We Celebrated the Feast of the Assumption

On Sunday, August 14, 2022, we observed the Feast of the Assumption of the Holy Mother of God. Our Pastor Rev. Fr. Daniel Karadjian, celebrated the Divine Liturgy and delivered a sermon based on the significance of The Holy Mother of God in our church and in our daily life....
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Trip to the Legoland Discovery Center

This past Friday, June 24, 2022, the Sunday/Armenian Schools had their field trip to the Legoland Discovery Center in Yonkers, NY. The 43 participants from 7 months old to 78 years old were accompanied by Der Hayr and the organizer for the trip Armenian School teacher Varduhi...
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LUNCH WITH DER HAYR

On Saturday, June 11, 2022, the St. Stepanos Women’s Guild members gathered as a family for a luncheon hosted by Der Hayr and Yeretsgin Mariam. Der Hayr demonstrated his exceptional culinary skills by making the most delicious kebab and Lula kebabs. The side dishes and desserts...
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St. Stepanos Sunday School Graduation 2022

On Sunday, May 15th, on the last day of the Armenian School and Sunday School for the school year 2021-2022, St. Stepanos in Elberon, NJ had its Sunday School Graduation.This year was special since the prior 2 years we were not able to have graduation due to the pandemic....
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Parish Assembly 2022

On Sunday, March 13, 2022, we held our Annual Parish Assembly for 2021 ‘year in review.’ We have 103 members who are eligible to vote. There were only 22 dues-paying members who attended the meeting, and while such a number does not constitute a quorum, the Assembly’s...
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Christmas Celebrations at our Church.

On Sunday, December 26, we celebrated St. Stephen’s Day commemorating the life and sacrifice of our church’s patron St. Stephen the first deacon and Christian martyr. At the end of Badarak, our deacons: Dn. Ara, Dn. Chris, Dn. Trending, and Dn. Ari donned priestly crowns in honor...
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Sunday School Christmas Pageant

On December 19, 2021, the Armenian and Sunday School held their annual Christmas program in the church hall following Divine Liturgy.Teachers and all kids received Christmas gifts after the program which started with prayer.The program was set as a lesson about the incarnation of...
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BREAKFAST WITH SANTA

On December 18, 2021, our church held its fifth Breakfast with Santa. Over 20 families with their kids came to enjoy the day. Our children were very excited. They had a chance to eat, talk, hug Santa and take pictures with him who came especially from Lapland to visit the St....
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Holiday Bake Sale

On Saturday, December 11th, the St. Stepanos Women’s Guild amended its tradition of holding an annual Bake Sale festival to that of a curbside pick-up food fundraiser due to COVID-19. The ladies were determined to find a way to continue supporting the church and provide delicious...
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Thanksgiving concert & prayer

On Sunday, November 21, the St. Stepanos community was treated to a Thanksgiving concert with performances by Alyne Corrigan, Leon Bagdasarov, and Ari Terjanian featuring traditional Armenian folk songs and classical music pieces. The program also included prayers and messages of...
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