 rev vertanes kalayjian senior fellow fr vertanes kalayjian is pastor emeritus of st mary armenian apostolic church in washington dc where he served 31 years in addition to his pastoral activities he has served as a diocesan representative on the national council of churches department of middle eastern missions and at the world council of churches regional conferences he has been a member of blue ribbon committees and task forces on youth and religious education issues fr vertanes has served as director of summer youth camps sponsored by the diocese and the armenian general benevolent union and spearheaded summer christian youth camps in the republic of armenia he participated and served as a consultant at the following briefings and conferences south africa and us policies state dept pornography commission report state department the church and health services the brookings briefing of the state department area specialists on eastern european and former soviet union republics concerning the state of the affairs of the church communities no  