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GHEVONTIANTS CELEBRATED IN MILWAUKEE

On February 14, 2012, priests of the Armenian Church’s Eastern Diocese gathered from across Wisconsin and Illinois at St. John the Baptist Armenian Church, Greenfield. They came to celebrate Ghevontiants.

ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RECOGNIZED IN GREENFIELD, WI

Milwaukee Armenians gathered at St. John the Baptist Armenian Church in suburban Greenfield for the parish’s annual Martyrs Day commemoration. Greenfield alderwoman Shirley Saryan presented a proclamation from the city’s mayor, Michael J. Neitzche, which acknowledged the longtime presence of Armenians in the community

VARTANANTS PROGRAM IN MILWAUKEE 2011

In a talk at St. John Armenian Church of Milwaukee during its Feb. 27 observation of Vartanants, Dr. Levon Saryan provided the battle with its historical context, outlining the events that came before and after Avarayr.

DONNIE RASK IN RECITAL

Donald Rask was one of only three teenage piano students from the Milwaukee area to take part in the Milwaukee Music Teachers Association Youth Concert. He earned his position in the program by passing a citywide audition held in 2010.

PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE GERMAN SCHOLAR ON THE GENOCIDE

(Greenfield, Wis.) A mother tries to protect her baby from the bitter cold by cradling her tightly. All around are other tired faces registering anxiety. These are among the images of the Armenian Genocide collected by Hilmar Kaiser and shown in a powerpoint presentation at St. John the Baptist Armenian Church, Greenfield, on December 5, 2007.

An independent German scholar, Kaiser has lectured across North America, Europe and the Middle East and published several books and essays on the Genocide. He drew his presentation at St. John from German sources by painstakingly identifying German military officers and consular officials known to have observed the Genocide and likely to have taken photographs. Kaiser approached the families of these men and searched the archives of the Foreign Office, navy and other organizations they were affiliated with.

ARMENIAN THEATER IN THE WORLD

St. John Armenian Church of the Greater Milwaukee sponsored a lecture by one of the world’s foremost exponents of Armenian studies, S. Peter Cowe.

ST. JOHN HONORS CULTURE MONTH

(Milwaukee, Wis.) Armenian Culture Month was observed on Sunday, Oct. 22, 2006, at St. John the Baptist Armenian Church. The celebrant for holy liturgy, Archbishop Yegishe Gizirian, the former Armenian primate of Great Britain, delivered a powerful homily on love and unselfish giving as the driving force of Armenian Christianity, and spoke at the luncheon afterward of the legacy of Armenia in the arts and spirituality. October, he reminded his listeners, has been proclaimed as Culture Month in the Armenian Church because the Feast of the Holy Translators falls on Oct. 14. Through the efforts of Saints Mesrob, Yeghishe, Moses the Poet, David the Philosopher, Gregory of Narek and Nersess the Graceful, important literary, historical, philosophical and theological texts were translated from Greek into Armenian, and meaningful new works were composed.