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COOKING WITH JUSTIN

Justin Aprahamian, a winner of the James Beard Award and owner of the prestigious Sanford’s Restaurant in Milwaukee, treated some 40 members and friends of St. John Armenian Church of Milwaukee were to a culinary class. Justin demonstrated the preparation of Armenian Spiced Pumpkin Soup adorned with toasted pumpkin seeds and caramelized pumpkin. He fastidiously explained the importance of taking the time to layer the ingredients to create the rich flavors embodied in the soup.

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FEAST OF THE ASCENSION

Thursday, May 29, 2025, is the Feast of the Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ (Hampartsoum), which is celebrated forty days after Easter. The universal church has celebrated the Ascension since the fourth century. According to Biblical scripture the Ascension took place in the village of Bethany, on the Mount of Olives, in the presence of our Lord’s disciples.

WRITINGS OF BISHOP MESROP PARSAMYAN
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BEAUTY FROM ASHES

Recently, I read something fascinating about the lodgepole pine tree growing in the forests of the American West. Its cones are sealed tight with a resin so strong that no amount of rain can soften it. The wind can’t break it open. Even time itself won’t release what’s inside. The only thing powerful enough to open those cones is the intense heat of a wildfire.

After the flames pass through, the cones open, the seeds fall into the rich ash-filled soil, and a brand-new forest begins to grow. What seems like destruction is actually the beginning of new life. Out of ashes, a new forest takes root.

That’s how it is in your life. You carry seeds of potential inside of you—dreams, gifts, callings, things God has planted deep within your heart. But some of those seeds will never come out just by waiting. They won’t be released by comfort, ease, or time. Sometimes, it takes the fire.

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BIRTH OF NAZARET DAGHAVARIAN

Nazaret Daghavarian was a prolific scientist and scholar, as well as public figure who became one of the first victims of the Armenian Genocide.

He was born Nazaret Chaderjian on December 25, 1862, in Sepastia (Sivas). He moved to Constantinople, where he studied at Armenian schools in the neighborhoods of Scutari and Galata. He studied and graduated from agricultural schools in Paris (1879–1883). After a short stint at the Ottoman Ministry of Agriculture in 1883, he returned to Sepastia, where he was director of the Armenian schools of the province and introduced reforms to their educational system. His progressive views, however, were not welcomed by the local conservative authorities and the Armenian clergy, and as a result he returned to Constantinople. ..

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