowhere. Look how the whole world has gone after him!”
Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the festival. They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request. “Sir,” they said, “we would like to see Jesus.” Philip went to tell Andrew; Andrew and Philip in turn told Jesus.
Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
հրեշտակներուինըդասակարգերուկողմէ։Եւորովհետեւինքկը պատկանէրհրեշտակացչորրորդդասուն,ուստիպարտաւորէր
SECOND PALM SUNDAY
This Sunday June 1, the Armenian Apostolic Church celebrates the Second Palm Sunday. This holiday is named after the Palm Sunday and the church service is similar and the same hymns are read.
On Palm Sunday we celebrate Christ's triumphant entry into Jerusalem where people welcomed Him with palms, olive branches and cries of Hosanna. On Second Palm Sunday we celebrate Ascended Christ's triumphant entry into heavenly Jerusalem, where He is greeted with praise and delight by angels.
Specific only to the Armenian church, the Second Palm Sunday was established by Catholicos Gregory II Vegayaser and is based on a marvellous event from the history of our church.
According to tradition, during St. Gregory the Illuminator’s imprisonment in the pit, every day he was visited by the same angel. However one day, the angel did not come. The following morning, St. Gregory asked him about the reason for his absence. The angel
responded, that during His Ascension, Christ had passed through the 9 ranks of the Angels, and they celebrate that feast every year. The angel visiting St. Gregory was from the fourth rank of angelic hosts, therefore, his rank of angels commemorates and celebrates Christ’s Ascension to heaven on the fourth day following the Ascension.
The Second Palm Sunday falls on the fourth day following the Ascension of our Lord, has a 35 days movability and meets from May 3 to June 6.
Կաթողիկոսը յոյն եւ ասորի աղբիւրներէն հայերէնի թարգմանած է մար-
տիրոսներու վկայաբա-
նութիւնները եւ այդ իսկ
պատճառով ստացած է
Վկայասէր մականունը:
DID YOU KNOW?...
Gregory II Vgayaser was the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church between 1066 and 1105. He was the son of Gregory Magistros Bahlavuni. He was nicknamed Vgayaser(fond of martyrs), because he collected relics and legends of saints with great zeal and had had compiled and translated the memoirs of Christian martyrs.
Requested by
Mr. & Mrs. Nurel & Lena Beylerian and Family
In Memory of Their Beloved Sister and Aunt
THE LATE ELISE TASHJIAN-JEVARDIAN
On the 7th day of her passing in California AND OF ALL DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE TASHJIAN & BEYLERIAN FAMILIES
Requested by
Mr. & Mrs. Harmik and Nune Manoukian
Mrs. Yeranuhi Verdian
In Memory of ALL DECEASED MEMBERS OF VERDIAN AND KAZARIAN FAMILIES
Requested by Mr. Rouben Galstyan
In Memory of THE LATE MNATSAKAN GEVORGYAN
Altar Flowers are sponsored by MR. & MRS. NUREL & LENA BEYLERIAN
In Memory of THE LATE ELISE TASHJIAN-JEVARDIAN and all deceased members of Tashjian & Beylerian Families'
Arrangements by Ann’s Flowers
DONATIONS May 24 - 30, 2025
GENERAL DONATIONS
Mrs. Irina Yushvaeva $200
Mr. Karen Akopyan $100
Anonymous Donor $80
LOUMA
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VISITATION COMMITTEE - SENIORS' DAY
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Mrs. Makruhi Karak $75
WOMEN’S GUILD - FEAST OF ASCENSION
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Anonymous donors $155
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THE LATE NAZEH MOUSA
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THE LATE GARABET SARKISIAN
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THE LATE BURASTAN MARTIROSYAN
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THE
LATE HAMPARTSUM & ARMENUHI MARDIROSSIAN AND AZADOUHI KRIKORIAN
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THE LATE MARIE CHINCHINIAN
Mr. Pedros Chinchinian $100
THE LATE LUCIK AYVAZIAN
Mrs. Seda Kandaharian $50
Mr. Peter Jambrits $200
Mrs. Sirvart Mikaelian $50
Mr. & Mrs. William & Anahid Movel $100
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THE LATE ARA KEMKEMIAN
Mrs. Sylva Kemkemian $50
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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