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YEREVAN, APRIL 22, ARMENPRESS. In commemoration of the Armenian Genocide, the Armenian Apostolic Church of Ventura County will host a special commemorative luncheon and program on April 24 at St Patrick’s Episcopal Church, Ventura, California, “Armenpress” reports, citing mpacorn.com.
The heritage luncheon will immediately follow the 12:15 p.m. service at the church.
During the meal, children will recount their family journeys during the genocide.
Also, author Dawn Anahid MacKeen will discuss her book “The Hundred-Year Walk, An Armenian Odyssey.”
MacKeen is an award-winning journalist who wrote her grandfather’s story, which takes place in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Stepan Miskjian, her grandfather, was separated from his family during the government’s mass deportation of Armenians. A century later, the family discovered Miskjian’s long-lost journals.