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The Department of Youth and Young Adult Ministries is continuing its online fellowship series through the fall, under the title #FellowshipFromHome. The virtual forum is a continuation of the series #StayHome and #StayConnected, launched last spring in the immediate aftermath of the pandemic crisis. #FellowshipFromHome will meet monthly with the aim of keeping Armenian Church youth and young adults virtually connected, despite the restrictions on gatherings of the COVID-19 pandemic. This month’s dates will be as follows:

Sunday, November 8 (Diving Deep Discussion, ACYOA Seniors 18+)
Tuesday, November 10 (Teen Talk, ACYOA Juniors 13-18)
Thursday, November 12 (Camp Connections, Campers 8-15)

Sessions will be led by Diocesan clergy, staff, or ACYOA Central Council members, using the Zoom video conference platform. Each program starts at 7 p.m. EST (6 p.m. CST) and lasts an hour. Click the following link to view an informative flyer. To stay up-to-date on #FellowshipFromHome meetings and youth events, contact DiocesanYouthMinistries@gmail.com.

Friday, Nov. 6, at 12 noon PST. Online lecture, “The Desert at the End of Empire: An Environmental History of the Armenian Genocide,” by Harvard U. scholar Sam Dolbee. Click on the link for a flyer with details, including log-in/registration link.

Thursday, Nov. 5, at 6 p.m. EST. an “Update on the War in Karabagh (Artsakh), with Armenia’s Ambassador to the U.S. Varuzhan Nersesyan; Eastern Diocese’s Legate and Ecumenical Director Abp. Vicken Aykazian; Armenian Assembly’s Van Krikorian. Click on the link for a flyer with details, including log-in/registration link.

The Cultural Committee of Sts. Sahag & Mesrob Church (Providence, RI) will broadcast the latest episode of its online series, “Armenian Cultural Hour” on Friday, Nov. 6, at 7:30 p.m. This week’s program will feature a performance by cellist Levon Mouradian from Portugal, with guest artists Gevorg Dabaghyan and Marina Dellalian, performing “Musical Greetings from Lisbon.” Click the link to watch the livestream on the parish Facebook page (accessible even if you don’t have a personal Facebook account). Click the following link to view a flyer.

Saturday, Oct. 31, from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m (Pacific Time), a conference on “Nagorno Karabakh/Artsakh and the Palimpsests of Conflict, Violence, and Memory,” on Zoom conference platform, with international roster of scholars, organized by UCLA’s Armenian Studies Center. Click on the links to view a flyer, and for full information on conference and registration.