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SUMMARY:Commemoration of the Beheading of St John the Baptist
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe Saturday following the Holy Feast of the Glorious Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ\, the Armenian Church commemorates the beheading of St John the Baptist (also known as The Forerunner). \nThe writers of the Gospels\, St Matthew and St Mark\, have explained the history of beheading of St John the Baptist\, who had baptised Christ and gave the good news of His Coming (Mt 14:1-12; St. Mk 6:14-29). \nAccording to the Evangelists\, King Herod arrests and imprisons St John the Baptist\, as a result of John’s condemnation of the king’s marriage to Herodias\, the wife of his brother Philip. Herod wants to put John to death\, but fears the Jews because they considered John to be a prophet. \nOn Herod’s birthday\, fascinated by the dancing of the daughter of Herodias (Salome)\, the king makes an oath to give her anything for which she asks. Following her unforgiving mother’s instructions\, she asks for the head of St John the Baptist on a platter. The king\, realising he has been fooled\, grants the request. \nSt John the Baptist is one of the greatest saints in the Armenian Church. We entreat his name as an intercessor during the divine services\, generally following the name of St Mary. According to tradition\, St Gregory the Illuminator\, brought the relics of St John to Armenia from Caesarea\, and buried them near the town of Moush\, after which the famous Monastery of St John the Baptist was built. Tradition also tells us that the head of St John the Baptist is buried underneath the Holy Altar of the Gandzasar Monastery in Artsakh. St John the Baptist remains one of the most popular saints among the Armenian faithful.
URL:https://armenianchurchsydney.org.au/event/commemoration-of-the-beheading-of-st-john-the-baptist-2-2/
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SUMMARY:New (Renewal) Sunday
DESCRIPTION:  \nNew Sunday or Renewal Sunday (Nor Giragi) is also called Second Easter (Grgnazadig)\, which means “Easter repeated” as it is the eighth day of Easter and a day similar to Easter in readings and hymns. \nThe significance of the Resurrection of our Lord is essential to our faith\, we are given a new life with our Risen Saviour. This message is conveyed and re-enforced visibly and liturgically also on Sunday following Easter. We are renewed as new creatures with Christ’s resurrection\, “So if anyone is in Christ\, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see\, everything has become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17). \nOne of our Church fathers and a great theologian\, St Gregory of Tatev\, explains that there are three reasons for calling this feast New Sunday. The first one is liberation. We are free from all the chains of sin and renewed by the blood of God. The second reason is the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. With His Resurrection Christ conquered death making us new creatures redeemed by the grace of God. Lastly\, it is called a New Sunday for Salvation. We have a renewed hope for forgiveness of our sins. St. Gregory of Tatev elaborated further that New Sunday is a reminder of the joy and celebration of Easter that’s why it is called Grgnazadig\, Easter again. \nRef: Vemkar.us \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://armenianchurchsydney.org.au/event/new-renewal-sunday-2-2/
CATEGORIES:Feasts & Commemorations
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SUMMARY:New (Renewal) Sunday
DESCRIPTION:  \nNew Sunday or Renewal Sunday (Nor Giragi) is also called Second Easter (Grgnazadig)\, which means “Easter repeated” as it is the eighth day of Easter and a day similar to Easter in readings and hymns. \nThe significance of the Resurrection of our Lord is essential to our faith\, we are given a new life with our Risen Saviour. This message is conveyed and re-enforced visibly and liturgically also on Sunday following Easter. We are renewed as new creatures with Christ’s resurrection\, “So if anyone is in Christ\, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see\, everything has become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17). \nOne of our Church fathers and a great theologian\, St Gregory of Tatev\, explains that there are three reasons for calling this feast New Sunday. The first one is liberation. We are free from all the chains of sin and renewed by the blood of God. The second reason is the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. With His Resurrection Christ conquered death making us new creatures redeemed by the grace of God. Lastly\, it is called a New Sunday for Salvation. We have a renewed hope for forgiveness of our sins. St. Gregory of Tatev elaborated further that New Sunday is a reminder of the joy and celebration of Easter that’s why it is called Grgnazadig\, Easter again. \nRef: Vemkar.us \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://armenianchurchsydney.org.au/event/new-renewal-sunday-2-2-2/
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SUMMARY:Sunday of the World Church (Green Sunday)
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe second Sunday of Easter commemorates Sunday of the World Church (Ashkharhamadoor)\, the first Church of Jerusalem\, established by Christ. \nOn the first day of the Jewish festival of Passover\, Jesus instructs two of the Apostles\, Peter and John\, to go into Jerusalem and meet a man\, who would direct them to a house where Christ and His Apostles could celebrate the Passover Feast. Peter and John are led to the “Upper Room” of a house\, where they make the necessary preparations for the meal. Later that evening\, Christ and the Twelve Apostles sit together to eat supper. This “Last Supper” was the event where Jesus Christ established the Sacrament of Holy Communion\, which we celebrate every Sunday during the Divine Liturgy in Armenian Churches throughout the world. The Upper Room in Jerusalem is considered to be the first Church\, as founded by Christ. \nThe Sunday of the World Church is also called “Green” Sunday\, which most probably originates from an ancient holiday celebrating spring. Our forefathers\, seeing mother earth bloom after long winter months\, glorified the Creator with an act of thanksgiving and celebrated by decorating the church and themselves with greenery. The reawakening of nature is symbolic of the Resurrection. Green is the colour of life\, freshness\, and promise. After a barren winter and with the Resurrection we are filled with hope\, life and love. \nGreen Sunday is the perfect time for us to remember and strengthen our obligations as good stewards of the earth and caretakers of the gifts given to us by God.
