London Bonhams to Auction Aivazovsky’s Works
LONDON — The works of Ivan Aivazovsky and Nicholas Roerich will be the main lots of the Bonhams auction taking place in London on November 26. One of the key lots will be Aivazovsky’s “Arrival of the...
View ArticleKarekin II and Aram I Pay Tribute to Armenian Genocide Victims
YEREVAN (Armenpress) — The Supreme Patriarch and the Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II and the Catholicos of Great House of Cilicia Aram I held a joint prayer at the Armenian Genocide Memorial....
View ArticleAram Arkun Appointed Tekeyan Cultural Association Executive Director
WATERTOWN — The Tekeyan Cultural Association (TCA) Central Board of Directors recently appointed Aram Arkun as executive director of the association, headquartered in Watertown. With this appointment,...
View ArticlePalu’s Armenian St. Illuminator Church to Be Restored
ISTANBUL (Armenpress) — The ancient Holy Illuminator Armenian Church in Turkey’s palu province will be restored according to Agos weekly, which had quoted the municipality and the head of the...
View ArticleREVIEW: When More Is More: Vatche Semerdjian’s Under the Spotlight
By Dr. Arpi Sarafian Special to the Mirror-Spectator There is something uncanny about a book that draws one in when it should perhaps intimidate with its immensity. It is true that we live in a...
View ArticleTCA Presents ‘All Rise! Court Is in Session’ in Honor of Genocide Centennial
By Hagop Vartivarian ENGLEWOOD, N.J. — It will be yet another daring enterprise by the Tekeyan Cultural Association (TCA) to present one of the masterpieces of Armenia’s prominent playwright Berj...
View ArticleTwo Vahan Tekeyan Books at One Ceremony
By Hagop Vartivarian ENGLEWOOD, N.J. — After Detroit, Toronto, Los Angeles and Fresno, the Tekeyan Cultural Association (TCA) made New York in its turn reverberate with the words of a pair of newly...
View ArticleMary V. Toumayan
NEW YORK — The Armenian-American community lost a dedicated, energetic member on October 27, at age 92. Mary Voskeritchian Toumayan died of complications after cardiac surgery in New York City. To...
View ArticleTurkish-Armenian Actor’s Name Given to Istanbul Street
ISTANBUL — The name of veteran Turkish-Armenian actor Nubar Terziyan has been given to his old street in Büyükdere in Istanbul’s Sariyer district. According to Turkish-Armenian Agos, the executive...
View Article‘Our Medium is Art, the Book, the Violin…’
By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach Special to the Mirror-Spectator BOCHUM, Germany — What do Germans know about Armenians? The answer will vary from city to city and from one social layer to another. But...
View ArticleKoutoujian to Moderate Panel at Northeastern on Identities in Armenian Diaspora
BOSTON — Middlesex County Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian will moderate a panel discussion titled “Exploring Identities in the Armenian Diaspora: A Panel Discussion with Members of the Emerging...
View ArticleReligious Harmony Captured with Photo Exhibit at Tekeyan Centre
YEREVAN — On November 8, under the auspices of Tekeyan Centre Fund (Armenia), Creative Union of Artists of Russia, PhotoPodium.com and other organizations, an international photographic art exhibition...
View ArticleRECIPE: Armenian Pilaf with Raisins and Almonds
What is Thanksgiving without pilaf? From her Armenian mother Alice Vartanian of Fresno, and grandmother, Pepay Sarkisian from Lowell, Mass. and Los Angeles, Christine Vartanian Datian learned how to...
View ArticleArmenian Politics in Yerevan Taxicabs
By Edmond Y. Azadian If you think the Armenian parliament is the most contentious forum for political debates, try the Yerevan taxicabs and their most informed and astute drivers. Many of my columns,...
View ArticlePope Hopes for Opening of Turkey-Armenia Border
ROME (World Bulletin) — Pope Francis voiced hope late on Sunday for the opening of Turkey-Armenia border as a sign of mending ties, he reportedly said during his flight back to the Italian capital Rome...
View ArticleCleveland Parish Marks 50th Anniversary
CLEVELAND, Ohio — St. Gregory of Narek Church of Richmond Heights celebrated its 50th anniversary on November 15 and 16. Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, Primate of the Diocese of the Armenian Church of...
View ArticleConversations on Armenian-Turkish Relations: An interview series by Gonca...
BOSTON — Gonca Sönmez-Poole has interviewed several scholars and community activites on Turkish-Armenian relations. The first interview is with Fatma Müge Göçek. The first part of this in-depth...
View ArticleSupreme Spiritual Council of Echmiadzin Responds to Patriarch of Jerusalem
A few days ago a letter ascribed to the Patriarch of Jerusalem, which included insulting language in an unacceptable style, began circulating on the Internet. As a first step on this issue, we...
View ArticleSociety for Armenian Studies Washington DC Conference on Armenians in the...
Part II By Aram Arkun WASHINGTON — Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) Vice President Bedross Der Matossian welcomed guests back on November 22 to the final session of the conference “Armenians in the...
View ArticleProject SAVE at St. Stephen’s Armenian Elementary School
WATERTOWN — Principal Houry Boyamian of St. Stephen’s Armenian Elementary School, and Ruth Thomasian, Executive Director of Project SAVE Armenian Photograph Archives, have entered into a teaching...
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