This year’s Lenten Retreat for Clergy of the Eastern Diocese in the New England region took place March 24-26, at Betania II Catholic Evangelization Center in Medway, MA. Under the auspices of Diocesan Primate Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan, 18 clergymen from the states of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut (as well as from locales in Florida, Texas, and Virginia) gathered for prayer and reflection on the theme, “The Spirituality of the Preacher.”
Holy Week signals the end of the Lenten period of separation, and a return to the full life of the church. The coming Holy Week will go forward in the Eastern Diocese with in-person worship as well as the online broadcast of services.
This week our Diocesan Primate Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan and Vicar Fr. Simeon Odabashian welcomed two new priests to the Eastern Diocese: Fr. Vartan Hayrapetyan and Fr. Vazgen Andreasyan.
The Supreme Spiritual Council, convened at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin under the presidency of His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, having reflected upon the fabricated trials conducted in Azerbaijan against the political leadership, military personnel, and civilian individuals of Artsakh, hereby issues the following statement:
