Archbishop Yeghishé Gizirian Enters His Eternal Rest

Easter Holy week services 2016

^{Mrs Osanna Haladjian}

^{1932 – 2015}

Mrs Osanna Haladjian was born on 3rd March 1932 in Damascus, Syria.
In 1952 she was married to the late Bedros Haladjian and they were blessed with four children, Viken, Germaine, Hourie and Ara, and four grandchildren.
She lost her husband in 1971, very early on in their marriage, and consequently she performed the duties of both mother as well as father of the family and to bring up her four young children to become exemplary members of their community and Church.
Osanna Haladjian devoted her entire life to the service of God and charitable organisations, looking after and helping the Armenian elderly, the blind and orphans in Lebanon.
Two of her children, Viken and Houri, reside in the United Kingdom and both are active and respected members of the Armenian community in London and both are devoted to serving the church at St Yeghiche Church in Kensington.
Osanna Haladjian witnessed with pride the successes of her children and she was proud to see her son Viken elected to the position of Chairman of the St Yeghiche Church Parish Council as well as Member of the Armenian Community Council of the United Kingdom. She was also proud to see her daughter-in-law, Viken’s wife Dzovik serve as an active member of HOM-Armenian Relief Society and the ACC and the St Yeghiche Church Ladies Committees and her granddaughter Arda, in Homenetmen and other youth activities.
Osanna Haladjian passed away peacefully on the 27th of December 2015.
In accordance with her last wishes, her funeral service and interment will take place in Beirut, Lebanon.
May the Lord rest her soul in peace.

On Sunday, 22 November, St. Yeghiche Armenian Church, London, held a Special Service in Solidarity of people of France and to honour the memory of the victims of Friday 13 November 2015 in Paris. The service was presided by Bishop Hovakim Manukyan, Primate of the diocese of Great Britain and Ireland,  accompanied by representatives from other churches.

Sunday 8th November 2015, St Yeghiche Armenian Church Parish was the centre stage for the Armenian Community remembering all the fallen victims of the first and second world wars and all the other wars. A wreath was laid at 11 am by the Parish Council members as a sign of respect.
HG Bishop Hovakim led the Sunday Service of Divine Liturgy and in his sermon he spoke about the resurrection which our Lord has exercised and preached and shown us his own resurrection which is the cornerstone of our Christian faith.
After his Sermon, HG led special prayers for His Holiness Karekin II on the occasion of the 16th anniversary of his enthronement as the Catholicos of All Armenians. The St Yeghiche choir sang special hems, and prayers were offered for His Holinesses long reign.

[Westminster Abbey Holy Martyrs Service, 28 October 2015:

Impressive service, wonderful choir, excellent documentation, first-class sermon by the Catholicos – but our hopes with the Bishop of London were not realised when he used the phrases “Medz Yeghern”, “the Catastrophe” and once “Crime against Humanity” (presumably because it’s in the May 1915 Statement).

Listen to the recording in the link in following report.]

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SERVICE AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY REMEMBERS THE LIVES OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE MARTYRS – PHOTOS
29 Oct 2015 Siranush Ghazanchyan

His Excellency Serzh Sargsyan, the President of the Republic of
Armenia, HRH The Prince of Wales, and His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, attended a Special Service to celebrate the lives of the newly-sainted Armenian Martyrs of 1915 at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 28th October 2015. The National Anthem of the United Kingdom and that of the Republic of Armenia were sung.

In his Bidding, the Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr John
Hall, said: ‘Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.

Then the Lord said to Cain, ‘Where is your brother Abel?’ He said,
‘I do not know; am I my brother’s keeper?’ And the Lord said, ‘What
have you done? Listen; your brother’s blood is crying out to me from
the ground!

‘The ancient account in the holy Bible of Cain killing his brother
Abel rings down through the centuries and generations. The blood of countless men, women and children, split through crimes of passion and of hate, intercommunal rivalry, civil conflict and warfare continues to cry out to God from the ground. And the blood continues to be spilt.

‘This evening we call to mind the killing of innocent Armenians a
hundred years ago. With sorrow we remember so much blood spilt. With thanksgiving we celebrate the Holy Martyrs and ask for their prayers.

With longing we pray for peace and reconciliation between peoples
divided.’

The Reverend Professor Vernon White, Canon in Residence read Hebrews 4:14-16 and His Grace Bishop Hovakim Manukian, Primate of the Armenian Church in the United Kingdom and Ireland, read St Mark 10: 35-45.

The Address was given by The Right Reverend and Right Honourable Dr Richard Chartres KCVO, Bishop of London.

Prayers were led by the Reverend Christopher Stoltz, Minor Canon
and Precentor of Westminster, and read by Baroness Cox; Shakeh Major Tchilingirian, mother of a great-grandchild of survivors from Cilicia; Ellen Adamian, great-granddaughter of survivors from Moush and Sassoun; His Excellency Dr Armen Sarkissian, Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to the Court of St James’s, former Prime Minister of Armenia (1996-1997) grandson of survivors from Erzerum and Alashkert; and the Reverend Professor Vernon White, Canon in Residence.

At the invitation of the Dean, the Bishop of London, representing
the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Catholicos of All Armenians,
pronounced the Blessing.

The service was sung by the St Yeghiche Armenian Church Choir,
directed by Aris Nadirian. Music during the service was accompanied by Arthur Bovikyn, Organist, St Yeghiche Armenian Church. Music before and after the service was played by Martin Ford, Assistant Organist.

Click on the link in order to listen

https://audioboom.com/boos/3746388-sermon-given-at-a-special-service-celebrating-the-