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WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

JULY 7, 2023

TO ALL SAINT SARKIS ARMENIAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH BROTHERS AND SISTERS

July 9th, 2023, Sixth Sunday after Pentecost. Eve of the Fast of Transfiguration.

Scriptures of the Day: Romans 11:13-24; Matthew 14:13-21

Sermon Topic: “They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. The number of those who ate was about five thousand men, besides women and children.” (Matthew 14:20-21)

Matthew 14:13-21  

Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

“When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. Hearing of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns. When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick.

As evening approached, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a remote place, and it’s already getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.”

Jesus replied, “They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.”

“We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered.

“Bring them here to me,” he said. And he directed the people to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. The number of those who ate was about five thousand men, besides women and children.

Come to Church this Sunday to hear more on this topic!

With love and blessings,

Very Rev. Fr. Pakrad Berjekian

We celebrate the Divine Liturgy (Badarak) every Sunday at 10 AM. The Divine Liturgy is the main worship service of the Armenian Church. But the Liturgy or "Badarak is much more than that. It provides the most intimate encounter we can have with God in this life. In the Divine Liturgy, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, comes to his people - to you and me - in two forms: First, by his Word, in the reading of the Holy Gospel; and second, by his Holy Body and Blood, in Holy Communion.

These two actions - the reading of the Word of God, and the reception of Holy Communion - are the two pillars or building blocks of the Divine Liturgy in all ancient, apostolic churches.

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