Twice a year you receive special envelopes and are asked to pay “Youghakin,” but many may know little about the practice. Youghakin is made up of two Armenian words: “yough” and “kin.” “Youghakin” literally means the price of oil or donation in lieu of oil.

In olden days, prior to electricity, oil lamps and lanterns illuminated homes and worship places. Parishioners donated oil to keep the church lighted. After the invention of electricity, as oil lamps were replaced with electrical lamps, the Armenian Apostolic Church continued asking members to bring symbolic contributions for the illumination of the church through the youghakin program at Christmas and Easter. Read More »

Thank you to our Donors!

Matthew Natcharian

December 3, 2024

Youghakin

Sergey&Margarita(Niazyan) Arzumanov

March 29, 2024

Easter

Youghakin

Tigran, Karina, Christina Chogurian

March 24, 2024

Easter Youghakin In loving memory of Aram, Ofelia, Ashot Nazaretyan; Armenui and George … Read more

Easter Youghakin In loving memory of Aram, Ofelia, Ashot Nazaretyan; Armenui and George Chogurian; Ivetta Grikhina

Youghakin

CYNTHIA AND ED messikian

March 23, 2024

Youghakin

Christine Shooshan

March 19, 2024

This should be listed as Charles & Christine Shooshan

Youghakin

Alex and Krikorian Krikorian

March 17, 2024

Easter Youghakin

Youghakin

Matthew Natcharian

March 15, 2024

Youghakin

Anonymous

March 15, 2024

Youghakin

Robert Goshdigian

March 14, 2024

Youghakin

Bob and Andrea Karanian

January 8, 2024

Youghakin

Tigran, Karina, Christina Chogurian

January 3, 2024

Christmas Youghakin

Youghakin

Bill & Melanie Brown

December 24, 2023

Christmas Youghakin

Youghakin