New York’s St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral welcomed His Beatitude Archbishop Sahak II, the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople, for an uplifting Patriarchal Divine Liturgy on Sunday, June 29.
A Concert in Honor of Patriarch Sahak II
An extraordinary concert of classical and Armenian music, in honor of the visiting Patriarch of Constantinople His Beatitude Archbishop Sahak II, was held on the evening of Friday, June 27.
In New York, U.S. Church Leaders Meet Patriarch Sahak II
As part of the visit of His Beatitude Abp. Sahak II to the Eastern Diocese, the 85th Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople was guest of honor at a luncheon of New York’s ecumenical leaders, at the St. Vartan Cathedral complex in New York.
The Saints of Summer
By the end of June, schools are winding down, summer is gearing up, and many parishioners settle into a more “relaxed” habit of church participation. But in the Armenian Church calendar, the summer months have never been uneventful.
Mother See Marks the Feast of Holy Etchmiadzin
On Sunday, June 22, the Mother See of Armenian Church celebrated the Feast of Holy Etchmiadzin, commemorating Etchmiadzin’s founding through the mystical vision of St. Gregory the Illuminator.