Holy Cross Armenian Catholic Church
200 Lexington St
Belmont MA 02478
(USA)
tel: 617 / 489.2280 fax: 617 / 484.0218
eMail:
sbxa@bellatlantic.net
web: http://fmwww.bc.edu/ecclarm/sbxa.html (this page)
| Pastor: |
Very Rev Fr Raphaël Andonian OMech |
andonr@bellatlantic.net
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| Supplying priests: |
Rev Fr Charles Onyango Oduke SJ (Boston College) |
oduke@bc.edu |
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Rev Fr John Grennon OCD (Discalced Carmelites, Brighton) |
tel: 617/787.5056
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| Archdeacon: |
Rev Dcn M.J. Connolly (Boston College) |
cnnmj@bc.edu |
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| Former supplying priest: |
Rev Fr Paul J. O'Connor AA
returned to New Zealand in June 2003
Farewell photos (16 June 2003) |
pauloc@ihug.co.nz
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| Apostolic Exarch (US & Canada): |
Most Rev Fr Manuel Batakian ICPB
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| Apostolic Exarch (deceased): |
Most Rev Fr Hovhannes Tertzakian OMech
| deceased, 28 January 2002
obituary |
The Parish celebrates Mass (Surp badarak) every Sunday morning at 10.30h.
Refreshments and pastries follow in the Atinizian auditorium.
Link to Parish activities including our liturgical calendar (.pdf document, sample)
Dates for NCLI adult religious education series
on the Gospels (.pdf document).
For related external links, see below
Text of a patriarchal letter (31 December 2000) from His Beatitude Nerses Bedros XIX, concerning the 1700th anniversary of the establishment of Christianity as the state religion in Armenia.
Text of a draft policy on the protection of children and young people from sexual abuse by clergy and church personnel.
When in full operation this site will present
- parish history,
- parish organization and
- parish activities (sample)
as well as documentation about Armenian church history, liturgy, and theology.
Selected links:
- For the official site of the Armenian Apostolic Church (Etchmiadzin), see:
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http://www.etchmiadzin.com
--reported as 'not available' 2001-04-03
- For information about the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate (Bzommar), see:
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http://www.opuslibani.org.lb/armenimenu.html
--link sometimes slow
- For the official site of the Catholicosate of Cilicia (Antelias), see:
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http://www.cathcil.org/
- For the official site of the Armenian Patriarchate of St James (Jerusalem), see:
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http://www.armenian-patriarchate.org/
- For the official site of the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople (Istanbul), see:
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http://www.armenianpatriarchate.org.tr/
- For the website of the Antelias (Cilician) Armenian Apostolic Prelacy for the Eastern United States and Canada, see:
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http://www.armprelacy.org
- For the website of the Etchmiadzin Armenian Apostolic Diocese of America, see:
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http://www.armenianchurch.org/
- For a comprehensive overview of Roman and Eastern Catholic topics, begin with the Catholic Information Network site at:
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http://www.cin.org
- For Eastern Catholic churches in particular, see the CIN dedicated page:
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http://www.cin.org/eastern.html
- For web links to many Catholic sites, Western and Eastern, see Father Maurice Voity's Catholic-USA site:
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http://www.catholic-usa.com/welc_links.html
- We hope to release soon the websites
for the Apostolic Exarchate for Armenian Catholics in the United States and Canada
and for the Nersês Lambronac'i Catechetical Institute.
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