ST. JOHN ARMENIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN

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Come and join us on Sundays for Worship. Experience Christ as He has been worshiped for 1700 years in the Armenian Orthodox Church.

Armenian Churches in the Midwest Area

Church Services

Join us on Sundays
Morning Service 9am
Divine Liturgy 10am

Միացէք մէզի ամէն Կիրակի
Առաւօտեան Ժամ. 9։00-ին
Ս. Պատարագ 10։00-ին

St. John Armenian Church of Greenfield, Wisconsin

Office Hours

Monday Closed
Tuesday 10am to 3pm
Wednesday 10am to 3pm
Thursday 10am to 3pm
Friday 10am to 3pm

Telephone (414) 282-1670

PALM SUNDAY

On Sunday, April 13th, the Armenian Church celebrates Palm Sunday, which commemorates the triumphal entry of our Lord Jesus Christ into Jerusalem. All four Evangelists (Matthew 21:1-11, Mark 11:1-10, Luke 19:28-38, and John 12:12-18) write about this significant event.

Our Lord Jesus Christ, like all believers of his time, went to Jerusalem as a pilgrim to participate in the Easter celebration. However, the difference was that he went as a “New Passover Lamb”

Please click here to read the article by our Diocesan Bishop on Resurrection of Lazarus.

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THOUGHTS & WRITINGS OF

HIS GRACE BISHOP MESROP PARSAMYAN

April 9, 2025

ANOINTED FOR PEACE

For years, I thought that verse from the famous psalm was just beautiful poetry—David’s way of saying God was keeping him healthy, maybe keeping his mind strong. But I didn’t realize just how powerful that imagery is—until I learned what David, the shepherd boy-turned-king, was really pointing to.

In the Middle East, shepherds would take special care of their sheep. Because out in those dry fields and rocky hills, the danger wasn’t always a wolf or a lion. Sometimes, the greatest torment came from the smallest enemies—flies.

HOLY WEEK 2025 SERVICES AT ST JOHN’S IN MILWAUKEE

Come celebrate the Holy Week with us. Calendar of the Holy Week Church Services.

PALM SUNDAY BRUNCH
At the conclusion of the church services on Palm Sunday, our Sunday School teachers and parents of the students, in keeping with their long established tradition, will once again host everyone with their traditional Palm Sunday brunch. We cordially invite our parishioners and friends to attend and support the ministry.

Please consider supporting our ministry

SAINTS AND FEASTS

April 8, 2025

THE RAISING OF LAZARUS

On Saturday before Palm Sunday the Armenian Orthodox Church commemorates the Raising of Lazarus as told in the Gospel of John, Chapter 11. Lazarus and his sisters Mary and Martha were good friends of Jesus.

Palm Sunday, April 13, 2025

Morning Service 9:00 A.M.
Opening of the Great Door Service 10:00 A.M.
Divine Liturgy 10:15 A.M.

JOIN US FOR PALM SUNDAY BRUNCH
At the conclusion of the church services, our Sunday School teachers and parents will serve their traditional brunch. We cordially invite our parishioners and friends to support our youth and Sunday School students with their attendance.

This Week in Armenian History

April 10, 2025

BIRTH OF MGRDICH SANASARIAN

Mgrdich Sanasarian was a benefactor of Armenian causes who played an important role in educational and cultural undertakings during the second half of the nineteenth century.

He was born on April 10, 1818, in Tiflis (Tbilisi), to a family originally from Van. He was an elder first cousin of Grigor Artzruni, the famous Eastern Armenian journalist.

Sanasarian studied in the Nersisian School of Tiflis, which had his maternal grandfather as one of its founders. He served in the Russian army (1835-1845) and was decorated with the medal of St. George. In 1849 he started working at the “Caucasus and Mercurius” shipping company, and became a member of its board of directors in 1864.