Reading at Holy Cross Armenian Apostolic Church

On Sunday, September 18th, I will be reading my first commissioned poem at the Holy Cross Armenian Apostolic Church in Washington Heights. The parish council is celebrating the 25th anniversary of a Virgin and Child painting by Simon Samsonian. The painting is a Charkhapan, which means it keeps the evil away. The church is a pilgrimage site since the painting was installed and blessed by the then patriarch of Constantinople.