Local Jeweler Designs Gifts for Boston Marathon Victims
WATERTOWN — Local jeweler, Harutyun Arto Hachikian recently presented jewelry especially designed for the families of Boston Marathon Bombing victims MIT Officer Sean Collier and 8-year-old Martin...
View ArticleA New Playwright in Town: Taleen Babayan Dazzles
By Hagop Vartivarian NEW YORK — The cultural life of the Greater New York Armenian community was further enriched with the theatrical endeavor of Taleen Babayan. Already a recognized name to the...
View ArticleMonsignor Andon Atamian’s Book Feted in Detroit
DETROIT — On Wednesday, October 23, the AGBU Alex and Marie Manoogian School, the Cultural Society of Armenians from Istanbul (CSAI) and the Tekeyan Cultural Association of Detroit jointly organized a...
View ArticleTekeyan Shows Appreciation to Armenian Teachers by Distributing Aid
YEREVAN — Nine-year-old Ardag studies at Vahan Tekeyan No. 92 school in Yerevan. He has decided to become a doctor when he grows up. Edmond Azadian, a member of Tekeyan Cultural Association Board of...
View ArticleEastern Diocese Welcomes Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem
By Florence Avakian NEW YORK — “If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem…” is the biblical phrase signifying the emotional and spiritual power of the sacred site that is home to three of the world’s major...
View ArticleProfusion of Medals: Compensation or Compromise?
By Edmond Y. Azadian The Russian novelist Anton Chekhov once wrote a satirical short story about the significance of medals in 19th-century Russian society. The story dwells on the predicament of a...
View ArticleOur Definition Extending to Islamicized Armenians
By Raffi Bedrosyan The conference organized by the Hrant Dink Foundation about “Islamicized Armenians” at the Istanbul Bosphorus University in early November broke one more taboo in Turkey. A hidden...
View ArticleGallipoli Campaign: Act Two
By Edmond Y. Azadian Ahmed Davutoglu, Turkey’s foreign minister, has laid his campaign plans to drown Armenian voices in 2015. Indeed, as Armenians prepare with their scarce resources to make the...
View ArticleMaking Dreams Come True for Young Musicians
By Alin K. Gregorian Mirror-Spectator Staff LEXINGTON, Mass. — Anna and Noubar Afeyan hosted a benefit gala reception and recital at their home on October 26, for the YerazArt Foundation. The program...
View ArticleAuthor Deranian Discusses Evolution of Orphan Rug Story
By Gabriella Gage Mirror-Spectator Staff WORCESTER — The Armenian Cultural Foundation’s recent publication, President Calvin Coolidge and the Armenian Orphan Rug, sheds light on a little-known piece of...
View ArticleOpen Feud over Hidden Rug
By Richard Simon WASHINGTON (Washington Post) — In a new twist to efforts to call attention to the Armenian Genocide, a group of lawmakers has accused the Obama administration of blocking a Smithsonian...
View ArticleA Quarter-Century Has Not Changed Much in the Quake Zone
By Edmond Y. Azadian Many nations celebrate the glorious events of their history, Armenians tend to commemorate the more dismal pages of their past — the fall of the city of Ani to Seljuks, the...
View ArticlePeace Seems to Trump War in the Middle East
By Edmond Y. Azadian The Middle East is a tinderbox ready for a conflagration when hit by any spark. The Bush-Cheney administration not only failed to avoid triggering that spark but it deliberately...
View ArticleTaner Akçam Teaches ‘Genocide 101′ in Germany
By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach Special to the Mirror-Spectator BERLIN — Two classes of high school students in northern Germany had the rare opportunity to learn about the Armenian genocide from one of the...
View ArticlePutin Faces Protests in Armenia
GUMRI (Combined Sources) — Hundreds of people marched in Yerevan on Monday to denounce visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, December 2, and protest against plans to join a Moscow-led...
View ArticleNora Azadian Honored for 20 Years of Service as Detroit Tekeyan Chairperson
By Lucy Ardash DETROIT — “A woman of culture, a prolific artist, actress, inspiring teacher and Armenian activist” are the words Dr. Raffi Belian used to describe Nora Azadian, who was honored for her...
View ArticleUnwelcome Guest in Armenia
By Edmond Y. Azadian During a recent trip to Armenia, President Vladimir Putin of Russia was met with hostile demonstrations by some groups who genuinely believe in Armenia’s adherence to Europe and by...
View ArticleTurkey FM Davutoglu Visiting Armenia
YEREVAN (Agence France Presse) — Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu was scheduled to arrive in Armenia on December 12, on his first visit since the failure four years ago of efforts to normalize...
View ArticleA Legacy of Armenian Treasures on Manoogian Museum Launched in Armenia
By Manana Hovakimyan YEREVAN and DETROIT (Azg) — A Legacy of Armenian Treasures a catalog of the Alex & Marie Manoogian Museum was recently published in Detroit. The book contains a lavish...
View ArticleYoung Stella Gets Transplant
CLEVELAND — The Armenian Mirror-Spectator first reported on the case of Stella Arakelian in August. Arakelian, 17, is a native of Armenia in Cleveland to receive treatement for cancer at the Cleveland...
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