PRESS RELEASE
Diocese of the Armenian Church of Australia & New Zealand
10 Macquarie Street
Chatswood NSW 2067
AUSTRALIA
Contact: Laura Artinian
Tel: (02) 9419-8056
Fax: (02) 9904-8446
Email: armenian@idx.com.au

22 June 2005

Y-CONNECT: ARMENIAN YOUTH CONNECTING WITH ARMENIAN YOUTH

Sydney, Australia – Sunday, 19 June 2005 heralded a new era of excitement at
the Armenian Apostolic Church of Holy Resurrection in Sydney with the start
of the first Y-Connect session, a new youth fellowship program targeted at
high-school aged students.

The purpose of Y-Connect is to provide an opportunity for Armenian youth to
hear God’s message and learn about His principles for living in an
environment that is familiar to them (and their parents) and where there is
opportunity for them to build social networks and connect with the Armenian
Church.

Led by a team of enthusiastic, young and dynamic ACYA leaders the sessions
are designed to incorporate fun social activities and games with a daily
message that is manifest in the teachings of the Holy Bible and in
accordance with the doctrine of the Armenian Apostolic Church.

At its introductory session last Sunday evening, more than 50 smiling faces
made there way into the Church Hall in anticipation of what lay ahead. By
the end of the session, the 50 smiling faces were even more gleeful, each
eagerly awaiting a copy of the Y-Connect program for the next session date.
As one of the young participants said “This is a great way to make new
friends, the activities were cool and I even enjoyed learning about the
Bible. It rocked!”

Y-Connect will be held each Sunday fortnight from 6.00 to 8.00 p.m. At the
forthcoming session on Sunday, 3 July 2005, His Eminence Archbishop Aghan
Baliozian, Primate of the Diocese of the Armenian Church of Australia and
New Zealand will meet with students, bring his blessing to the program and
present the day’s scripture message.