Employment Opportunity: Office Manager
WATERTOWN, Mass. — The Armenian Cultural and Educational Center (ACEC) is seeking a qualified candidate for the position of office manager. The office manager will report to the general manager and...
View ArticleKhojaly claims ultimately denied in Portland, Maine
PORTLAND, ME – Portland Mayor Kate Snyder has rescinded her previously issued “Khojaly Remembrance Day” proclamation of February 17, 2021. Leading up to the mayor’s announcement last week, Maine...
View ArticleUniversity of Michigan’s Center for Armenian Studies to present “The Problems...
The Center for Armenian Studies at the University of Michigan is presenting a webinar entitled “The Problems of Genocide: Permanent Security and the Language of Transgression” on Thursday, April 22...
View ArticleDo we commemorate or live the Resurrection?
With the celebration of Easter Sunday this past week, the season of Eastertide opens for the Christian community. This time is particularly focused on the Resurrection of Jesus Christ and its impact....
View ArticleONEArmenia surveying Diasporans’ travel habits
YEREVAN—ONEArmenia, the nonprofit organization that since 2012 has fundraised over $7 million to support 35 local projects with long-lasting impact in Armenia and Artsakh, is seeking responses to a...
View ArticleNAASR receives Mass Humanities grant for programming on Derounian archive
Derounian signing Under Cover ca. 1943-44 BELMONT, Mass.—The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research in early April received a Massachusetts Humanities grant for programming centered...
View ArticleAzerbaijan unveils fragments of exploded Iskander missiles in Shushi
ANAMA claims Armenia’s Armed Forces fired a pair of Iskander missiles during the Artsakh War, March 31, 2021 Azerbaijan’s National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) has published new proof that the...
View ArticleAYF cousins join humanitarian relief efforts in Artsakh
When war broke out in Artsakh, I was glued to every development from my home in San Francisco. My cousin Aram Parnagian (a member of the AYF Manhattan “Moush” Chapter) was doing the same from his home...
View ArticlePoet and Weekly correspondent Lillian Avedian debuts Journey to Tatev
It was before a sold-out audience back in November 2019 when Lillian Avedian proclaimed her lifelong commitment to living out her Armenian feminist ideals. “I have found my voice,” she asserted during...
View ArticleDiscovering Magaravank
Click to view slideshow. Continuing my quest for truth about the origins of the world, I visited Magaravank (Sourp Magar) Armenian Monastery in Cyprus in April 2018. I took a taxi to the idyllic...
View ArticleGenocide scholars warn that billions could die through climate breakdown
Banner photo from Clark University’s Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (Designed by Kaajal Asher) A leading group of genocide scholars has warned that billions of people could die as...
View ArticleCoalition of Armenian professional organizations announces June conference
NEW YORK CITY, NY and LOS ANGELES, Calif. – In furtherance of intra-diasporan cooperation and the protection, prosperity, and progress of Armenia, the diaspora’s professional organizations, with the...
View ArticleInternational Armenian Literary Alliance launches 2021 Young Armenian Poets...
Designed by Steve Altan The International Armenian Literary Alliance (IALA) has launched the inaugural Young Armenian Poets Awards, a contest for high school-aged writers from around the world. The...
View Article“100 Years from Home,”“What Will Become of Us” confront genocide on PBS in...
MONTREAL, Canada & FRESNO, Calif.– With the 106th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide on April 24, a pair of moving, personal documentaries shed light on the lasting trauma, coming soon to PBS...
View ArticleVirtual Panel: How Impunity for Past Crimes of Genocide Can Magnify Modern...
The Zoryan Institute is pleased to announce a very timely and important upcoming panel taking place Saturday, April 17 12 to 3pm EST via Zoom, with authors from the Institute’s latest publication,...
View ArticleANCA Eastern Region announces 15th annual gala
WATERTOWN, Mass. – The Armenian National Committee of America Eastern Region (ANCA-ER) will host its 15th annual ANCA-ER gala on Saturday, October 23, 2021 at the Loews Hotel in Philadelphia, PA. The...
View ArticleRoland Telfeyan ordained a priest following lucrative career in finance
Click to view slideshow. “I am not going to leave this planet without serving my church,” Roland Telfeyan, now Der Garabed at St. Stephen Armenian Church in New Britain, CT, stated with passion and...
View ArticleMichigan’s cities of Novi, Livonia and Southfield commemorate Armenian Genocide
Click to view slideshow. FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — Michigan’s cities of Novi, Livonia and Southfield have issued proclamations recognizing the Armenian Genocide in commemoration of the 106th...
View ArticleWounded Armenian soldier ignored, denied medical care
Simon Hovhannisyan on the frontlines (Photo provided by Simon Hovhannisyan, permission to the Armenian Weekly) I read the heartbreaking experience of an Armenian soldier who was wounded in the recent...
View ArticleForget Me Not: Armenian Genocide Recollections published
NOVI, Mich.—Michigan-based author Ariana Kabodian has published Forget Me Not: Armenian Genocide Recollections in honor of this year’s 106th anniversary commemoration on April 24. Kabodian, a...
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