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VEMKAR, the Diocese’s educational initiative, will hold its third “Live Session” based on its pilot module, Christ as Healer. This week’s edition is an online “Service of Healing” streamed live from New York’s St. Vartan Cathedral, scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 26, at 7 p.m. EDT. Bishop Daniel will preside and offer introductory remarks, with Cathedral Vicar Fr. Davit Karamyan officiating. Join the service remotely via the Vemkar Facebook page. Click the link to view an informative flyer. Additional online events and discussions are scheduled for the weeks to come. Connect with the VEMKAR.us website for information—and to explore more than 60 multimedia resources that will enrich your appreciation of “Christ as Healer.”

St. Thomas Church (Tenafly, NJ) will begin the 2020-21 Kirikian Armenian School season, for all grades, with remote learning. Lessons in all subjects will be taught via the interactive Zoom platform, as well as other distance learning methods. Classes run Saturdays, September to June; the entire regular curriculum will be covered, with double sections for every grade level for Armenian-speaking and non-Armenian-speaking students (additional Armenian conversation instruction is provided for the latter). In addition to the main school, a new Western Armenian conversation class is being offered online through Zoom, open to children, youths, and adults, and taught by a specialized instructor. Please click the following links to view flyers for the Kirikian Armenian School and the Western Armenian conversation class. For information, or to enroll, contact Ani Capan at ani@lacapan.com or stthomasarmenianchurch@yahoo.com.

VEMKAR, the Eastern Diocese’s new educational initiative, will hold its second online discussion based on its pilot module, Christ as Healer. “A Live Conversation with Dr. Chris Sheklian,” on the healing services as sacraments of the Armenian Church, is scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 19, at 7 p.m. EDT. Click on the following links to register for the event, and to view an informative flyer.

Additional online discussions are scheduled for the weeks to come. Connect with the VEMKAR.us website for information—and to explore more than 60 multimedia resources that will enrich your appreciation of “Christ as Healer.”

St. Leon Church (Fair Lawn, NJ) will hold a 4-week multi-media seminar, “Apologies, Non-Apologies, and Reparations: A Global Perspective,” that explores current issues about confronting racism and injustice. Prof. Khatchig Mouradian (Columbia U.) will lead the four 75-minute sessions, surveying research in the fields of history, sociology, linguistics, philosophy, political science, and psychology. Classes will be held on the Zoom video conference platform at 7 p.m. EDT; the seminar for adults, college and high school students meets on Wednesday evenings (Aug. 26; Sep. 2, 9, 16). Click the link to register for the seminar. For further details, and information on tuition, click on the link to view an informative flyer.