Love On A Plate – Armenia Launches Streaming Version of Videos
SUDBURY, Mass. – Raised in a traditional Armenian home in the greater Boston area, Lisa Kouchakdjian learned early on how to make traditional Armenian foods by watching her parents and grandparents. As...
View ArticleBasketball Player Armenak Alajajian Passed Away
By Tom Hawthorn TORONTO, Canada (Globe and Mail) – While playing for the Soviet Union in the gold-medal basketball game at the 1964 Olympics, point guard Armenak Alajajian contested a loose ball, only...
View ArticleDr. Sarkis Karayan Passed Away
PORTER RANCH, Calif. – Sarkis Yacoub Karayan, 89, born on November 28, 1928 in Aleppo, Syria passed away on December 9, 2017. He resided in Porter Ranch, California at the time of his passing. Dr....
View ArticleMusical Chairs at the Istanbul Patriarchate
There was a time when the nine-year-old crisis at the Armenian Patriarchate in Istanbul was close to a resolution. But new developments have given a different spin to the problem, sinking the community...
View ArticleBeshlian’s Memoir A Shirt for the Brave Recently Published
By Gary A. Kulhanjian In the Introduction of this trim but powerful 100-page memoir, A Shirt for the Brave by Dr. Hagop K. Beshlian, I acknowledged my gratitude to Dr. William V. Beshlian one of the...
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Philadelphia Community Leader Papken Megerian Dies
WYNNEWOOD, Penn. — Papken Megerian, vice chairman of the Armenian Democratic Liberal Party (Ramgavar) District Committee of the Eastern United States and Canada, publisher of the Armenian...
View ArticleProf. Akçam Receives Upstander Award from World without Genocide
By Bonnie Russell WORCESTER (Telegram & Gazette) — Clark University history professor Taner Akçam will be honored for the decades he has spent gathering historical evidence to document the 1915...
View ArticleSociety for Armenian Studies Holds Annual Membership Meeting in Washington, DC
WASHINGTON — The Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) held a series of activities and a conference to mark its 44th Annual Meeting, held this year in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, November 18. Members...
View ArticleAmerican Armenian Float Takes Home Judges’ Award at Rose Parade
By Anthony Clark Carpio PASADENA, Calif. — Three local entrants in the 2018 Rose Parade walked away with awards for their floats during the chilly annual New Year’s Day parade. The Burbank Tournament...
View ArticleDifferent Kinds of Hidden Armenians
By Raffi Bedrosyan Over the years, I have met many hidden Armenians from different regions of Turkey. Each one has a unique story which can become an article or even a book on its own. Some stories can...
View ArticleMarshal Bagramyan in Newly Rediscovered Film Talks of His Pre-Soviet Life
By Haykaram Nahapetyan Mirror-Spectator video correspondent “The Red Army was as multiethnic as the Soviet Union, but its generals were overwhelmingly Russian. Very few non-Slavs reached high rank and...
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AIWA-LA to Honor Ellis Island Medal Recipient Joan Agajanian Quinn at Luncheon
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles affiliate of the Armenian International Women’s Association (AIWA) will honor Joan Agajanian Quinn, the recipient of the 2017 Ellis Island Medal of Honor, at a luncheon on...
View ArticleThe Long-Lost Story of an Indian Rescue during the Armenian Genocide
By Artsvi Bakhchinyan YEREVAN — In the run-up to the centenary of the Armenian Genocide, more and more incidents and details came to light, many touching on unexpected subjects and geographic settings....
View ArticleWorld Jewish Student Group Motion Formally Recognizes Armenian Genocide
TEL AVIV, Israel — The World Union of Jewish Students (WUJS) has formally recognized the Armenian Genocide at its 44th World Congress in Israel, after a Jewish-Australian advocate, Ariel Zohar was...
View ArticleRepublic of Armenia Square Inaugurated in Uruguay
PUNTA DEL ESTE, Uruguay (Agencia Prensa Armenia) — The Republic of Armenia Square was inaugurated on January 7 in Punta del Este, Uruguay, with a sculpture of an Armenian woman made by Gor Davtyan, an...
View ArticleArmenia Parliament Considering Measure to Recognize Yezidi Genocide
YEREVAN (Public Radio of Armenia) — The Armenian National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs will consider a draft statement on condemning the genocide against the Yezidi people in the...
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Works by Cartoonist Saroukhan to Go on Display in Egypt
CAIRO (Public Radio of Armenia) — Works by the late Egyptian Armenian cartoonist Alexander Saroukhan have gone on display in Cairo. The exhibition, titled “Echoes of Past Visions,” will run through...
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St. James Church Celebrates Name Day
WATERTOWN — On Sunday, December 17, Diocesan Primate Archbishop Khajag Barsamian visited St. James Armenian Church to observe its 86th anniversary and annual Name Day celebration. The Primate presided...
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Margrit and Nishan Atinizian Honored at 20th Anniversary Celebration of Holy...
BELMONT, Mass. — On December 9, 2017, under the auspices of Bishop Mikael Mouradian, Bishop of the Armenian Catholic Eparchy of US and Canada, a large crowd gathered at the Holy Cross Armenian Catholic...
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Philanthropist Kevork Atinizian Receives Knights of Saints James Medal from...
Patriarch of Jerusalem Archbishop Nourhan Manougian with Kevork Atinizian, wearing the newly bestowed Knights of Saints James Medal CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — On December 29, 2017, Kevork Atinizian received...
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