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Lenten Recipe: Bean Casserole Loopyai Aghtsan (plaki)

Tuesday, March 12, 2013
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1  20-ounce can white kidney beans
1  cup water
2  carrots, peeled and diced
2  celery ribs, diced
2  medium poteoes, peeled and diced
2  cloves garlic, minced
¼ cup minced parsley
2  tablespoons minced dill
¼ teaspoon black peper
¼ teaspoon ME re pepper
2  teaspoons salt, or to taste
1  teaspoon tomato paste
1  medium tomato, diced
1/3 cup olive oil lemon slices
 

    Greetings from Armenia Presentation

    Tuesday, March 12, 2013
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    On February 24th, Tigran Antonian, Carmen Kestekyan, and Naryne Sarkiss presented “Greetings from Armenia: An Afternoon of Pictures and Stories”.  The Church hall was filled with parishioners eager to hear about the experiences of these three young adults in Armenia for a month through the CYMA program.  A slide show presentation highlighted points of interest on the trip to Armenia.

    Lenten Recipe: Spinach Soup

    Friday, March 1, 2013
    4 cups hot water
    ½ cup Lentils, picked over to discard residue
    ½ cup cracked wheat, large
    1-2 cloves garlic, mashed
    1-2 teaspoons salt to taste
    1 16-ounce can whole tomatoes, broken up
    2 tablespoons tomato paste
    1 10-ounce package whole-leaf frozen spinach (or its equivalent in fresh spinach leaves
    1 teaspoon crushed, dried or 2 tablespoons fresh, minced basil

    Directions

      Great Lenten Meditation Services Begin

      Friday, February 15, 2013
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      With spiritual joy we announce that on Wednesday, February 13, the first Lenten Meditation or Hesgoom of the 2013 Great Lenten season was performed at St. John Armenian Church. With many faithful in attendance, Fr. Mesrop began the service by explaining that this year's vigils were being called meditations in order to remind us that Lent is a time for meditation, when we can focus our thoughts on God, and strip away unnecessary things. This is healthy, and spiritually rejuvenating.

      Lenten Recipe: Zucchini with Peppers and Onion

      Wednesday, February 13, 2013

      In Armenian this dish is called: Bughbeghov yev Sokhov Tutoom

      ¼ cup olive oil
      2 onions, sliced in ¼ -inch rounds
      1 ¼ pounds small zucchini cut into ¼-inch rounds(there should be about 4 cups)
      1 pepper (red or green, or ½ of each), cut into strips
      1 14-ounce can Italian-style plum tomatoes
      ½ teaspoon crushed, dried basil
      ¼ teaspoon crushed, dried mint leaves
      Salt and pepper to taste

       

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