On Friday, September 13, Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan spoke at a special ceremony in White Plains, NY, during which the town’s “Edwin Michaelian Office Building” was re-dedicated.
Celebrate “Khatchveratz” on Sunday, Sep. 15
New York’s St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral will hold a special service on Sunday, September 15, to honor the major feast day known as Khatchveratz, or the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.
In Memoriam: Edward Balassanian (1936-2024)
This week brought the sorrowful news that a longtime friend of the Eastern Diocese had left us.
Diocese Holds Symposium of Armenian Language Teachers
The Eastern Diocese’s Armenian Language Ministry held its annual Teachers’ Symposium on Saturday, September 7, at the Diocesan Center in New York. Dn. Hovhannes Khosdeghian organized the gathering of some 40 Armenian School teachers and principals from nine Diocesan parishes
We Bow Down Before His Cross
In the shadow of that infamous date, September 11, we offer a meditation on the reality of suffering, and the power of the Cross in Armenian Christian spirituality.