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Memorial Day “Smith Hill” Style
Memorial Day service at Armenian Heritage Park, May 31, 2021 (Photo: GVK Images) PROVIDENCE, RI — The Armenian Heritage Park in Providence is located at the intersection of Douglas and Chalkstone...
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US Genocide Recognition and the Assault on Armenia’s Sovereignty
Our good nature as a people has often led to self-criticism of political naivety. The long awaited official recognition of the Armenian Genocide was welcomed by a large majority of the American...
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Faces of War
View of Khustup Mountain from downtown Kapan (Photo: Raffy Dikranian, Aug. 28, 2007, Wikimedia Commons) September of 1992 was coming to an end. It was gorgeous out, trees dressed up in red and yellow...
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Weekly columnist featured in new Haigazian University Press publication,...
BEIRUT, Lebanon—Haigazian University Press has published the Proceedings of the Conference “Armenians of Iraq,” edited by Dr. Antranik Dakessian, director of the Haigazian University-based Armenian...
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A Historic Armenian Map’s Restoration Journey During the Pandemic
A low-resolution image of Mardiros Kheranian’s restored 1922 map of historic Armenia For years, every time I was in the fourth floor conference room in the Hairenik building in Watertown,...
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Armenian Legal Center for Justice and Human Rights issues statement on trial...
WASHINGTON, DC — The Armenian Legal Center for Justice and Human Rights (ALC) is outraged by the trial of illegally held Armenian prisoners of war (POWs), including Lyudvik Mkrtchyan, Alyosha...
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Hamazkayin Educational and Cultural Society of Eastern United States elects...
Hamazkayin Educational and Cultural Society of Eastern United States Region conducted its 44th annual representative meeting on May 23rd. Due to the pandemic, the meeting was held virtually....
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NY community commemorates 103rd anniversary of the First Republic of Armenia
Rev. Fr. Nareg Terterian, pastor of St. Sarkis Armenian Church of Douglaston, and Rev. Fr. Mesrob Lakissian, pastor of St. Illuminator’s Armenian Church of Manhattan DOUGLASTON, NY—The 103rd...
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AYF-ER condemns Pashinyan’s campaign message about Armenian POWs
The AYF-YOARF Eastern Region strongly condemns the recent statements from de-facto “acting” Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at a campaign rally. His disrespectful words belie the heroism, courage and...
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Armenian Museum of America reopening galleries in June
WATERTOWN, Mass.—The Armenian Museum of America recently announced that it is reopening for visitors on Friday, June 18. The Museum was closed over the past year to comply with state regulations during...
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The “Armenia Alliance” Electoral Platform and the Parliamentary Elections
Former president of Armenia and head of Armenia Alliance Robert Kocharyan speaking at May 29 event The political coalition “Hayastan Dashinq” (hereinafter “Armenia Alliance”) held its founding ceremony...
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Project SAVE searching for new executive director
Students at Toumanian School # 176 (elementary through high school), Yerevan, Soviet Armenia, names not known; photographer not known. Courtesy of Aram Ohanian WATERTOWN, Mass.—Project SAVE Armenian...
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Celebrating the Family and Community NGO’s 20 years of service in Armenia
Tufenkian Foundation founder James Tufenkian (C) with the children and staff of the Family and Community NGO. YEREVAN—The Tufenkian Foundation recently hosted “Twenty Years with Children and Their...
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Aurora Humanitarian Initiative honors the life of co-founder Vartan Gregorian
2016 Aurora Prize Laureate Marguerite Barankitse, Vice Chair UWC Atlantic College Jill Longson, Aurora Prize Selection Committee Member Ernesto Zedillo, Human and Labor Rights Activist Syeda Ghulam...
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UWC Dilijan marks end of the academic year
UWC Dilijan Class of 2021 graduation ceremony DILIJAN—Having managed to keep the campus in operation safely during the pandemic and students in face-to-face classes, UWC Dilijan reached the end of the...
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AYF-ER hosts 87th Annual Convention, presents new Central Executive
87th annual AYF-ER Convention, Franklin, Mass. FRANKLIN, Mass.—The 87th Annual Convention of the Armenian Youth Federation-Youth Organization of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (AYF-YOARF)...
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Belonging to this Moment
I attended my first AYF Junior Seminar back in 2010 at Camp Lutherlyn. While it is hard to recall the thoughts and feelings I had when I was 11 years old, the slogan of that weekend has been seared...
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Remembering Dr. Raffy A. Hovanessian on the first anniversary of his passing
Dr. Raffy Hovanessian (1938-2020) A physician in the truest sense, is not defined solely by his choice of profession. What defines him is a lifelong impulse to help others: a commitment to treat fellow...
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In Memory of Iris Arousiag Papazian
Iris Arousiag Papazian (1936 – 2021) Some losses are more irreplaceable than others, especially when someone has served for so long the greater good. Archbishop Anoushavan Tanielian, Prelate of the...
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A Letter to Lost Armenians
My grandpa’s name was Mourad, He never told me what he thought, At least not about the mutual fight, That he and I both fought. He didn’t tell me he was proud, And I’m not sure he would, Because when...
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