The annual Clergy Conference of the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America was held April 30 to May 2, 2024, in Springfield, MA, as part of the 122nd Diocesan Assembly hosted by the city’s St. Mark Church. Diocesan Primate Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan presided over the gathering
After a long period of anticipation and preparation, the faithful of Hye Pointe Church in Bradford, MA, will soon bear witness to the consecration of a beautiful new Armenian sanctuary.
The 122nd Diocesan Assembly of the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America convened on Thursday, May 2, and continued through adjournment on Saturday, May 5, 2024. It was the second Diocesan Assembly to be presided over by Diocesan Primate Bishop Mesrop Parsamyan, and the first since his consecration as a bishop last fall.
“Mothers are the ambassadors of God’s love and providence on earth,” wrote the saintly Patriarch Shnork Kaloustian in this classic Mother’s Day homily.
This week the Supreme Spiritual Council of the Armenian Church, under the presidency of His Holiness Karekin II, the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, issued a statement from the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, which re-affirmed its April 9 appeal to the government of the Republic of Armenia to avoid pursuing a “defeatist” foreign policy in its negotiations with Azerbaijan.
