On the evening of Tuesday, November 30, the Eastern Diocese convened the final “breakout session” of its 2021 Diocesan Assembly.
Diocesan Primate Bishop Daniel presided over the gathering. Clergy, Diocesan delegates, and parish council chairs—119 in all—logged onto the Zoom video platform for the online meeting, which focused on financial matters.
While most of the 2021 Diocesan Assembly’s business, including elections, and had been accomplished during several online gatherings in May of this year, the financial breakout session had been postponed pending the submission of a final report from the Diocese’s outside accounting firm.
That report was sent for the delegates’ review earlier in the autumn. During the November 30 virtual session, the delegates also heard the report of the Diocesan Auditing Committee, the Diocesan Council’s financial report as presented by council treasurer Roseann Manoogian Attar.
Gregory Saraydarian resumed his role as assembly chair, with Alex Topakbashian as vice chair, and Laurie Bejoian as secretary.
Bishop Daniel adjourned the 119th Diocesan Assembly by thanking the clergy, delegates, Diocesan Council members, Diocesan staff, and all who advance the mission of the Armenian Church in America. “In this incredibly challenging time that we live in,” he said, “the world needs the church; the world needs Christ’s message of hope; the world needs the historic Christian example of the Armenian people.”
Click the following links to read about the 119th Diocesan Assembly general sessions of May 1 and May 25. Two earlier breakout sessions occurred on May 5 and 11—involving question-and-answer sessions on the Diocesan staff and ministries, the Stewardship pilot project, and the Diocesan facilities assessment.