Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Church

Beautiful moments from today’s First Communion Congratulations to Vallefuoco, Yeressian & Hablian families May GOD always bless your beautiful families. A special thank you to our wonderful Monsignor, Father Armenag, Mrs. Silva Semerdjian & Ms. Azadouhi Sakoian who worked above and beyond to make First Communion special for Ava, Marcello, Nikki and Noah

Pope pays tribute to late Armenian Catholic Patriarch Ghabroyan https://www.vaticannews.va//pope-pays-tribute-to-late-arme

: Our Patriarch, His Beatitude Gregory Peter XX, Catholicos-Patriarch of the Armenian Catholic Holy See of Cilicia, slept in the Lord, today, May 25th. May he see the face of God.

HOLY MASS - MAY 16, 2021 If I speak with the tongues of mankind and of angels but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have t...he gift of prophecy and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. And if I give away all my possessions to charity, and if I surrender my body so that I may glory, but do not have love, it does me no good. ... (1 Corinthians13:3-4) Our next Holy Mass is on Sunday, May16, 2021 at 3:30 p.m. at SaintTimothy Church. Located at: 2960 Canyon Rd., Escondido, CA 92025-7402. We would welcome a soloist guest (Mrs. Sona Baghdassarian), who will be joining our Holy Mass by singing the Holy Mass hymens.

A letter from his Excellency Bishop Mikael Mouradian thanking President Biden on the recognition of the Armenian Genocide.

Dear Parishioners, Hope everyone is doing well and all the members of your families are safe. It is with great joy that we are writing to you at this time to inform you that the first number of our Eparchy’s trimestral Digital Newsletter The Eternal Flame is ready and will be launched this upcoming Sunday. Several young men and women from the Eparchy's different parishes in the USA and Canada voluntarily committed themselves to collaborate and work together to carry out this project. In order to receive it directly to your emails, please follow the link below of the subscription landing page to subscribe and receive it. We would like to ask you also to share it on your social media pages. https://mailchi.mp/b6d9f1cdcc/subscribe-today-eternal-flame With our best wishes for a holy and peaceful Lent Period,

St. Sarkis the Warrior and His Son, St. Mardiros The feast day honoring St. Sarkis is movable. It occurs between January 11th and February 15th. Each year it follows the five-day Fast of Catechumens. Sarkis was a Greek from the area of Cappadocia on the Anatolian plain. He was a proud, brave Christian and served as a Roman army officer during the reign of Emperor Constantine (roughly 337 A.D.). Sarkis’ valor, strength, and bravery earned him the rank of general. Sarkis us...Continue reading

SAN DIEGO. JANUARY 17, 2021

Happy New Year and Merry Christmas Dear Parishioners, colleagues, and readers. We warmly congratulate you all on the New Year and Merry Christmas. May God bless you and all those you love. And may the Lord comfort, guide and protect us all in the months ahead.

PLEASE JOIN AND SHARE Prayer for the love of the Motherland. St. Ghevondian Cathedral 3325 N Glenoaks Blvd, Burbank, CA 91504... Monday, November 2, 2020 At 8 pm

