On Saturday, April 17th at 7pm, under the spiritual leadership of His Eminence Archbishop Hovnan Derderian and Fr. Arshag Khatchadourian, the St. James Junior ACYO hosted its first annual "Lock-In", with participants from St. Gregory, Pasadena and Burbank chapters who enjoyed a night of fun, fellowship, and education. Read More »

On the weekend of March 19-21st, ACYO youth from all three regions gathered at Hye Camp located in Dunlap, CA for our annual Junior Retreat. With about 35 junior participants and senior counselors in attendance, the group enjoyed beautiful scenery, fellowship, as well as educational lectures conducted by Der Avedis Abovian. The theme for the weekend, “Keeping our faith in a doubtful society,” focused on living our lives as Christians, discussed evolution, as well as answered questions from all ACYO members. During free time, members enjoyed great food, participated in a camp hike, and played games. Read More »

On February 19-20th, ACYO members from all three regions gathered for our Annual ACYO Leadership Conference in Fresno, CA. With roughly 45 members in attendance, the main focus for the weekend were resource management and fundraising, which are two key objectives in all ACYO chapters. Some topics that these professionals from World Vision conducted during the lectures and workshops were: Read More »

On Saturday February 6th, St Mary’s ACYO sponsored an evening of food and fun, Manti Night. Our very own members, along with some helpful parent volunteers prepared the manti the week before the event took place. Along with hand-made manti, guests enjoyed spending time with family and friends. With about 140 adults and youth that came out to support ACYO, the event was completely sold out, making Manti Night an amazing first fundraiser to start off the year. The first Manti night for St. Mary’s ACYO was a great success, and will hopefully be remembered and repeated for the years... Read More »