Palm Sunday, April 13, was a special day at St. Thomas Church of Tenafly, NJ, as the parish welcomed Diocesan Primate Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan, who celebrated the Divine Liturgy, delivered the homily, and presided over a banquet marking the 60th anniversary of the church’s consecration.
In a weekend of sacred ceremonies and splendid pageantry, the Eastern Diocese welcomed a new Armenian Church into the world.
This week marks the 25th anniversary of the enthronement of His Holiness Karekin II. It was on November 4, 1999, that His Holiness was consecrated as the 132nd Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, in a magnificent ceremony at the Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin.
The 2024 Diocesan Assembly Awards Banquet was the culmination of a weekend of forward-looking optimism for the future.
This week, the 122nd Diocesan Assembly will convene at the Marriott Hotel in Springfield, MA. St. Mark Armenian Church of Springfield will host the Clergy Conference (meeting April 30-May 2), and the Diocesan Assembly (meeting May 2-4), bringing together hundreds of Armenian Church leaders from the Eastern Diocese.