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. (1 Corinthians 13:4) (Our Holy Mass will be for peace in Armenia and Artsa...kh) Our next Holy Mass is on Sunday, October 18, 2020 at 3:30 p.m. at Saint Timothy Church. Located at: 2960 Canyon Rd., Escondido, CA 92025-7402. --------------------------------------------------------- As most of you have probably seen, Armenia is under attack. With the help of the Turkish government, Azerbaijan launched a full-scale attack against Armenia and Artsakh this past Sunday. Hundreds of military and civilian deaths have been reported. Armenia and its people do NOT want war. Armenia is a country of 3 million people with a GDP of $13 billion (~$4k per capita) - a fraction of the size of Azerbaijan. Artsakh, the region where Azerbaijan initiated its attacks, has been home to Armenians for centuries, with still 90%+ of its inhabitants ethnically Armenian. Why is this happening? Turkey and Azerbaijan do not want Armenia to exist as a nation (goal to have a pan-Turkic state), and Azerbaijan believes that Artsakh belongs to them. From the massacres of the Armenians in the late 1800s to the commencement of the Armenian Genocide in 1915, these two countries have tried countless times to destroy this small, unimportant, landlocked, border-closed, Christian nation. Turkey is helping Azerbaijan in this attack. They have sent by plane Syrian rebel fighters to Azerbaijan to help and both countries held joint military exercises in late July. Why did this happen now? Aliyev, Azerbaijan's President, needed to act swiftly to maintain his dictatorship. Why was his power weakening? 90% of Azerbaijan's total export revenues are generated by oil. With the large drop in oil prices post-COVID, the country has struggled. What do all dictators do when they feel their power is diminishing? Anything nationalistic. The perfect solution is to start a war with Armenia and convince the Azeri people that Armenia is the aggressor (shut down social media in the country). What do we ask of you? Please help. we would greatly appreciate it. 1. Go to anca.org/alert to alert your politicians and condemn Azerbaijani aggression and cut off all US military aid to Baku. It will take 10 seconds. This is an already drafted letter to your Senators, US Representatives, and President Trump and VP Biden. You can review and modify it as you like. 2. Share content via your social media. Whether it be Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook, you can educate others on the situation and raise awareness. This is likely the most powerful weapon, and it is imperative that the world knows the truth about what is going on. Legitimate media sources that are covering this well include @ZartonkMedia, @Armenian_National_Committee, @CivilNet, Al Jazeera, and BBC DONATE! all the donations should be for civilian and humanitarian aid and assistance and should be channeled through Armenia Fund at www.ArmeniaFund.org/Donate. Phone number 800-888-8897 or 818-243-6222. If you have any questions you can email also to [email protected]. Thank you for your attention (by Nick Cabraloff)

Dear US-based Armenian organizations, RA High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs Zareh Sinanyan will be hosting a Live Town Hall Today, October 9, 12 PM PT (3 PM ET) on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube to give the community an update on: The latest on the ground regarding the outbreak of the full-scale war launched by Azerbaijan and backed by Turkey... Current needs Steps to Defend Artsakh and Armenia The event will also include a Q&A portion. Here is the link to the FB event page - the graphics have also been posted on all the official platforms. We are asking all organizations to help spread the word before the live and share the live as it is happening on your organizational and personal social media platforms. When you share the live, please encourage your followers to donate to ArmeniaFund and include the armeniafund.org/donate link. Here are the handles/urls for each of the platforms where the live will stream. Join the conversation on Twitter: @Arm_Diaspora Facebook: @DiasporaHighCommissionerOfficeArmenia Instagram: @diasporahighcommissioneroffice YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSFuHFzuSkxEV7UHajh243A Zareh_10_9_2020_IG-Post.jpg ,

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Dear friends and family, As most of you have probably seen, Armenia is under attack. With the help of the Turkish government, Azerbaijan launched a full-scale attack against Armenia and Artsakh this past Sunday. Hundreds of military and civilian deaths have been reported. Armenia and its people do NOT want war. Armenia is a country of 3 million people with a GDP of $13 billion (~$4k per capita) - a fraction of the size of Azerbaijan. Artsakh, the region where Azerbaijan initi...Continue reading

Sunday, August 16,2020 Mass for the Feast of the Assumption of St. Mary

Artists for Lebanon, a special time with our artists. Tune in on Sunday at 7pm Hosted by Hrant Tokhatian.... To Donate, click or call. GiveButter.com/HyeAid 818-660-5453 #HaroutPamboukjian #Armenchik #Arpi #KarnigSarkissian #HrantTokhatian Share / Like

Saturday, August 15, 2020 Ladies preparing for Sunday’s Feast of the Assumption of St. Mary

Next Sunday, August 16,2020 is the Feast of the Assumption of St. Mary IN LIEU OF GRAPES; donations are appreciated to the church

Today, we had a special prayer for all those who were affected by Beirut’s explosions We also had two special birthdays from Ladies Guild, Stella & Susan wishing you both good health & happiness

Sunday 7/19/20 outdoor mass