This week, the 124th Diocesan Assembly will convene at the historic Pfister Hotel in Milwaukee, WI. The city’s St. John the Baptist Armenian Church will host the Clergy Conference (meeting April 28-30), and the Diocesan Assembly (meeting April 30-May 2)
The Gala Banquet of the 124th Diocesan Assembly will be held in Milwaukee on Friday, May 1: an uplifting evening of heartfelt tributes, with our Primate, Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan, presiding over the event.
Over the weekend of April 10-12, Sts. Vartanantz Church of Chelmsford, MA, observed the 110th anniversary of its historic church consecrated in Lowell on April 16, 1916.
March 29, 2026, was a special Palm Sunday at St. Thomas Armenian Church of Tenafly, NJ, as the parish was honored with the presence of Diocesan Primate Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan, who celebrated the Divine Liturgy, delivered the homily, and presided over a celebratory banquet marking the 61st anniversary of the consecration of the church.
The devotional art of Fr. Garabed Kochakian—longtime Diocesan clergyman, art historian, and icon painter—took center stage with the opening of an exhibit of his icon paintings titled, “The Great and Holy Week: The Easter Story Through Armenian Sacred Art.”
