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According to Rev. Dajad Davidian, a pastor at Saint James, churches and schools play an important role in maintain and strengthening Armenian life...
Saint James Armenian Apostolic Church in Watertown is one of the three oldest predominantly Armenian parishes in Boston. It is the parish that serves a large portion of the Belmont and Watertown parishioners that also frequent the NAASR reading room...
...Armenian culture has always had a strong social component," Davidian says. "As there is a tendency for Armenian-Americans slowly to become assimilated into American culture, churches like Saint James carry a big responsibility for providing ethnic resources and programs...
...feel bad, but slowly, the Belmont and Watertown Armenian community is losing some members to other cities in Massachusetts. That makes it harder to maintain personal connections," Davidian says...
...characteristic that Davidian senses will help the Armenian community to maintain its unity, though, is its ability--at least in Boston--to avoid inter-group rivalries...