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

STEWARDSHIP & PLEDGE

Dear Parishioners & Friends of St. John,

For the past several years, a voluntary program of stewardship has replaced the old dues paying system for determining voting membership in our parish. Because Stewardship is not focused on specific dollar amounts, it encourages people to give what they can afford in time and talent as well as money. Now is the time to renew your stewardship and commitment to St. John.

Please take the time to submit a stewardship pledge online. Stewardship is a decision each individual must make and be committed to our parish with their time, talent and treasure.

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THOUGHTS & WRITINGS OF

HIS GRACE BISHOP MESROP PARSAMYAN

March 24, 2025

THE MELODY WITHIN

I remember vividly the first time I heard Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata. I was just a teenager, not knowing much about classical music. But when those notes filled the room, it was like they reached into the deepest part of my heart. I was captivated, and in that moment, I made a decision: I was going to learn to play that piece on the piano.

Here’s the thing—I had never touched a piano before. Not a single lesson, not a clue where to start. But something about that melody stirred my soul, and I couldn’t let it go. I got the music score and went to work. Day by day, I figured it out. I struggled to read the notes. My fingers stumbled over the keys. But six months later, after countless hours of practice, I could play the Moonlight Sonata by heart.

MANTI AN ARMENIAN DELICACY

On Saturday March 15, 2025, St. John Armenian Church again welcomed Justin Aprahamian, owner of Sanford Restaurant, as he conducted another wonderful cooking demonstration to a class of 35 guests. The entrée of the day’s session was Manti, an Armenian delicacy that is quite labor intensive but a favorite of all. Many remember their grandmothers preparing this dish decades ago. Justin demonstrated the preparation of the dough, the lamb filling, the broth, the yogurt, and the parsley garnish, and how to put it all together in an artistic presentation.
Feedback from the participants was overwhelmingly positive.

MID-LENTEN-LUNCHEON-2025

March 30 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm CDT

SAINTS AND FEASTS

March 25, 2025

FORTY MARTYRS OF SEBASTIA

On Saturday before Sunday of the Judge the Armenian Church commemorates the Forty Martyrs of Sebastia. Although the backgrounds and identities of the forty young soldiers are not certain, it is believed they came from Lesser Armenia and served in the Roman army.

Sunday, March 30, 2025

We are now more than half-way through Great Lent. Sunday, March 30, 2025, is the “Sunday of the Judge” (Tadavori Giragi). The Gospel reading for this day is the Unjust Judge parable told by Jesus about a widow and a judge. The judge in the parable is seen as…

This Week in Armenian History

March 12, 2025

TREATY OF MOSCOW

The Treaty of Moscow was signed between Soviet Russia and Kemalist Turkey on March 16, 1921. The Russian side yielded to most Turkish demands, and signed a document that was utterly damaging to Armenia for the sake of Russian-Turkish “friendship and brotherhood.”

The treaty was the outcome of the second Russian-Turkish conference, held in Moscow from February 26-March 16, 1921, with the participation of two Russian (Georgi Chicherin, the Commissar of Foreign Affairs, and Jelal Korkmasov) and three Turkish representatives (Yusuf Kemal bey, Riza Nur bey, and Ali Fuad pasha). Stalin, the Commissar of Nationalities, lobbied against any claim from Turkey that could put the Russian-Turkish alliance in risk. In a letter to Lenin on February 12, 1921, he had written: “I just learned yesterday that Chicherin really sent a stupid (and provocative) demand to the Turks to clean Van, Mush, and Bitlis (Turkish provinces with enormous Turkish supremacy) to the benefit of Armenians.