California and Los Angeles in particular has one of the biggest Armenian communities in the world. It is natural that people living far from their home country and customs and traditions seek to preserve them even more. There are different ways of keeping the nations’ spirit alive even when living far from your home country. Armenians are considered to be one of the strongest nations in the world, which has been proved by their ability to keep their traditions, customs and language throughout years.

To keep our essence of identity, authenticity, and uniqueness alive, we must preserve our language, our traditions and our religion alive and strong. This must not be just acknowledged but also spread around the community and around the world, of course.

Church has one of the main functions of preserving the unity of a nation. Armenian Apostolic Church has always played a significant role for Armenian people.

There are more than a few Armenian churches in California. All Armenian weddings are held in an Armenian church. People attend holy liturgies every Sunday. Others might attend the church a few times in a week. For Armenians the Church is the best representation of their religion and God and during centuries it has not lost its power.

 In California Armenian church has two main branches- Armenian Apostolic Church and Armenian Catholic Church.  Armenians community in US gives the church a big place in their life. They hold meetings every week, they gather together, communicate, pray, hold liturgies, etc.

Connected with the latest tragedy that happened in Gyumri, Armenian churches in US held special liturgies to honor the memory of the innocent victims.

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