en c:: ~ ·~ co ~ c;r~ ~ be ::;- ::;-~ ~~ ::Sco ~en ~~ ::,::s ·~ .;:t .~ 0}: ::5~ c.. ~ ~ ~ ~~ c:: 0\ .D ~ \;;:::; ~a ~::5 .c:.. ~ ~ ..c:. C::(IJ ~ cS~ =:::,::::, ~ fl) ~ ~::5 Q.) CI'J ::Sen ·~ ~ ~::5 ·~ u v C'J~ r::y ::5 c ~ tF • c.t ::::, 'Poreword His Holiness, Vasken I, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians The Holy Cross Church has reached a milestone with 60 years of existance. My forty five years at Holy Cross has been a reward­ ing experience. I have deep feelings and affection for our parishioners and friends who were affiliated with Holy Cross, resulting in a close relationship with one another and making us feel like a family. In the course of time, many parishioners relocated to different areas. However, they always found time to attend our church and its functions. The parish, through the years had the foresight to create a sinking fund in order to balance our financial needs. We are looking forward to our 70th Anniversary and will strive to improve a stronger path for our new gneration to come. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all who partici­ pated and helped in making this 60th Anniversary of the Holy Cross Church a success. Sam Chapootian The Front Cover is Sponsored by THE KACHAJIAN FAMILY His Holiness at Holy Cross In Loving Merrwry of Simon and Lousaper Ovagim, Makrouhi and Shamiram Primates GMessage ~c~b~hop~ranqversoyan,W041989---------------------- I llfl.lL~~nr'l-nt-ra-~~~ tllsna DIOCESE OF THE ARMENIAN CHURCH OF AMERICA, 630 SECOND AVENUE, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10016-4885 212 686-0710 Archbishop Torllom AfafiOOI'ian, Prlm.t• PRIMATE'S MESSAGE The anniversary of an Armenian Church is always an occasion of joy and celebration. This year it has even greater significana:. Almost a year ago an earthquake in Annenia took tens of thousands of lives and maimed many mort: physically and psychologically; in less !han a year we will be marking the 75th year since the Genocide of 1915 in which the Armenian homeland was devastated and two million perished. And yet today the Armenian nation is affumed in the 60th anniversary of the Holy Cross Church of Annenia in New York City. We glory in the faith of this ancienr Church that has withstood unimaginable onslaughts from natural disaster to A dedication man's inhumanity to man. The history of Holy Cross Church is the history of eac:h and every one of its memben, past and present. Its life <ombrnces the lives of its pastors, their families, the countless liturgies celebr.a.ted, the feast days, the han:l work of teaching, learning, Archbishop Torkom Manoogian On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Holy praying, fund raising, cooking, cleaning. The Holy Ooss parish has had thousands streets and in the shops of St. Nicholas A venue. He of members and it has hundreds. But no matter the members enduring, it is the Primate, Cross Church of Armenia we dedicate this book to the amazed us with his eagerness to walk everywhere. inspiring story of Armenian Christians serving God and people in one community of Diocese of the Armenian Church love and faith. memory of Archbishop Tiran N ersoyan, who for over And somewhere through all those years he briskly We salute that community today, its accomplishments, all its loving two decades brought spiritual nourishment to the servants. God bless you and may the next 60 years be as full of life and as rich went up three flights of stairs to his apartment. in faith. members of our community. Archbishop Tiran Nersoyan was in great demand as For our 40th anniversary booklet he wrote, "What­ Pray~. IJA a preacher and public speaker. For many years he at, /(JU(.ino..tv~~ ever we are is due to what our predecessors have been. preached the sermon every week at Holy Cross Archbishop Torkom Manoogian The Lord has blessed us on our path. He will give us Primate Church. He had given numerous talks and presented courage and the vision to go forward with confi­ papers to public and scholarly audiences both in Augus~ 1989 dence ... " America and abroad. Among his published works are: I And on the occasion of our 50th anniversary, he The translation and commentary ofthe Divine Liturgy tlfl.lL~~nrl).nt-P.~~~ ttlona reminded us that "the church has served its sacred of the Armenian Church (revised fifth edition, Lon­ DtOCESE OF THE ARMENIAN CHURCH OF AMERICA;· 630 SECOND AVENUE, NEW YORK,. N.Y. 10018-<t885 212 68&0710 purpose ... the people who have been nurtured in the don, England (1984); The Book of Hours (1964)); and ArchtHshop TO¥kom Mar!OOfian, Prim•l• Holy Cross Church through the years give us hope." \.!