We welcomed four new campers to our Vartan family today! Our morning began with a celebration of our Divine Liturgy, followed by the Antasdan (The Blessing of the Fields) service, during which Der Krikor splashed rose water on us celebrants. Campers were very enthused about the celebration of Vartavar, and they enjoyed having a water fight until the rain ultimately did the soaking for them. For sports, the campers switched between yoga and tae bo, and they enjoyed the water slides once the rain cleared away. After some down time in the afternoon, we put all our energy into beginning Olympics, and the red and blue teams made awesome chants to impress our judges, the greek gods. We closed our day with a delicious snack of ice cream sandwiches, which was a special treat from Der Hovnan, Yn. Anna, and Nareg Demerjian of St. Hagop Armenian Church in St. Petersburg, Florida.

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