The Common Council considered a request from the Riponfest board about changing the date of the Fourth of July fireworks show at its Monday meeting, and fireworks erupted over the
The Common Council considered a request from the Riponfest board about changing the date of the Fourth of July fireworks show at its Monday meeting, and fireworks erupted over the
“It was a wonderful place, you know? The property had been acquired. It was previously a synagogue and there was a small parking lot. It was a lovely place to grow up and have years of church community there,” Kradjian said. “But we were outgrowing it, certainly, and I think some people also felt that to be able to shape our identity and our campus from the ground up, have our authentic Armenian architecture, have a place where we can have classrooms and a hall and a memorial park.”
Kradjian’s parents and other couples in the community formed the church in the 1970s, wanting to create a place for their children to learn about their Armenian identity.