On Sunday, August 18th, we will host our Annual Family Fun Picnic following the Blessing of Grapes Service for the Feast of Asdvadzadzin. We will have delicious food, music, water, outdoor games for children, a Bounce House and more. Save the date, and buy your tickets now. Children 10 and under...
Join us for dinner, drinks and music at the church hall this Saturday, August 17, from 5-9pm! All young professionals are encouraged to attend. Joining us will be the ACYOA Central Council of the Eastern Diocese. Please let us know if you’re planning to join (contact Ari Terjanian at 732-306-5099...
Over Memorial Day Weekend, close to 300 ACYOA Seniors and Armenian young adults from across the Eastern Diocese gathered for the 2024 ACYOA General Assembly & Sports Weekend hosted by the St. Gregory the Illuminator ACYOA Seniors of Chicago, IL. The weekend kicked off on Friday, May 24 with the...
Yn. Naira Azatyan-Sargsyan presided over a heartfelt ceremony on May 26 to honor the dedicated Sunday School graduates: Ellena Baghdasaryan, Rouzanna Gaboyan, Khoren Gevorgyan, Arman Edilyan, Anri Edilyan, Marianna Klekchyan, Ani Manukyan, and Tatev Sargsyan. The presentation of graduation diplomas marked the culmination of over a decade of their formal Christian...
You know Easter is near when our Church School students engage in their traditional Easter Wheatgrass project. Last Sunday, spearheaded by Yn. Naira and assisted by our teachers & parents, Lilit Grigoryan, Anna Hovsepyan, Tatev Sargsyan, Evelina Manvelyan and Dina Ohanessian our students were enlightened on the spiritual meaning and significance...
ACYOA Chapter Connection and visit by ACYOA Central Council! Today, the ACYOA Central Council representatives, Jackie Russell and Ani Misirliyan, organized an engaging ACYOA Chapter Connection Workshop with our youth. The event kicked off with an opening prayer, ice breakers, and fruitful discussions about our local ACYOA chapter’s goals. Our...
Many hands make light work. Thank you everyone for helping to pack over 120 meal bags for the needy. Many thanks to our online donors for helping us secure the funds to offset the cost of the meal items. May God bless our volunteers and our generous donors: Seta M....
On Sunday, May 22nd following the Church Services Sunday School held a Year-End Closing Event & Graduation. We give many thanks to all the teachers of our Church School Marine Avagyan, Lilit Griogryan, Qristine Baghdasaryan, Ani Ghazikyan, Der Hratch Sargsyan under the leadership Yn. Naira A. Sargsyan, Superintendent & teacher. The students presented a...
The 2022 ACYOA General Assembly and Sports Weekend is now less than one month away, and will go forward as an in-person event over Memorial Day weekend—Friday, May 27 to Monday, May 30—hosted at the newly-consecrated St. Sarkis Church of Dallas, TX. This will be the first ACYOA Seniors Sports Weekend since 2019, as well...
A two-day meeting in Armenia brought together clergy and lay representatives from some 20 Armenian Church dioceses across the world, to inaugurate a global Armenian Church Youth Organization (ACYO). The gathering was led by Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, Primate of the Western Diocese, who has been appointed president of the ACYO...