Campaign For Future of Armenian Church in America How many Armenian-Americans truly understand our faith,and its profound, timeless message? St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral in recent York City is the first cathedral of the Armenian Apostolic Church to be constructed in North America. (Photo: Gomezryan) An innovative recent campaign called “Our Church Our Legacy”—launched this month by the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America—aims to inspire and strengthen the faith of every Armenian, or to make their faith relevant to daily life. “It’s the deepest mission of our Armenian Church: to build faith among our people; to bring us closer together to conclude the work we are meant to conclude,” says Melanie Dadourian, who co-chairs the “Our Church, and Our Legacy” campaign. Ms. Dadourians steering committee co-chair is Oscar Tatosian. Education,Ministry, Outreach To achieve its goal, and the committee is working hand in hand with local parishes and people at the grassroots level,involving Armenian-Americans throughout the Eastern Diocese. A core objective of the campaign will be to supply parishioners with tools to strengthen local education, ministry, or outreach. “Working with local parishioners is an idea that grew out of the early research we undertook before launching the [...]
Source: armenianweekly.com