“If God wills that we converse with one another, let it not be as the master with his servants and the servants with their master, for you set our defects before us., and we dare not inform you of what shocks us in you. Such relations belong to worldly matters but not to spiritual, since all the faithful are equal with one…
Armenian Church Community of Tampa Bay St. Petersburg Florida
Sunday Worship & Fellowship: 10:30AM-1:30PM
Our Diocese has launched its 2012 Annual Appeal, and it needs help from all of us to make it a success. The Annual Appeal is the only Diocesan-wide fundraiser conducted each year to support the many Diocesan ministries and resources that benefit this parish, and enrich our spiritual life.
“As we sinned and became mortal by food, Christ’s sufferings allowed us to receive atonement and immortality by food. I pray that the bread and wine set on the table, by becoming Christ’s body and blood, may atone for us and save both the living and the dead.” –Khosrov Andzevatsi (10th century)
Click here to view the entire flickr album of our sold out 5th anniversary dinner dance with Robert Chilingirian. Thanks to our chairman Stepan Serpekian and all his team for organizing such a magical evening. Special thanks to our dedicated church photographer, Teresa Haidarian. [slickr-flickr type=”gallery” tag=”5annivpart1″]
What heart-warming joy existed there thenceforward, and what a pleasant scene for the eyes! For a land which had not known even the name of the regions where all those wonderful divine acts had been performed, soon learned all the things that were, not only those that had transpired in time, but that of the eternity which had preceded, and those that…
Click image to view and download the latest copy of the official newsletter of St. Hagop Armenian Church, the Avedis. Starting with this issue of the Avedis, we are providing this electronic copy, by default, to all those who have an email address on file with St. Hagop. Those who still wish to receive the paper…
“As a drunkard will be thirstier the more he drinks, likewise the one that penetrates into the mysteries of the scriptures will desire to learn more, because he knows that he cannot exhaust the fullness of the knowledge of the scriptures.”—Krikor Naregatsi (951–1003)