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The Eastern Diocese is pleased to offer a series of four day-long regional retreats for ACYOA Juniors in the coming fall season. These in-person gatherings are designed to enrich young spiritual life, while also reuniting Diocesan youth for a day of fun after the long isolation of the pandemic. The Diocesan Department of Youth and Young Adult Ministries will be organizing the retreats, which are open to all youth 13 to 18 years of age across the Diocese. Join in a day of fun, fellowship, and a chance to catch up with fellow young faithful of the Armenian Church. Click here to register in advance.

The remaining retreats will take place in the following locale:

New York/New Jersey: Saturday, November 6
Holy Martyrs, Bayside, NY (11 a.m.-5 p.m.)
(View the flyer here.)

Michigan/Ohio: Saturday, November 6
St. John Church, Southfield, MI (10 a.m.-3 p.m.)
(View the flyer here.)

Please Note: All local, state, and CDC guidelines at the time of the retreats will be observed. Masks may be required when indoors, regardless of vaccination status. Participants will be e-mailed confirmation of the relevant guidelines prior to the day of the retreat.

The Eastern Diocese is pleased to offer a series of four day-long regional retreats for ACYOA Juniors in the coming fall season. These in-person gatherings are designed to enrich young spiritual life, while also reuniting Diocesan youth for a day of fun after the long isolation of the pandemic. The Diocesan Department of Youth and Young Adult Ministries will be organizing the retreats, which are open to all youth 13 to 18 years of age across the Diocese. Join in a day of fun, fellowship, and a chance to catch up with fellow young faithful of the Armenian Church. Click here to register in advance.

The retreats will take place in the following locales:

Wisconsin/Illinois: Sunday, October 24
St. James, Evanston, IL (12:30 p.m.-5 p.m.)
(View the flyer here.)

New York/New Jersey: Saturday, November 6
Holy Martyrs, Bayside, NY (11 a.m.-5 p.m.)
(View the flyer here.)

Michigan/Ohio: Saturday, November 6
St. John Church, Southfield, MI (10 a.m.-3 p.m.)
(View the flyer here.)

Please Note: All local, state, and CDC guidelines at the time of the retreats will be observed. Masks may be required when indoors, regardless of vaccination status. Participants will be e-mailed confirmation of the relevant guidelines prior to the day of the retreat.

The Eastern Diocese is pleased to offer a series of four day-long regional retreats for ACYOA Juniors in the coming fall season. These in-person gatherings are designed to enrich young spiritual life, while also reuniting Diocesan youth for a day of fun after the long isolation of the pandemic. The Diocesan Department of Youth and Young Adult Ministries will be organizing the retreats, which are open to all youth 13 to 18 years of age across the Diocese. Join in a day of fun, fellowship, and a chance to catch up with fellow young faithful of the Armenian Church. Click here to register in advance.

The retreats will take place in the following locales:

Connecticut/Massachusetts: Saturday, October 23
Holy Resurrection, New Britain, CT (11 a.m.-5 p.m.)
(View the flyer here.)

Wisconsin/Illinois: Sunday, October 24
St. James, Evanston, IL (12:30 p.m.-5 p.m.)
(View the flyer here.)

New York/New Jersey: Saturday, November 6
Holy Martyrs, Bayside, NY (11 a.m.-5 p.m.)
(View the flyer here.)

Michigan/Ohio: Saturday, November 6
St. John Church, Southfield, MI (10 a.m.-3 p.m.)
(View the flyer here.)

Please Note: All local, state, and CDC guidelines at the time of the retreats will be observed. Masks may be required when indoors, regardless of vaccination status. Participants will be e-mailed confirmation of the relevant guidelines prior to the day of the retreat.

The Eastern Diocese is pleased to offer a series of four day-long regional retreats for ACYOA Juniors in the coming fall season. These in-person gatherings are designed to enrich young spiritual life, while also reuniting Diocesan youth for a day of fun after the long isolation of the pandemic. The Diocesan Department of Youth and Young Adult Ministries will be organizing the retreats, which are open to all youth 13 to 18 years of age across the Diocese. Join in a day of fun, fellowship, and a chance to catch up with fellow young faithful of the Armenian Church. Click here to register in advance.

The retreats will take place in the following locales:

Michigan/Ohio: Saturday, October 9
St. John Church, Southfield, MI (12 noon-7 p.m.)
(View the flyer here.)

Connecticut/Massachusetts: Saturday, October 23
Holy Resurrection, New Britain, CT (11 a.m.-5 p.m.)
(View the flyer here.)

Wisconsin/Illinois: Sunday, October 24
St. James, Evanston, IL (12:30 p.m.-5 p.m.)
(View the flyer here.)

New York/New Jersey: Saturday, November 6
Holy Martyrs, Bayside, NY (11 a.m.-5 p.m.)
(View the flyer here.)

Please Note: All local, state, and CDC guidelines at the time of the retreats will be observed. Masks may be required when indoors, regardless of vaccination status. Participants will be e-mailed confirmation of the relevant guidelines prior to the day of the retreat.

Abp. Haigazoun Najarian, Primate of Australia & New Zealand, will deliver the third and final installment in his series of online lectures titled “The Armenian Church in Solidarity with Armenian Statehood, Part 3,” on Wednesday, Sep. 29. For viewers in the United States, the lecture will take place at 5 a.m. EDT (which, please note, corresponds to 7 p.m. in Sydney, Australia), over the Zoom conference platform. Earlier in his ministry, Abp. Najarian was a longtime priest and Vicar General of the Eastern Diocese. To receive a registration link, e-mail Nishan Basmajian by Sep. 26, at diocese@armenian.come.au. Click the links to access the Australian Diocese’s Facebook page, and to view a flyer.

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