The article is an exact summary of the chapter, which is a very fascinating read in that it treats the 'porkaphobia' as not just a hyper-religious problem, but a psychological kink.
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Posted 12 August 2015 - 05:47 PM
mi teseq te inch em gtel notits
Posted 12 August 2015 - 06:05 PM
mer haykakan Surb Griqi mej petq e gtnel Girq Aragats 19-17
Proverbs 19:17
17 Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the Lord,
and he will reward them for what they have done.
Posted 07 July 2021 - 07:29 AM
Anton Mikaelian and John Buchaklian prepare the traditional cracked wheat for the Armenian "Madagh" Picnic held on the last Sunday of June every year. Mikaelian has been working the annual event for more than 50 years. He joked that organizers told him "you can't retire until you get old." Buchaklian said he has been assisting at the event his entire life. He joked that Mikaelian has been training him for 15 years.
Dee HölzelRACINE — When members of the St. Hagop Armenian Apostolic Church gathered on the last Sunday in June for the annual Armenian “Madagh” Picnic, they were participating in an event that has a history dating back 83 years in Racine and is even more historic in Armenia.
Madagh is considered one of the most important blessings in the Armenian Church, where the Armenians gather with community members to share a blessed meal.
Father Daron Stepanian explained the service is really three services in one.
When God witnesses this testimony, he asked Abraham to spare his son and offer a ram instead.
“That tradition is taken by our church,” Stepanian explained.
Before the traditional meal is served to the public, it is blessed, and whoever partakes is also blessed.
The St. Hagop’s Madagh is an _expression_ of that same love, faith and gratitude to the Lord for all that he has bestowed.
Father Daron Stepanian and Levon Saryan, of the Hagpop Armenian Apostolic Church, perform three services during the annual picnic: The Blessing of the Fields, a Requiem for church members who have died, and the Blessing of Madagh.
Dee HölzelArmenians throughout the world have designated places of pilgrimage where they go to worship and offer a meal of Madagh to the community.
After the traditional blessing of the meal, it is served to the community so everyone may partake of a blessed meal together. In Racine, in years past, that meant a picnic.
They also decided to scale back the offerings to just madagh, a beef stew, and cracked wheat — traditional Armenian meals that would be served on special occasions.
The meal is cooked in large pots over an open-pit fire.
Khaligian said that, as far as he knows, the Armenian Picnic in Racine is the only church in the U.S. who prepares the meal outside, over an open-pit fire.
Khaligian spoke of the connection to the past as important for the young people because “they’re our future.”
“There’s no use thinking about the past, cherishing the past, unless there is a future taking the reins,” he said.
This connection to the past does not necessarily mean doing everything exactly the way it has always been done.
Khaligian pointed out that in the past, when the picnic was held at Johnson Park, the Madagh meal was prepared in ovens buried in the Earth, but a new generation came along and suggested it would be easier and more efficient to prepare the meal over the open-pit fire, which is the way it is done now.
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