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...
Twenty young adults from across the Eastern Diocese embarked on a 20-day service trip as they experienced the beauty of their homeland on this year’s ACYOA Armenia Service Program (ASP). The group had an opportunity to spend a few days working with children at FAR’s summer camp in Hankavahn, as...
The St. Gregory of Narek Church of Cleveland, OH, held an icon-painting workshop for children and adults, led by Fr. Garabed Kochakian. It was the second time the workshop has been held, organized once again by Yn. Naira Azatyan Sargsyan. Pastor Fr. Hratch Sargsyan welcomed the children and introduced them...
Students from the St. Gregory of Narek Church (Cleveland, OH) toured a traveling exhibit called “The Compassion Experience” last week, and gained an insight into what daily life is like in the developing world. Through interactive displays, the St. Gregory church school students heard stories of other children living in...