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World Day of Prayer 2015
Women of Armenian Churches will meet in prayer on March 6 at UACC, Los Angeles
Armenian Women Commemorate
45th Women’s World Day of Prayer March 6
In UACC Cahuenga Sanctuary
By Phyllis Hamo
Los Angeles, CA – The 2015 Women’s World Day of Prayer will bring
together hundreds of participants from Armenian churches across the
Greater Los Angeles area on March 6, commemorating the 45th
anniversary of the event. It
will be held at the United Armenian Congregational Church, 3480
Cahuenga Blvd., Los Angeles, where the annual gathering was founded in
1970 by the late Aznive Apkarian, a devout Christian woman.
Mrs. Apkarian, wife of Rev. Hovannes Apkarian, established the event
for Armenian women, previously, while residing in Syria.
Through the World Day of Prayer women are encouraged to
become
aware of other countries and cultures and to pray with and for
them. They are further encouraged to become aware of their own talents
and use them in
the service of society. The World Day of Prayer aims to demonstrate
that prayer and action are inseparable and that both have immeasurable
influence in the world. This year’s theme, `Do you know what I have
done for you?’ was selected by the women of the Bahamas and is derived
from John 13:1-17.
The service will begin at 11 am in the UACC sanctuary. The
Southland coordinator is Mary Agulian. A buffet lunch sponsored by
Mrs. Apkarian’s daughter, Grace Kurkjian, will follow the program just
outside the sanctuary in the church’s Avazian Hall.
The Women’s World Day of Prayer began in the United States
in 1887. It expanded to Canada, then to the British Isles in the
1930s. Catholic women were allowed to join the movement after the
Second Vatican Council, beginning in 1967. This annual, ecumenical
event is celebrated in more than 170 countries worldwide.
From: Baghdasarian