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    Portlan Press Herald
    Saturday, January 1, 2005

    Despatches

    Portland: Orthodox Armenians plan Christmas Mass on Jan. 8

    PORTLAND - The city's Orthodox Armenian community will gather at the
    Anglican Cathedral of St. Paul on Jan. 8 to celebrate Christmas Mass for its
    traditional holiday, which is celebrated in the Orthodox and Apostolic
    Armenian Church according to the Eastern Church calendar on Jan. 6.

    The Mass, in Armenian and English, will be celebrated by Father Vartan
    Kassabian of St. Gregory's Armenian Apostolic Church in North Andover, Mass.
    This is the second Christmas Mass held in Portland. Hundreds from all over
    the state attended last year.

    The effort to organize the Mass reflects a renewed interest in Portland's
    Armenian heritage.

    Last year, the community dedicated a memorial to the Armenians who had
    settled in Portland's Bayside neighborhood. Last April, St. Paul's Cathedral
    hosted a special service marking the commemoration of the Armenian Genocide
    by the Ottoman Empire between 1915 and 1923, when more than 1.5 million
    Armenians died. Portland's Armenian community dates back to the late 19th
    century.
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