Make your voice heard with your representives, Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 22-24, with open calling slots to sign up for throughout the day. The Nationwide Calling Party for Artsakh will show you how, and set you up with a time to call and demand action and recognition for Artsakh. Click on the links for a flyer with details. , and to choose a time to call via Sign Up Genius. For info, contact Anna Mehrabyan at ab.mehrabyan@gmail.com.
Thursday, Oct. 22, at 6 p.m. EDT. Panel discussion on U.S. and regional implication of war in Karabagh, with Armenia’s Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan; Armenian Assembly’s Van Krikorian, moderated by Columbia U.’s David Phillips. Click on the link for a flyer with details, including log-in/registration link.
Thursday, Oct. 22, at 7:30 p.m., a “Candlight Vigil Honoring Our Fallen Martyrs,” sponsored by the Armenia Unity Project, held on the plaza of St. Vartan Cathedral Complex in New York City (630 Second Ave., at 34th St., NYC). Limited to 50 participants; RSVP required via Eventbright. See linked flyer for important details, as well as contact for questions. Click the link to view the flyer.
St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral in New York will host an “Ecumenical Service for Peace and Justice in Armenia, Artsakh and the World,” on the evening of Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 6:30 p.m. (EDT). Diocesan Primate Bishop Daniel will preside over the occasion, which will include Armenian clergy from around the Diocese, as well as distinguished clergymen from sister churches representing the Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Protestant traditions. The Eastern Diocese is deeply honored to welcome national church leaders Cardinal Timothy Dolan of the Roman Catholic Church, Archbishop Elpidophoros of the Greek Orthodox Church, and Bishop David of the Coptic Orthodox Church to speak on this occasion. For this special service, the cathedral will be open to the public, but with limited seating due to the pandemic. Precautions of mask-wearing and social distancing will be observed. St. Vartan Cathedral is located at 630 Second Avenue (at 34th Street), in New York City. The hour-long ecumenical service will be broadcast live over the St. Vartan Cathedral Facebook page. Click the links to watch: https://www.facebook.com/stvartancathedral
Saturday, Oct. 24, at 12-4 p.m., an Artsakh Supply Drive Aiding Our Courageous People of Artsakh and Armenia, presented by Generations of Peace. Collection post for needed items set up at the St. Vartan Cathedral Complex in New York City (630 Second Ave., at 34th St., NYC). See linked flyer for important details and list of accepted items, as well as contacts info for questions. Click the link to view a two-page flyer.