>to- 1>01'-lt -!!U'l.U-1!1> U. luU!! .I.US8. blJb'l.b!li>OS The Order of Baptism (1964). .I.I>IT\.U'J.I'OI>Ia'bU \. 60-UITbUlJJ>\, Ull-la-1>1> The Armenian Chmch lost her greatest prince on Archbishop Tiran was a spiritual parent and guide .!,nq.bljw.G 11b3 q.nfimfiwijmplzwllp ill! liwumw.mt.Gp np wGglinrz ajt.g Septembet· 18, Hl89. Archbishop Tiran Nersoyan, to many of our clergy and lay leaders in this country. ww.u.Gutrfl:iwl{Gtipm l)_Gpwgpf!G' "t..ftt bnpp pwruupfl U. fuw.i l.WJ9· tlljful,l:igflG lz'ltul theologian, scholm· and pastor was laid to his eternal His guidance, direction and leadership were essential q!luwmp fiwu.mw.mmp/llfil!' np fin4l:.tnp, tm~wqw.G li1 [!G/Jb.pw.JflG l{wpflpGbp[.l finqwg rest, during Di\'ine Liturgy at St. Vartan Cathedral. to the growth and development of the Armenian 2fl£WGfl fiw.J fiW.twmw.gb.wlfibpmG: UnwilzJ' U. /Vwi tllfluz bg/IG li'l Wl LUJG «1J!llfl"9f1», mp w.tiligwt m ljW CI,IlW!IIflntl:igwt fiWJ q/nnwl{flg lipfnnwuwpi').Gbpnt He died as he lived, with grace and dignity, with an Church in America in the past 45 years. He was a funufp llf!, nfl fil:n.llwq.wJflG lfltp pt.i/}1 qwGwqwll 6-mfubpmG Utr ult!wGcHit.g intt·epid faith, lucid and witty to the end. visionary, and will be sorely missed. bl{litz tigflGlipm ill;2 tU.&{Wl.nupljn'l,/1 b1 fiwilwjGpwjflG 'lliliUH/tu.p/J UflU2li10GGtipt U. Fo1· 22 years Archbishop Tiran lived in our parish On our 60th anniversary we acknowldege that Arch­ luwi tJfll:i'l.ligflll liiJWl Gwtu tUJG mJuiiiWt./UIJPI!' rup l!'wJgbrbG l:uzbpwpw}u~r~ house. Many church leaders, clergy and intellectuals bishop Tiran helped make us what we are today, and 'l.litnGIJ: U.pJI. IJ.mplnuGfl Jfl2tUt11Wiil! JU.IItQ.niJ.Gbpru li/'121J. C np WJtfrl cfwrlwGwlifibpli m IJIWJIIwGGbp[.l rjmjumwiJ liG, utui!WJG ~· came to visit him and to receive his advice and bles­ he certainly never abandoned hope in the people of /Uwl t7~1:azl:igfiG Vltuilrutflli l/wGc:puG C 2Gnplijn Jumllp 11[1 Grnflpliwl t1 fiumuliluttnft smgs. Holy Cross. He always kept his eyes focused on Our w.qq.W.JflliGbpm, /:it l/11 2wpmGw4C flp ll.ftpwqwG !JllLiplilw.l/w.Gm~&fltG[11 We were honm·ed to have him in out· midst. On the Lord Jesus Christ. We should do no less. nrllltu UnwpGnpiJ:. l.tuJ9· 111ib.rzbgtnJ l.fltufluwJflG Urlbpfll/wJfl U.pblblliwG occasion of his 70th bi1thday, and the 50th and 60th May Our Lord receive His servant Archbishop Tiran fi"liriflG, 4f.l 2GnpfiwtnptG.p U. /Uwz Vl/brz bgtnJ liflr!GwfJ.pmpbw.G 60-wllbw4a P.t 4'orfiGI:iGJ2 tTJuw4tuG !Onpflnlft'Jfl wGP)wriGI:ipG ni flwllwJGpfl pnp111 anniversaries of his ordination to the priesthood the Nersoyan in His Heavenly Kingdom, and send his com­ fituLWIJ.1Wgl:iwlGtzpru 4'wP)_opbGp np St'pf.l llf12tn pwg tqutfil: U'LOPJ1fl WJU SwG parish feted him with organized banquets. forting Holy Spirit to his family, and all of those who P]nGI:ipf.l: His Grace loved Washington Heights and the ethnic mourn the passing of this giant of the Armenian UJlpnJ nTJ.pmGfn mix of its inhabitants. We often ran into him on the Church. ~~~)){)(-.£""(A-'- fi>n£''1-nl! Uf'.P.t:;"'fl'<fl"'nU UnwfGnpf) l.nlftnli!lpl:ip 1989 "t..fli l:;;npg, "t....C. In Merrwry Of Our Beloved Archbishop Tiran Nersoyan DADOUR AND SARA DADOURIAN ·' ARCHBISHOP TIRAN NERSOYAN Archbishop Tiran was born Nersess Tavookjian in Ainteb, Cilida on August 23, 1904, one of six children of Fr. Nersess and Yeretzgin Annitza Tavookjian. He attended preparatory school in Ainteb and was deported with his family to Syria in 1915. After a long period of hardship, which included Fr. Tavookjian's exile into the desert and the death of his baby daughter, the family returned to Ainteb after the Armistice of 1918. With Archbishop Elisha Tourian of Constantinople, elected Patriarch of Jerusalem in 1921, 17-year-<>ld Nersess Tavookjian left his birthplace before the withdrawal of the French military forces and entered the Seminary of the Armenian Patriarchate of jerusalem. The young seminarian's father had been a pupil of the great educator, Tourian, at the Seminary of Armash near Constantinople. Nersess Tavookjian was ordained a deacon in 1926 after having graduated from Seminary in 1924. He taught at the Armenian Elementary School run by the Patriarchate and did editorial work on Archbishop Ortnanian's Azgapatoon, whose third volume was posthumously being published under the direction of Bishop Papken Gulesarian, dean of the jerusalem Seminary. Nersess Tavookjian was ordained a celibate priest on July 22, 1928 by Patriarch Elisha Tourian, who named him Tiran Nersoyan.