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Sts. Vartanantz Church of Chelmsford, MA, will host its 55th season of Lenten programs—the “Fr. Ghevont Samoorian Lenten Program of Spiritual Renewal”—as in-person lectures on Friday evenings at 6:30 p.m. through Lent (final session Mar. 22) at the church (180 Old Westford Rd., Chelmsford). This year’s theme will explore “Holy Scripture and You”; each session includes worship service (with online broadcast; see flyer), light dinner, lecture. For topics, speakers, and details, click on the links to view a flyer and log onto the parish website.

The award-winning documentary on the 2020 Artsakh war, titled 1489, will have its New York premier at the Museum of the Moving Image’s Redstone Theater (36-01 35 Ave., Astoria, NY), on Saturday, Mar. 16, at 6:15 p.m. First-time director Shoghakat Vardanyan will attend the screening in person to discuss the film, which traces her experience during the war when her brother, 21-year-old student-musician Soghomon, was thrust into battle, and subsequently went missing in action. (His disappearance was assigned the clerical case number 1489, hence the film’s title.) The film was named as “Best Film” at the 2023 International Documentary Film Association (IDFA) Festival, among other awards. For information on the screening, and to purchase tickets, click here.

LEARN MORE about 1489: Click the following links to read an interview with director Shoghakat Vardanyan, on the IDFA website. Also, read about the impression the film made during the IDFA Festival, as depicted in Variety Magazine.

LINKS

Museum of the Moving Image:
https://movingimage.org/event/1489/

New York’s Episcopal Cathedral of Saint John the Divine will host a Solemn Prayer and Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide, on Sunday, Apr. 28, at 10:30 a.m., in the cathedral (1047 Amsterdam Ave., b/n W. 110th and W. 113th Sts., New York City). St. John the Divine Cathedral Dean Fr. Patrick Malloy will be celebrant at the Holy Eucharist. Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan, Primate of the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America, will be guest homilist. With the participation of The Gomidas Choir of the Diocese: Kris Kalfayan, director; Fr. Mamigon Kiledjian, organist. During this solemn liturgical service, the Intercessory Prayer for the Holy Martyrs of the Armenian Genocide will be offered before the Armenian Khatchkar in the St. Saint John the Divine Cathedral sanctuary. Open to public; all welcome. Click here to view a flyer.

NOTE: This khatchkar was originally unveiled at a Memorial Concert for the Armenian Genocide on April 25, 1987, it is the work of artist Zadik Zadikian, reproduced from an historic original “cross stone” in Armenia.

Sts. Vartanantz Church of Chelmsford, MA, will host its 55th season of Lenten programs—the “Fr. Ghevont Samoorian Lenten Program of Spiritual Renewal”—as in-person lectures on Friday evenings at 6:30 p.m. through Lent (Mar. 15, 22) at the church (180 Old Westford Rd., Chelmsford). This year’s theme will explore “Holy Scripture and You”; each session includes worship service (with online broadcast; see flyer), light dinner, lecture. For topics, speakers, and details, click on the links to view a flyer and log onto the parish website.