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The Holy Martyrs Church of Bayside, NY, will hold its annual “Oceania Street Armenian Festival” on Saturday, Sep. 14, from 12 noon to 12 midnight, on Oceania Street in Bayside. Entertainment by the Yerakouyn Band. Enjoy Armenian food, homemade desserts, street vendors, raffles, games for kids and performances—including the Antranig Dance Ensemble, Dzirani Dance Group, Chinese Center on Long Island, and Irish Step Dancers. For information, click on the link to view a flyer.

Diocesan Primate Bishop Daniel Findikyan will deliver the annual “Fr. John Meyendorff Memorial Lecture” at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Seminary (575 Scarsdale Rd., Yonkers, NY), on Friday, Oct. 11. His talk will celebrate 50 years of collaboration between St. Vladimir’s and St. Nersess Armenian Seminary. The evening begins at 6:30 p.m. with Armenian vespers in the Three Hierarch’s Chapel, followed at 7 p.m. by Bishop Daniel’s lecture in the Metropolitan Philip Auditorium of John J. Rangos Family Building. Admission is free and open to the public; a reception will follow. Click on the following links to read more and to view a flyer.

New York’s St. Vartan Cathedral will hold a special service on the evening of Sunday, Sep. 15, at 6:30 p.m., to celebrate Khatchveratz: the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. Diocesan Primate Fr. Daniel Findikyan will preside over a Medz Antasdan service, with clergy and deacons from the region participating. Worshippers will be able to venerate a rarely-seen treasure of the cathedral: a relic of the True Cross. All are welcome. The service will start at 6:30 p.m., at the cathedral (630 Second Ave., New York) and runs about 90 minutes. (Please note that the morning Divine Liturgy on Sep. 15 will go forward at its customary time, starting at 10:30 a.m. Archbishop Vicken Aykazian will celebrate.) Click here to view a flyer.

St. Leon Church of Fair Lawn, NJ, will present a talk with author Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh on her book, The Missing Pages, about the Zeytun Illuminated Gospels, on Thursday Sep. 12, at 7:45 p.m., at the church’s Charles & Grace Pinajian Youth Center (12-61 Saddle River Rd., Fair Lawn). Admission is free. Click on the link to view a flyer with information.

St. Sahag and St. Mesrob Church of Wynnewood, PA, will hold its annual picnic on Sunday, Sep. 8, 12-6 p.m., on the lawn of the church or inside in the event of rain (630 Clothier Rd., Wynnewood). Live Armenian music, Armenian cuisine, and activities for children. For information call (610) 642-4212; click on the links to view the event flyer, to visit the parish website, or its Facebook page.