Genocide Survivor Siran Kassabian Receives State House Proclamation
WATERTOWN — The Armenian Community of Massachusetts, with the sponsorship of several state senators and representatives, has organized the Armenian Genocide commemorations at the Massachusetts State...
View ArticleTurkish Prime Minister’s Triumphant Visit to Washington
By Edmond Y. Azadian It is well said by English historian and writer Lord Acton that power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. There can be no better example to demonstrated the...
View ArticleCourt Rules Dink Murder Was ‘Organized’ Crime
ISTANBUL (Hetq) — Turkey’s Supreme Court of Appeals this week overruled previous decisions absolving suspects in the Hrant Dink murder case of any connection to armed criminal organizations, according...
View ArticleK-9 Officer Toumayan Shares her Passion with the Community
By Gabriella Gage Mirror-Spectator Staff CONCORD, Mass. — In 1999, Concord Police officer Sylvia Toumayan found a way to combine her passion for canine training with her dedication to helping fellow...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Operas
By Edmond Y. Azadian With the spectacular and complete disappearance of the iron curtain, millions of people who had been trapped behind it, suddenly were exposed to the rest of the world. There was a...
View ArticleNew Book Launched – A Legacy of Armenian Treasures Celebrated in Michigan
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — On Thursday, May 16, more 250 people gathered at St. John Armenian Cultural Hall to celebrate the publication of A Legacy of Armenian Treasures: Testimony to a People — The Alex and...
View ArticleCatholicos of All Armenians Karekin II Honors Nazar and Artemis Nazarian for...
By Florence Avakian NEW YORK — “There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.” These words by poet Kahlil Gibran might be considered the lifelong creed of Nazar and Artemis Nazarian....
View ArticlePrince Charles Visits Armenia
YEREVAN (RIA Novosti and ArmeniaNow) — Prince Charles, the 64-year-old heir to the British throne, arrived in Armenia on Tuesday, May 28, on a first-ever visit by a member of the British royal family....
View ArticleVery Rev. Aren Jebejian Elected Primate of Canada
MONTREAL — On Saturday, May 25, during the annual diocesan meeting, the pastor of St. Gregory the Illuminator Church of Chicago, the Very Rev. Aren Jebejian was elected the Primate of Canada. The...
View ArticleAssembly Pays Tribute to a Trio of Veteran Supporters
By Alin K. Gregorian Mirror-Spectator Staff CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Warriors come in all shapes, sizes and ages. For the Armenian Assembly of America (AAA), the term defines a trio of women who have stood...
View ArticleNew Tekeyan Center Opens in New Jersey Dignitaries Celebrate New Site for...
By Baydzig Kalayjian ENGLEWOOD, N.J. — Since its inception in 1947 and until the present time, the local chapters of the Tekeyan Cultural Association have been the guarantors of the organization’s...
View ArticleAn Urgent Problem Whose Urgency Is Fading
By Edmond Y. Azadian An ARF political thinker named E. Agnouni has encapsulated the Armenian people’s propensity to emigrate away from their native land by a perfectly rhyming sentence in Armenian:...
View ArticleFM Nalbandian Visits US Meets with Kerry
WASHINGTON (Combined sources) — US Secretary of State John Kerry has hosted Armenian Foreign Minister Eduard Nalbandian for talks focusing on the impasse over Nagorno-Karabagh. Ahead of their meeting...
View ArticleTaksim Square Riots Rage On
At Least Two Dead, Thousands Injured after Police Crackdown By Alexandra Hudson and Jonathon Burch ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) — Turkey’s deputy prime minister apologized on Tuesday for “excessive...
View ArticleDefining Our Demands and Course of Action at Threshold of Centennial
By Edmond Y. Azadian The Armenian Genocide centennial is around the corner and we are still unprepared as to how to organize or commemorate it worldwide and, more importantly, realize what impact we...
View ArticleGetting Justice the Geragos Way
By Alin K. Gregorian Mirror-Spectator Staff LOS ANGELES — Mark Geragos commands attention. Whether it is in front of TV cameras or St. James Armenian Church Men’s Club in Watertown, he is able to...
View ArticleUsing Theater to Inspire and Empower Children
By Serena Hajjar Special to the Mirror-Spectator BELMONT, Mass. — “A cooperative, collaborative venture…an outlet for experiences.” These are a few of the many ways Marlene Fereshetian describes One...
View Article‘Women of Ararat’ Gains Ground
By Tom Vartabedian BOSTON— Playwright Judith Boyajian Strang-Waldau has made both Genocide recognition and highlighting resilient women who survived its atrocities part of her mission. No one seems...
View ArticleFriend or Foe?
By Edmond Y. Azadian When the Turkmenchay Treaty was signed in 1828 between the Russian and Persian Qajar Empires, the Khanate of Yerevan, effectively Eastern Armenia, was ceded to Russia. Armenians...
View ArticleTurks Demand Democratic Rights — and Justice
Activist Targeted by Turkish Authorities Again By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach Special to the Mirror-Spectator COLOGNE, Germany — What is really happening in Turkey? And where is it going to lead? What began...
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