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The Cultural Committee of Sts. Sahag & Mesrob Church (Providence, RI) will broadcast another episode of its online series, “Armenian Cultural Hour” on Friday, Apr. 9, at 7:30 p.m. This week’s streamed program features the Sayat Nova Cousin Song Ensemble, presenting a memorial concert dedicated to the saints of the Armenian Genocide. Click the link to watch the livestream on the parish Facebook page (accessible even if you don’t have a personal Facebook account). Click the following link to view a flyer.

The Eastern Diocese’s Krikor and Clara Zohrab Information Center will host an online evening with the contributors to the award-winning English translation of Bedros Keljik’s Armenian-American Sketches, on Wednesday, Apr. 28, at 7 p.m. EDT, over the Zoom platform. The event will go forward in in collaboration with the Society for Armenian Studies and the Fresno State Armenian Studies Program. Learn more on the Zohrab Center website. Click the links to view a flyer and to register for the event. E-mail zohrabcenter@armeniandiocese.org for details.

The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education at NJ’s St. Elizabeth College will hold its annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration as an online lecture, on Thursday, Apr. 29, at 7 p.m. EDT, on the Zoom platform. Keynote speaker Peter Balakian will discuss “The Armenian Genocide and the Modern Age.” Jointly Sponsored by St. Mary Church of Livingston, NJ. Free and open to public, but registration is required. Click on the links to view a flyer, to register online and to read more.

The Armenian Genocide Commemoration Committee of Connecticut will host an online commemoration of the 106th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide on Saturday, Apr. 24, at 10:30 a.m. EDT, over the Zoom video platform. Clergy from the state’s four Armenian churches will offer the “Prayer for the Holy Martyrs of the Armenian Genocide.” The flag of the Republic of Armenia will be raised and fly over the Connecticut State Capitol for a week. In addition to the martyrs of 1915, the commemorative program will focus on last fall’s events in Artsakh and Armenia, with speakers including Armenian journalist/author Tatul Hakobyan (on “Why did the 44-day war take place?”) and Hamazkayin’s Lilly Torosyan (on “A Connecticut Armenian’s personal account of the 44-day war”). John Geragosian, Connecticut State Auditor, will be M.C.

Pre-registration is required to obtain the Zoom link. Click here to register. (If you are unable to pre-register online, or do not have Zoom capability, call (860) 651-0629.)

The committee is also fundraising to support the Fund for Armenian Relief (FAR) house/farm project in the southern Armenia city of Sisian for families from Artsakh. Find details here.

St. Sahag & St. Mesrob Church of Wynnewood, PA, will continue its virtual lecture series on Wednesday, Mar. 24, at 7 p.m. Guest Speaker Christopher Zakian will deliver a talk on a Scriptural theme, titled, “A Modern Man in St. John’s Gospel: The Tragedy of Nicodemus.” To register in advance (required), click here.

For details, call (610) 642-4212, view the event flyer, view a schedule of lectures, or visit the parish website or Facebook page.