On Saturday evening, April 15, St. Peter Church of Watervliet, NY, hosted a special dinner to express gratitude and admiration to area medical professionals, healthcare workers, and all who work in the healing vocations.
A New Diocesan Ministry & Staff Member
The Eastern Diocese is pleased to announce that as of the beginning of April, Yn. Hasmik Ajamian has been appointed to serve as the Eastern Diocese’s new “Children and Family Ministry Specialist,” within the Diocesan Ministries department.
On Martyrs Day, a Vow to Remember, and Act
His Holiness Karekin II began this year’s solemn April 24 commemoration by visiting the Armenian Genocide Memorial at Dzidzernagapert, to lay wreaths and offer prayers at the eternal flame.
In Memoriam: Edmond Yervant Azadian (1935-2023)
The Eastern Diocese mourns the loss of Edmond Yervant Azadian—Armenian intellectual, political activist, and littérateur—who passed away on March 25, 2023, after a brief illness, at age 87.
Ordinary Saints: Holy Apostles and Holy Martyrs
Saints and martyrs loom large in Armenian Christian spirituality. We look up to them; but could we ever be like them? Is saintliness an unattainable ideal? Or something more ordinary?