This week, the Eastern Diocese will be blessed to witness the ordination of a new priest—the second such ordination to be performed this summer.
Watch the Ordination of Fr. Andreas
More than a thousand viewers have watched the online video highlights of the ordination of Fr. Andreas Garabedian.
Primate Welcomes Armenia’s Deputy Prime Minister
On Thursday, July 18, Bishop Daniel Findikyan opened the doors of New York’s St. Vartan Cathedral to a visiting dignitary from Armenia: Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan.
Istanbul Patriarchate Elects a Locum Tenens
The Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople took an important step towards the election of a new patriarch last week, when it chose Bishop Sahak Mashalian to fill the role of “locum tenens”: the “placeholder” who will administer the Patriarchate until a new Armenian Patriarch is chosen.
Diocesan Pastors Bring Their Ministries to Armenia
Every summer, pastors from the Eastern Diocese answer the call to visit Armenia, and to bring their parishioners as well as their personal ministry to the homeland.