Readers of this newsletter know that on June 30, a new cross for New York’s St. Vartan Cathedral was blessed on the plaza and installed on the cathedral dome. Over subsequent weeks, it was carefully gilded (along with the dome) to shine with renewed brilliance.
Diocesan Primate Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan visited AGBU’s Camp Nubar over the weekend of July 27-28, to visit with the campers and celebrate the camp’s 60th anniversary.
The second meeting of the current Women’s Guild Central Council (WGCC) took place on the evening of July 22, as an online meeting with Diocesan Primate Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan and Vicar Fr. Simeon Odabashian.
Bishop Mesrop returned to St. Nersess Armenian Seminary last week, to spend time among the young faithful taking part in the seminary’s various summer programs. This time, he joined the bright participants of the High School Summer Conference.
Diocesan Vicar Fr. Simeon Odabashian represented the Eastern Diocese and Primate Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan at the 81st General Convention of the Episcopal Church
