St. Apkar Armenian Apostolic Church was officially consecrated on Sunday, September 20, 2009 by His Eminence, Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, Primate of the Western Diocese.  The other members of the clergy were: His Eminence Archbishop Vatché Hovsepian, Former Primate of the Western Diocese; Rev. Fr. Zacharia Saribekyan, Pastor of St. Apkar; Archpriest Rev. Fr. Manoug Markarian, »

by Sean Crandall – Sept. 19, 2009 09:16 PM The Arizona Republic St. Apkar, the only Armenian Apostolic Church in Arizona, will open its first and long-awaited sanctuary in Scottsdale on Sunday after a six-year journey. For the Armenian community of Arizona, it is a triumphant end to an effort that began in 2003 when they decided to »

Your Parish Priest Der Zacharia and the Parish Council are asking for your financial assistance for the urgently needed repairs, improvements and maintenance of our Cultural Center, which includes the Melikian Hall, the Alex & Marie Manoogian School, and the Upper Room which houses the Ordjanian Library. With the passing of time, repairs become necessary »

In the past few months, our community has celebrated two wonderful firsts in our new sanctuary: the FIRST Baptism and the FIRST Wedding! Best Wishes to Garegin Gary Khoetsian & Angela Mkhitaryan for being the first couple to be married in our new church….May you have a long and happy life together. Best Wishes to the Kheshvadjian »

To all Jarakite readers, I’d like to tell you about the Feast of the Virgin Mary. We celebrated this feast day here in an old Armenian traditional way. The Armenian traditions involved with this feast have been passed down through many generations. Some of these traditions are still carried out with Armenians living in the Middle »

On 24 August 2009, the Central Bank of Armenia introduced a new 100,000-dram (US$264) note, now the largest denomination in this Eurasian nation. Front: Royal flag depicting Jesus Christ; King Abgar V of Edessa; 1st-century regional map; crown; ancient coin. Back: Castles; disciple Thaddeus handing canvas of royal flag to King Abgar V; river. Kinegram foil »

“…you are God’s field, God’s building.” I Corinthians 3:9 Every man who works with the soil knows to reap from that soil, you shall patiently pass through a long winter, work hard planting during the Spring, be watchful during the Summer which will bring the full harvest during Autumn. It is the second half of August »

We applaud all our young students who willingly contributed to our School fundraiser with their church piggy banks. Some of our students brought in their ‘life’ savings of change, others earned money at home by doing chores, and even one brother and sister team were creative by collecting all the golf balls that land in »

AMen, the Armenian Men’s Organization, under the direction of Chef Eddie Hajibalian, prepared a mouth-watering barbeque dinner on Saturday, July 11th. The men had steaming platters of shish kebab, luleh kebab, chicken kebab, barbequed peppers and tomatoes, mounds of pilaf, and salad in abundance. After dinner, while the men tended to clean up duties of their professional grade barbeque, the »

Those wishing to include a news item in the Among Us column, may forward all relevant information to Donna Sirounian at donna@zabellegroup.com. We would like to share all happy or sad news (births, baptisms, engagements, weddings, graduations, hospitalizations, funerals) with our church community. Please do not assume that we already know! - Congratulation to Juliana Michelle Bastuba »