On Saturday, February 10, 2007, St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Los Angeles and the Orthodox Center for the Advancement of Biblical Studies hosted the 3rd annual Bible lecture series featuring the speaker the Very Rev. Dr. Paul Nadim Tarazi. Among the attendees was the Pastor assigned to serve the communities of North Hollywood and Sun Valley, Fr. Zaven Markosyan. Accompanying Fr. Zaven were Dn. Kevork Halladjian, Dn. Mayis Shahbazyan, Dn. Matthew Ash, and Dn. Mkrtich Ksachikyan. The lecturer, Very Rev. Fr. Paul is Professor of Old Testament at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary in Crestwood, NY, where he teaches Old and New Testament, Biblical Hebrew, and Homiletics. The lecture was on “Baptism and the Eucharist According to Scripture.”