Donations urged for saving Harvey-affected St. Kevork Armenian churchSeptember 5, 2017 - 10:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian embassy in the United States in a tweet on Monday, September 4 called for donations to help save St. Kevork Armenian church in Houston, Texas after Hurricane Harvey hit the United States. Houston sits just under 50 feet above sea level and is among the flattest major metropolitan areas in the U.S. It was greatly affected from the hurricane which inundated hundreds of thousands of homes, displaced more than 30,000 people, and prompted more than 17,000 rescues. According to the embassy, donations can made to the the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America and online towards the Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund for the Greater Houston Area Armenian Community. 100% of donations here will go to support our community needs. As reported earlier, the Armenian Relief Society of Eastern USA has also joined the relief effort aimed at help those affected by the disaster. Photo. Reuters Related links: Top stories The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. Armenia to sing in 2nd semi-final of Eurovision The organizers of Eurovision 2024 have revealed the running order of the countries in the two semi-finals. |