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St. Gregory the Enlightener Church of White Plains, NY, will hold its 20th annual “Lionel Galstaun Memorial Concert” on Sunday, May 1, at 1:30 p.m. (following badarak) at the church (1131 North St., White Plains). Featured artists are Anoush Pogossian on clarinet, Jonathan Wang Hou on piano. Presented by the parish cultural committee. Free and open to the public. RSVP (by Apr. 24) to (914) 428-2595, saintgregorychurchwp@gmail.com, or ohan90@yahoo.com. For information, click on the following links to view a flyer and access the parish website.

St. Sahag & St. Mesrob (Wynnewood, PA) is holding a lecture series during the Season of Great Lent. On Wednesday, Mar. 23, at 7:30 p.m., Fr. Mesrop Parsamyan, Director of Ministries for the Eastern Diocese, will hold a presentation by Zoom titled, “From the Depths of the Heart: The Practice of Armenian Christian Meditation.” To obtain a link to join the presentation, please call the church office at (610) 642-4212. For a schedule of the Lent Lectures, click here.

Kean University’s Holocaust Resource Center will present an online talk on the “Refugee and Humanitarian Crisis during the Great War and the Armenian Genocide,“ on Tuesday, Apr. 12, at 7 p.m., over the Zoom conference platform. Dr. Asya Darbinyan of the Martin-Springer Institute will speak. Click her to register in advance. Click the links for information on the Kean U. website, and to view a flyer.

The Armenian Church Diocese of Australia & New Zealand will host an online recital of organ and vocal music, titled “Sacred Armenian Music, Part 2,” featuring organist Fr. Mamigon Kiledjian (Sacred Music Instructor fo the Eastern Diocese), on Wednesday, Mar. 30. For viewers in the United States, the concert will take place at 5 a.m. EDT (which, please note, corresponds to 8 p.m. AEDT in Sydney, Australia), over the Zoom conference platform. To receive a registration link, e-mail Nishan Basmajian by Mar. 28, at diocese@armenian.come.au. Click the links to access the Australian Diocese’s Facebook page, and to view a flyer.

Holy Trinity Church of Cheltenham, PA, will hold a meeting of its Zoom Book Club on Thursday, Apr. 21, at 7 p.m. EDT. The group will read Mayrig by Henri Verneuil, with Elise Antreassian (translator of the English edition) facilitating the online discussion. Open to the public; e-mail nancybasmajian@verizon.net for a registration link. Click here to view a flyer with information (including how to obtain a copy of the book).