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The Eastern Diocese’s Krikor and Clara Zohrab Information Center will hold another evening of online instruction in classical Armenian, titled “Krapar yev Kini,” on Monday, June 27, at 7 p.m. EDT, over the Zoom video conference platform. This session, Fr. Nigoghos Aznavourian of St. Mark Armenian Church will discuss the prayer of St. John Chrysostom, offered silently by the priest during badarak before communion. Find the text on the sessions page of the Krapar & Kini website, where you can learn details and find out about upcoming events. Click the following link to register online. (E-mail zohrabcenter@armeniandiocese.org to receive the texts in advance and be added to the group’s mailing list.)

The Armenian Diaspora Survey (ADS) is a public opinion study project that launched this past spring in the United States and Canada. The study is funded by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and administered by the Armenian Institute in London. The survey will be running online in the U.S. through July 29, 2022. Answers will remain anonymous and the results will be made public early next year through the ADS website. Find and complete the online questionnaire at www.armeniandiasporasurvey.com. For more information, click the following links to view a flyer and e-postcard, or consult ADS’s Frequently Asked Questions and Privacy Policy.

The Eastern Diocese’s Krikor and Clara Zohrab Information Center is hosting a dual-language summer reading group, which will meet online via the Zoom video platform, on five Thursday evenings between June 23 and July 21, at 7 p.m. EDT. The group will study the newly-published volume of poetry, To Say With Passion: Why Am I Here? (Կիրքով ըսելու՝ինչո՞ւ հոս եմ), by the late Tenny Arlen. Each session will be led by a different facilitator, around a cluster of poems from the volume. Readings and discussion will take place in both Armenian and English. Click here for information and the schedule of readings. To register for the Zoom sessions, please click here.

St. Leon Church (Fair Lawn, NJ) will hold a 4-session online seminar, “Grey Wolves and Pink Elephants: The Science of Denial and False Beliefs,” examining scientific research on denial and false beliefs. Prof. Khatchig Mouradian (Columbia U.) will lead the four 90-minute sessions, surveying research on aspects of false beliefs and their propagation, and delving into case studies from the U.S., Turkey, and Armenia. Classes will be held on the Zoom video conference platform at 7 p.m. EDT; the seminar meets on Tuesday evenings (July 5, 12, 19 & 26). Click the link to register for the seminar. For further details, and information on tuition, click on the link to view an informative flyer.

St. James Church of Watertown, MA, will hold its annual Armenian Festival on Sunday, Jun. 12, from 12-5 p.m., on the church grounds (465 Mt. Auburn St., Watertown). Armenian food, live music, raffle, children’s activities. For information log onto the parish website or click to view a flyer.