“Armenian art is not something isolated. It is woven into a global network. It needs to be understood for what makes it specifically Armenian, while also being art of global significance.”
The speaker was Dr. Helen C. Evans, addressing an enthusiastic crowd of close to a hundred on Thursday, June 7, at the Diocesan Center in New York.
The Khrimian Lyceum graduation was held on Saturday, May 19, 2018, at the Diocesan Center in New York. The event, sponsored by the Diocese’s Armenian Studies department, celebrated the ongoing mission of the prestigious “immersion program” in Armenian heritage and culture.
“The future depends on what we do in the present.”
Those powerful words—spoken by Mahatma Gandhi—were emblazoned as a marquis over an exhibit marking the 50th anniversary of St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral in New York City.
The eagerly anticipated 50th anniversary celebration of St. Vartan Cathedral will take place on Saturday and Sunday, May 5 and 6, during a weekend of activities at the Diocesan Center (630 Second Avenue, at 34th Street) in New York City.
The Eastern Diocese has announced that His Holiness Karekin II, the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, will not be traveling to the United States in early May, as had been scheduled.
