His Holiness Karekin II, the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, traveled to Jerusalem on Monday, February 15, where he presented His Beatitude Archbishop Torkom Manoogian, the Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem, with the “Medal of St. Mesrob Mashdots.”
Accompanying His Holiness were Archbishop Navasart Kjoyan, Primate of the Araratian Pontifical Diocese in Yerevan, Armenia, and Bishop Arshak Khachatrian, Chancellor of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.
Archbishop Khajag Barsamian… [Continue...]

It has been 21 years now since the earthquake that destroyed large areas of Armenia—and 21 years since the world’s beautiful outpouring of goodwill towards our country and its people. This week, another such tragedy has taken its toll—this time on the island nation of Haiti. In a region already beset by difficulties, this natural disaster has been especially destructive, and the images coming out of the news have been… [Continue...]

The International Foundation for Unity of Orthodox Christian Nations has bestowed on His Holiness Karekin II, the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, this year’s Unity of Orthodox Peoples Award. His Holiness traveled to Moscow, Russia this week to receive the honor, which will be presented by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, who chairs the Foundation for Unity.

Other recipients of this year’s Unity… [Continue...]

The National Council of Churches’ annual general assembly met November 11-13 in Minneapolis, Minn., under the joint presidency of Archbishop Vicken Aykazian, NCC President and Legate of the Diocese, and Bishop Johncy Itty (who chairs the board of directors of the NCC’s outreach arm, Church World Service).

The meeting marked the last time the country’s largest ecumenical organization would gather under Archbishop Aykazian’s presidency. Elected to a standard… [Continue...]

President Barack Obama recently responded to a joint letter co-authored by the Eastern and Western Dioceses, the AGBU, and the Armenian Assembly of America with respect to the normalization of relations between Armenia and Turkey. The joint letter was issued in September.

In his response, President Obama wrote that the process of normalizing relations between Armenia and Turkey “has important benefits for the future of both countries.” In addressing… [Continue...]

Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, Primate of the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern), recently appointed four priests to serve parishes in Waukegan, IL, Cheltenham, PA, Cleveland, OH, and St. Paul, MN. The four priests – Rev. Fr. Paren Galstyan, Rev. Fr. Hagop Gevorgyan, Rev. Fr. Martiros Hakobyan, and Rev. Fr. Hratch Sargsyan – completed their studies in Armenia and were ordained there prior to their arrival in the U.S… [Continue...]

On November 13th, 2009  St. Sarkis embarked on a “joint” fundraiser with our neighbors St. Vincent DePaul Roman Catholic Church.

A “Mediterranean Dinner” was planned and executed by both parishes working together and we are happy to report it was a BIG success.  We served “319” dinners with the help of many volunteers. St. Sarkis is a small Parish and partnering with St. Vincent provided a successful fundraiser for both… [Continue...]

We are pleased to announce that the Diocese will be working in partnership with the AGBU Summer Intern Program to offer an eight-week internship at the Diocese Center in New York during the summer of 2009 for young adults between 20-26. For more information or to receive an application, please contact College Ministry Facilitator Julie Hoplamazian at julieh@armeniandiocese.org or 212-293-1254… [Continue...]