Over Memorial Day Weekend, 130 ACYOA Juniors from 11 parishes throughout the northeast, together with their chaperones, enthusiastically gathered at St. James Church in Watertown, MA, for the 45th annual Hye M’rtsoom ACYOA Junior Sports Weekend.
A Celebration of Church Builders at the 2023 Diocesan Assembly Awards Banquet
The 2023 Diocesan Assembly Awards Banquet, like the other events throughout the weekend, combined a warm “family reunion” feel with forward-looking optimism for the future.
An Evening to Honor Medical Professionals Who Brought Healing to Our Primate
On Saturday evening, April 15, St. Peter Church of Watervliet, NY, hosted a special dinner to express gratitude and admiration to area medical professionals, healthcare workers, and all who work in the healing vocations.
Honoring a Peacemaker in Palos Heights
On December 18, 2022, Paul Mardoian of Sts. Joachim and Anne Church in Palos Heights, IL, was presented with the “St. Nersess Shnorhali Medal,” in recognition of his many years of service to the Armenian Church, the Eastern Diocese, and his home parish.
A Fond Farewell to a Longtime Diocesan Colleague
This week marked the end of an era at the Diocesan Center in New York, as the Executive Secretary in the Office of the Primate, Mary Berberian Petrossian, retired from her many years of loyal service to the Armenian Church and the Armenian-American community.