A most blessed and joyous homecoming took place on Saturday, October 14, when newly-ordained Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan returned to New York City’s St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral to celebrate his first episcopal Divine Liturgy as bishop of the Eastern Diocese.
To Armenians in the U.S., “Armenian Cultural Month” has been a feature of community life for as long as they can remember. It arrives each October—with a flurry of lectures, readings, exhibits, sacred celebrations, and events intended to remind Armenians of their rich cultural heritage.
From September 22 to 24, Holy Trinity Church in Cambridge, MA, was filled with the resplendent sound of sacred music, as the Sacred Music Council of the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America presented its latest Sacred Music Festival
A message from our Primate, Fr. Mesrop Parsamyan, on “an unutterably sad day, in a painful chapter of Armenian history.” Read more here.
Before departing for Armenia on the evening of September 26, Fr. Mesrop Parsamyan wrote a message to the faithful of the Eastern Diocese, reflecting on his upcoming ordination as a bishop, and on the road ahead for our Diocese and our homeland.