URL:https://armenianchurchsydney.org.au/event/sunday-of-the-world-church-green-sunday-2-2/
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SUMMARY:Red Sunday
DESCRIPTION:  \nAlthough there seems to be no ecclesiastical origin or significance for Red Sunday\, the colour red recalls numerous themes within Christianity and the tradition of the Armenian Church. It is the blood of Jesus Christ that redeems and heals us\, the source of life which spilled into the ground from the Cross to give life and salvation to the entire created order. \nThe colour red also recalls the blood of the Church martyrs: those who follow the pattern of Jesus\, those men and women who demonstrated valiant faith\, unafraid to die for Jesus Christ\, confident in his words and promise to raise to new life for those who know and follow him.
URL:https://armenianchurchsydney.org.au/event/red-sunday-2-2/
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SUMMARY:Commemoration of the Holy Martyrs of the Armenian Genocide
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe Armenian Genocide was the first genocide of the 20th century. The lives of 1.5 million Armenians were lost\, who were massacred by Ottoman Turkey’s “Young Turk” government beginning in 1915. The deportation and mass extermination of Armenians continued until 1923. \nPlanned and executed during World War I\, the Armenian Genocide saw the virtual elimination of Armenians from their ancestral homeland. Those who were not killed immediately\, were led on horrific death marches\, like the one through the Der Zor desert in Syria. The mass exodus of surviving Armenians from Anatolia resulted in the dispersal of the Armenian people to every corner of the world. Today\, the large Armenian diaspora comprises over 4 million people (roughly equal to the number of Armenians living in the modern Republic of Armenia). \nThe Armenian Genocide began on April 24\, 1915\, when Ottoman authorities arrested and killed some 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Constantinople. Those arrested included Armenian doctors\, lawyers\, parliamentarians\, authors\, and artists. Armenian civilians\, including the elderly\, women and children\, were then forcibly removed from their homes and sent on death marches for hundreds of miles\, with no food or water. \nArmenian communities around the world commemorate each April 24 as “Armenian Martyrs Day\,” which they observe with religious and cultural memorials. \nOn the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide\, the genocide martyrs were canonised during a special service at the Mother See of Holy Etchimiadzin as the Holy Martyrs of the Armenian Genocide on April 23\, 2015. This made the Holy Martyrs of the Armenian Genocide the first saints canonised in the Armenian Church in hundreds of years. With the canonisation\, the Armenian Church’s newest feast day\, the Commemoration of the Holy Martyrs of the Armenian Genocide\, is celebrated on April 24.
URL:https://armenianchurchsydney.org.au/event/commemoration-of-the-holy-martyrs-of-the-armenian-genocide/
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SUMMARY:Feast of the Apparition of the Holy Cross
DESCRIPTION:  \nThis feast is celebrated 28 days after Easter Sunday and is dedicated to the Apparition of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem. At noon on May 19\, 351AD\, a bright\, luminous cross appeared over the skies of Jerusalem\, centred over an area spanning from the Mount of Olives (where Christ was betrayed and arrested) to Golgotha (where Christ was crucified). Bishop Cyril (later St. Cyril of Jerusalem) subsequently wrote a letter to Emperor Constantine of Byzantium wherein he describes the miraculous and beautiful scene. St. Cyril tells Constantine that the apparition is a true testimony of the Orthodox faith of Christianity. Further\, St Cyril exhorts the Emperor that the appearance is a sign for him to remain steadfast in his faith and to stop defending the heretical movement of Arianism (Arianism holds that the Son is distinct from the Father and therefore subordinate to Him) and its lawmakers. \nThe Armenian translation of the Bishop’s letter has been preserved by the Church and is read each year on the Feast of the Apparition of the Holy Cross.
URL:https://armenianchurchsydney.org.au/event/feast-of-the-apparition-of-the-holy-cross-2-2/
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