Holy Lent Readings - First Week (Friday)
And Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? Why did you say, ‘She is my sister’? I might have taken her as my wife. Now therefore, here is your wife; take her and go your way.” So Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him; and they sent him away, with his wife and all that he had.
Then Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, to the South. Abram was very rich in livestock, in...
Holy Lent Readings - First Week (Thursday)
Do not contend with a powerful man,lest you fall into his hands. Do not quarrel with a rich man, lest his resources outweigh yours; for gold has ruined many, and has perverted the minds of kings. Do not argue with a chatterer, nor heap wood on his fire. Do not jest with an ill-bred person, lest your ancestors be disgraced. Do not reproach a man who is turning away from sin; remember that we all deserve punishment. Do not disdain a man when he is old, for some of us are growing old. Do not rejoice over any one’s death; remember that...
Holy Lent Readings - First Week (Wednesday)
Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to dwell there, for the famine was severe in the land. And it came to pass, when he was close to entering Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, “Indeed I know that you are a woman of beautiful countenance. Therefore it will happen, when the
Egyptians see you, that they will say, ‘This is his wife’; and they will kill me, but they will let you live. Please say you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that I...
Holy Lent Readings - First Week (Tuesday)
Now the whole earth had one language and one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there. Then they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar. And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens; let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.” But the Lord...
Holy Lent Readings - First Week (Monday)
Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock to the back of the desert, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. And the Angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. So he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, but the bush was not consumed. Then Moses said, “I will now turn aside and see this great sight, why the bush does not burn.” So when the LORD saw that he turned aside to look, God called...
New Council Elects Officers - St. Mark's
On Monday, January 7th the new Parish Council met with the outgoing Parish Council and Board President Erol Devli to hand over the administrative responsibilities of the parish.
Also present were the Past Presidents Council members and Rev. Fr. Joseph Chamoun. On the evening’s agenda was also the election of the four officers of the Council for the next two years. Burhan Coban was elected President, Ercan Kavak, Vice President, George Saliba, Treasurer, and Suad Hazou, Secretary.
Erol Devli thanked his Board for their cooperation and help during his tenure and wished the new Council and officers much luck and success assuring them...