106th DIOCESAN ASSEMBLY OF ARMENIAN CHURCH OF AMERICA TO TAKE PLACE
THIS WEEKEND

RHODE ISLAND, MAY 6, ARMENIANS TODAY – NOYAN TAPAN.

The 106th Diocesan Assembly of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern)
is being hosted by Saints Sahag and Mesrob Armenian Church in
Providence this weekend, the first time in more than 30 years.

The gala banquet will be held on May 6 at the Providence Marriott hotel
ballroom, during which Oscar Tatosian, chairman of the Diocesan
Council, will make presentations. Honored as Friend of the Armenians
will be Senator Jack Reed. Honored as Armenians of the Year are
brothers, Kevork Atinizian of Belmont, and Nishan Atinizian of
Winchester. On May 7 a celebration of the Divine Liturgy will be
officiated by His Eminence Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, the primate of
the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern). This service
will be conducted at the Marriott.