{"id":2351,"date":"2014-09-02T14:33:16","date_gmt":"2014-09-02T18:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stjameswatertown.org\/?page_id=2351"},"modified":"2014-10-01T21:19:43","modified_gmt":"2014-10-02T01:19:43","slug":"pastoral-services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stjameswatertown.org\/test\/worship\/pastoral-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Pastoral Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fr. Arakel is available 24 hours for spiritual guidance and support.<\/p>\n<p>Please contact Fr. Arakel to make arrangements for any of the following Sacraments or Pastoral Services:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Baptisms<\/li>\n<li>Cemetery Blessings<\/li>\n<li>Counseling<\/li>\n<li>Engagement Service (Blessing of the Rings)<\/li>\n<li>Funerals<\/li>\n<li>Hokehankisd<\/li>\n<li>House Blessings<\/li>\n<li>Pastoral Visits<\/li>\n<li>Prayers for the Sick<\/li>\n<li>Pre-marital consultation<\/li>\n<li>Private Confession<\/li>\n<li>Visitations to the Sick<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>How to Contact the Pastor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Call the Church office at (617)923-8860 or e-mail:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:derarakel@sthagop.com\">derarakel@sthagop.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>ANOTHER REMINDER FROM YOUR PASTORS REGARDING HOSPITAL VISITATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the past, clergy used to have access to hospital lists and directories of patients belonging to a given faith.\u00a0 This allowed us to learn of and visit our hospitalized parishioners.\u00a0 Due to federal hospital privacy regulations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, most hospitals are severely restricting our access to such lists or are not placing patients on such lists.\u00a0 These rules are being enforced now more than ever before.\u00a0 As we do not have the same access to this information as we once did, we are often unable to visit our parishioners and offer prayers.\u00a0 As always, we ask all parishioners to call the church office if you, or someone you know, is hospitalized and would like a pastoral visit. We thank you in advance.<\/p>\n<p>With prayers and gratitude, Fr. Arakel and Fr. Arsen<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fr. Arakel is available 24 hours for spiritual guidance and support. Please contact Fr. Arakel to make arrangements for any of the following Sacraments or Pastoral Services: Baptisms Cemetery Blessings Counseling Engagement Service (Blessing of the Rings) Funerals Hokehankisd House Blessings Pastoral Visits Prayers for the Sick Pre-marital consultation Private Confession Visitations to the Sick \u00a0How to Contact the Pastor&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stjameswatertown.org\/test\/worship\/pastoral-services\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue Reading<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2349,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2351","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjameswatertown.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjameswatertown.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjameswatertown.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stjameswatertown.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stjameswatertown.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2351"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.stjameswatertown.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2937,"href":"https:\/\/www.stjameswatertown.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2351\/revisions\/2937"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stjameswatertown.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjameswatertown.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}