PRESS RELEASE
ST. SARKIS ARMENIAN CHURCH
300 Ninth St.
Niagara Falls, NY 14301
Contact: Al Amato
CarpanzanoAl@aol.com
Tel: 1-716-870-1682

KEGHAM DZKN. VARTABED ZAKARIAN TO BE HONORED WITH FAIRWELL BANQUET AND
FINAL BADARAK AT ST. SARKIS UPON HIS RETIREMENT AND RETURN TO THE
BROTHERHOOD OF THE ST. JAMES MONASTERY IN JERUSALEM.

St. Sarkis Church of Niagara Falls will bid farewell to the Very
Rev. Fr. Kegham Zakarian, longtime Pastor of the three Parishes of
Western New York on Friday evening, March 17, 2006 at 7:00pm with a
Banquet at the Niagara Clubin his honor. Hayr Soorp will celebrate
his last Badarak at St. Sarkis on Sunday, March 19. For over 20 years
Hayr Kegham has travelled between Syracuse, Rochester, and Niagara
Falls to keep the flame of the Armenian Church alive in these
communities. On this occasion a Choir is coming down from Toronto,
Canada as well as people from all over Western New York and Canada to
honor our beloved Vartabed. Hayr Soorp will be returning to the
Monastery of St. James in Jerusalem to live out his Priestly life in
the place he was ordained a member of the Brotherhood. He plans to
remember all his parishioners and friends at the EASTER Divine Liturgy
in Jerusalem. You may send greetings to Hayr Kegham at
stsarkisniafall@aol.com.