March 18, 2020
Dear Parishioners,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We hope that you are safe, healthy, and well in these uncertain and changing times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Worldwide Day of Prayer<\/strong> These updates are based on the directive of Bishop Daniel Findikyan, Primate of the Eastern Diocese (which can be read in its entirety here<\/a>) as well as the specific situation and public health directives here in Massachusetts. Our focus is the safety and well-being of our parish family and community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our Lord implores us hundreds of times in Scripture to not be afraid or anxious. While we are in a time of uncertainty and crisis, we are encouraged by the acts of kindness around us, which demonstrate the presence of our Lord and the beauty and generosity of the human spirit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Please remember that while we may need to be isolated, we are never alone, always loved by our Creator. We are praying for our entire St. James family, and our local and global communities. We also pray for all those who are not able to isolate, but continue to bravely work and serve in so many ways to ensure all of our well-being and safety. Through God\u2019s grace, loving compassion, and mercy, we will overcome these difficult days. \n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 18, 2020Dear Parishioners, We hope that you are safe, healthy, and well in these uncertain and changing times. Worldwide Day of Prayer His Holiness Karekin II has proclaimed Wednesday, March 18, to be a worldwide Day of Prayer in the Armenian Church. At precisely 7 pm today, we are all asked to take a moment in our homes, and offer Continue Reading<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5864,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","cat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjameswatertown.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjameswatertown.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjameswatertown.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=5876"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.stjameswatertown.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5879,"href":"https:\/\/www.stjameswatertown.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5876\/revisions\/5879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stjameswatertown.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stjameswatertown.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stjameswatertown.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stjameswatertown.org\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
His Holiness Karekin II has proclaimed Wednesday, March 18, to be a worldwide Day of Prayer in the Armenian Church. At precisely 7 pm today, we are all asked to take a moment in our homes, and offer our personal prayers to Almighty God. Please join the Day of Prayer this Wednesday at 7 pm in your local time zone. Fr. Arakel will offer prayers in the St. James sanctuary (this will not be open to the public due to COVID-19 precautions). Since Armenians are spread across the globe, the effect will be for our people to be continuously offering prayers to God throughout the 24-hour period.Please note the following updates:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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