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On Sunday November 15, 2015 our Pastor Rev. Fr. Daniel Karadjian after the Divine Liturgy held a special Water Blessing Service with the newly consecrated Holy Muron on September 27th at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. The blessed water was distributed to the faithful to drink and to take... Read More →

On Sunday November 1,  2015 St. Stepanos performed a special ceremony consecrating the parish’s new Icon of the Holy Martyrs  of the Armenian Genocide.  The Ceremony began with the children of the Sunday School carrying the Icon replica into the Sanctuary. Ryan Kozak, Arianna Hovsepian, Davit... Read More →

On Sunday September 20, 2015 St. Stepanos Armenian Church celebrated the 24th year of Armenia’s Independence. The festivities started with our flag raising ceremony at the front of the Church alongside Ocean Avenue. This is a tradition started by the Armenian Cultural Club in Toms River... Read More →

On Sept. 13, 2015, the St. Stepanos Women’s Guild held a special fellowship in celebration of the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. The Chairs of the event Marie Haytaian and Ginny Sabonjian  with their committee comprised of Lori Lombardi, Anna Marie Rooney, Sonia Toufayan,... Read More →

The Haytaian Family Scholarship Program begins this Summer to help students who are associated  whit the life of St.Stepanos Armenian Church. They must be enrolled as a full-time student and have completed one full year of academics at a four-year accredited U.S. college by August of 2016 or... Read More →

St. Stepanos celebrated two milestones: the 20th anniversary of the ordination of Rev. Fr. Daniel Karadjian and the ordination of five altar servers. On Saturday evening, June 20, the Rev. Fr. Daniel Karadjian was honored during a banquet in the church hall. Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, Primate... Read More →

It was a bright and sunny day in Long Branch, NJ on April 24, but the April winds were still whipping their cold whips, trying not to allow us to forget the past winter. Nevertheless, neither the cold nor the wind could discourage Armenians and Americans alike from flocking to St. Stepanos... Read More →

We are happy to announce the publication of the new book: Komitas (1869-1935) Victim of the Great Crime by our parishioner Meliné Karakashian PhD. The book is the researched story of Komitas Vartabed’s development, his immense contribution to the preservation of Armenian church and folk... Read More →

Sunday, December 29, 2014 was a special day for St. Stepanos Armenian Church with multiple special events. The day included the celebration of the Feast of St. Stepanos, the patron saint of the parish. At the end of Badarak, during the singing of the Hymn of St. Stepanos, Deacons Nubar... Read More →