The annual Clergy Conference of the Eastern Diocese was held May 2-4, in Dallas, TX, as part of the 121st Diocesan Assembly hosted by the city’s St. Sarkis Church. It was the first in-person gathering of all Diocesan clergy since the start of the pandemic.
A virtual prayer group that emerged out of the pandemic held its first in-person retreat in the weeks following Easter: the period of spiritual devotion known as Heenoonk (Eastertide) in the Armenian Church.
When the 121st Diocesan Assembly of the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America began its opening session, it was the first time the body had met in a completely in-person manner in more than three years, since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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.
Parishioners of St. Thomas Church in Tenafly, NJ, welcomed Diocesan Primate Fr. Mesrop Parsamyan on Palm Sunday, April 2. It was the continuation of a longtime tradition, whereby the arajnort shares that feast day—which is also the parish’s consecration anniversary—with the Tenafly faithful.
