The ACYOA Seniors of St. James Church in Watertown, MA, welcomed 300 ACYOA Seniors and clergy from across the Eastern Diocese for the 2026 ACYOA General Assembly and Sports Weekend.
Welcome the Stranger
He was a man of holiness and generosity; but also a man who could countenance the cruelest violence. His very name confessed his loyalty to God—but also prefigured the loneliness that can follow any man with such loyalties. He was Elijah the Tishbite, Elijah “the Stranger”:
For 108 Years, a Lesson in Heroism
Each year on May 28, Armenians around the world honor the anniversary of the Battle of Sardarabad and the establishment of the First Armenian Republic (1918-1920). This week marks 108 years since those fateful events.
Memorials and Memory
In the Armenian Church, memorial days of one kind or another are quite common: we observe merelots after the major feast days; we remember our departed loved ones on the karasoonk of their passing, and thereafter through annual hokehankisd services.
Armenian Church’s Supreme Spiritual Council Issues a Statement
The Supreme Spiritual Council of the Armenian Apostolic Church issued a formal statement on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, following its meeting at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin in the Republic of Armenia.