Very Rev. Raphael Andonian Dies
BELMONT, Mass. — Very Rev. Raphael Andonian, the pastor of the Holy Cross Armenian Catholic Church of Belmont, died on the morning of April 6 after a short battle with cancer. Andonian, a member of the...
View ArticlePrime Minister of Armenia Resigns after Six Years
By Gayane Mkrtchyan YEREVAN (ArmeniaNow reporter) — Tigran Sargisian, Armenia’s 11th prime minister, who resigned Thursday, April 3, is one of the rare leaders of the executive who appeared in the top...
View ArticleArmenian Night at Pops to Feature Saxophonist Hayrapet Arakelyan
BOSTON — The Friends of Armenian Culture Society will present the 63rd annual Armenian Night at the Pops on Friday, June 13, at 8 p.m. at Symphony Hall. The evening will feature young saxophonist...
View ArticleErdogan’s Condolences: Bombshell or Misfire?
By Edmond Y. Azadian Knee-jerk discounting is not the answer to Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan’s condolence to the survivors and the decedents of the Armenian Genocide, because his overture comes to...
View ArticleADL Statement on Prime Minister Erdogan’s Condolences
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan released a statement on the eve of the 99th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide expressing his condolences, on behalf of the Turkish state, to the...
View ArticleCher Dazzles at TD Garden
By Brenda Tavitian Special to the Mirror-Spectator BOSTON — Nice Armenian girl Cherilyn Sarkisian, also known as Cher, performed for a sold-out crowd on April 9 at TD Garden. She had last performed in...
View ArticleKurkjian Research into Gesaria Photo Brings Genocide into Focus
By Alin K. Gregorian Mirror-Spectator Staff BELMONT, Mass. — A single photo for journalist Stephen Kurkjian has been the means to tie together the shredded history of martyred Armenians on their...
View ArticleFirst-Ever Message by Turkish Leader on ‘Shared Pain’ Gets Mixed Reactions
ISTANBUL (Combined Sources) — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s speech on April 23 in which he expressed his condolences to those who “shared pain,” was interpreted by many in the West and...
View ArticleHandling Obstacles with Grace, Ani Ayanyan Leads by Example
By Tom Vartabedian CRANSTON, R.I. — Ani Ayanyan, 10, blew out the candles on her birthday cake on March 7, but not before making a wish. Forget the American Girl doll or a new bike. A trip to Disney...
View ArticleA Reply to Mr. Erdogan
By Raffi Bedrosyan On April 23, 2014, Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan sent a message of condolence to the Armenians worldwide, in eight languages, for their forefathers who lost their lives in 1915. As...
View ArticleHistory Lessons from Mr. Davutoglu
By Edmond Y. Azadian Ever since Ahmed Davutoglu moved from academia to serve as Turkey’s foreign minister, he has been repackaging Turkey’s bloody history and has become an apostle of Prime Minister...
View ArticleGeneral Andranik Papers Find Home in Armenia
YEREVAN — The manuscripts of General Andranik Ozanian, the Armenian national hero who died in 1927, have found their permanent home in Armenia. The manuscript — 65 pages long — is the only known memoir...
View ArticleCalifornia Assembly Panel Votes to Recognize Artsakh
SACRAMENTO—With a 9 to 1 vote and, 1 abstention, the California State Assembly Rules Committee, on Monday, May 5, passed Assembly Joint Resolution 32 which calling for the United States to recognize...
View ArticlePicture Perfect Gala for Project SAVE
by Tom Vartabedian NEWTON, Mass. — What’s in a photo? Well, if it was taken in 1946 inside a Watertown building called Kondazian Coat Factory, plenty. The picture shows Armenian immigrant employees...
View ArticleCelebrating Survival: Harvard Pays Tribute to Survivors Of Holocaust, as Well...
By Alin K. Gregorian Mirror-Spectator Staff CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — A program at Harvard University on April 27 commemorated the painful legacies of the Armenian, Rwandan and Jewish people, as it celebrated...
View ArticleSoviet-Era Ghosts Revisit Armenia
By Edmond Y. Azadian As if there was a shortage of problems in Armenia, recently a new topic was introduced into the national discourse. On April 30, the Yerevan Council of Elders approved the...
View ArticleRecognizing Armenian Genocide Is Moral Imperative for Jews, Knesset Speaker Says
JERUSALEM (Jerusalem Post) — Israel must recognize the suffering of the Armenian people, Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein said Tuesday at a discussion of the Armenian Genocide. In response to a motion to...
View ArticleMay 28: First Republic Day Marked in Armenia
YEREVAN (ArmeniaNow) — The independence anniversary of the First Republic was marked in Armenia on May 28, with the country’s top political, military and spiritual leadership attending traditional...
View ArticlePope Visits Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (AP) — Pope Francis and the spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians prayed together Sunday inside the Jerusalem church that symbolizes their divisions, calling their historic...
View ArticleADL, TCA of Armenia Hold Meetings in Yerevan
YEREVAN — On May 9-12, meetings were held between the Central Board of Directors of the Tekeyan Cultural Association (TCA) of United States and Canada, the Trustees of TCA London Trust, the Trustees of...
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