More than 100 people attended Professor Peter Balakian’s discussion, titled “Hollywood and the Armenian Genocide,” at the Diocesan Center in New York on Friday evening, April 8. The event was hosted by the Development department of the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America.
Support Artsakh
Our joy in this hopeful season of Eastertide was shaken this week by painful reminders of the simmering danger to life in Armenia’s border regions.
Armenians throughout the world have been moved by the terrible news that border towns in Nagorno-Karabagh (Artsakh) were shelled by the Azerbaijani army.
Armenia’s Minister of Diaspora Visits Diocesan Center
On Friday morning, April 1, Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, Primate of the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern), welcomed Armenia’s Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan, and Armenian’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Zohrab Mnatsakanyan to the Diocesan Center in New York.
Easter Celebrated at St. Vartan Cathedral
Morning clouds gave way to afternoon sunshine on Easter Sunday, as worshippers spilled onto the plaza of New York’s St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral for the traditional “Release of Doves” ceremony.
Altar Servers Ordained in Tenafly
By Alin Manukyan
St. Thomas Armenian Church had many reasons to celebrate on Palm Sunday weekend.