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  • Father's Day

    Fatherhood: Privilege, Duty, Blessing

    Art June 16, 2018

    This Sunday will be observed as Father’s Day across the United States: a chance to reflect, with gratitude, on the deeper meaning of fatherhood. While the surrounding popular culture may sometimes fail to treat fatherhood with due seriousness, the Armenian Church accords great reverence and...

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  • relic of St. Gregory the Illuminator

    The Illuminator’s Final Years

    Christian Tradition June 14, 2018

    On Saturday, June 16, the Armenian Church will observe one of several feast days associated with St. Gregory the Illuminator. This particular feast is dedicated to the saint’s later years and the discovery of his relics.

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  • Saintly Defiance

    Art June 14, 2018

    The king ruled over an empire of many nations, and had a great opinion of himself. He had his own image sculpted in a statue of gold, 90 feet tall, and ordered all the authorities of his realm—political, judicial, religious—to fall down and worship it....

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One-Day Bible Camp

June 23, 2018 at 10:30 am1184 Ocean Ave., Long Branch, NJ 07740

St. Stepanos Church of Elberon, NJ, will hold a one-day “summer camp Bible adventure” for children age 7+ and their parents, on Saturday, Jun. 23, at 10:30 a.m., at the church (1184 Ocean Ave, Long Branch). Click here for...

Elberon Armenian Picnic

June 24, 2018 at 12:30 pm1184 Ocean Ave., Long Branch, NJ 07740

St. Stepanos Church of Elberon, NJ, will hold an “Armenian Father’s Day Picnic,” on Sunday, Jun. 24, at 12:30-5:30 p.m., at the church (1184 Ocean Ave, Long Branch). Click here (and scroll down) for a flyer with information.

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