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A simple approach for checking anagrams within the Armenian language
Monument to the Armenian alphabet, erected in 2005 just outside the village of Artashavan, Aragatsotn Marz. (Photo: Nina Stössinger/Flickr) Anagrams are two or more expressions which contain the same...
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Armenian-German composer Meredi on new album and finding her roots
Meredi Last year, Armenian-German composer and pianist Meredi was planning an international tour following the release of her debut studio album. Instead, she found herself stuck in Berlin in lockdown,...
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The Diaspora need not be ‘useless’
Born and raised in Armenia, Satenig Mirzoyan playing nardi against France-born and raised Sipan Koroghlian, who graciously hosted us at his beautiful home in Mughni, while Jerusalem-born repatriate...
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Armenian EyeCare Project responds to heightened needs in post-war Armenia
It has been nearly a year since Azerbaijan’s attack on Artsakh –– an ethnic enclave home to hundreds of thousands of Armenians –– and much has changed in that time. What began as an attack targeting...
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Turkey banned Armenian overflights. Why didn’t Armenia reciprocate?
(Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Air Armenia Official, 2013) I just became aware that the government of Turkey banned Armenian aircraft from overflying its airspace as of a year ago. This was disclosed...
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It’s all about the feeling: Meet Armenian DJ, selector and producer Darone...
Over the years, music has taken various shapes and forms. The modernization of music has had a direct impact on our culture as humans, making way for an opportunity to create a totally new world of...
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ANCA Haroutioun & Elizabeth Kasparian Summer Academy empowers young Armenian...
ANCA Haroutioun & Elizabeth Kasparian Summer Academy participants with the ANCA DC team on the first day of the program. WASHINGTON, DC – A stellar group of 14 Armenian American high school...
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A Master Plan? Russo-Azeri Strategy for Armenian Pacification
On Wednesday, June 30, St. Leon Armenian Church of Fair Lawn, NJ, hosted a virtual forum, A Master Plan? Russo-Azeri Strategy for Armenian Pacification. The event examined Russia’s role in the 2020...
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EyeSupport takes Armenia
About a few days after the Beirut blast of August 4, 2020, we all turned to each other with the same thought in mind: “How can we help all those Armenians who lost a home, a loved one, their life?” We...
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In Memory of Louise Najarian
Louise Najarian of Waltham passed away on August 19, 2021. Devoted mother of Linda Marsoubian and her late husband Masrob Michael Marsoubian. Loving grandmother of Chantal Marsoubian Kelly and her...
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Baby Garen’s New Kidney
Garen’s 2nd birthday post-surgery (Annie Yepremian Facebook page) Prayers have been answered for the family of Garen Yepremian, who received his new kidney last week on a very special occasion. “On...
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Critical Water Shortage in Stepanakert
The capital city of Artsakh is approaching the end of its third week without water. Since August 7, access to water in 30-percent of Stepanakert has been inconstant. In some neighborhoods, the water...
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Deputies brawl on parliament floor
RA National Assembly, August 25 Wednesday’s parliamentary session was interrupted twice after security guards were summoned to settle brawls between pro-government and opposition deputies. The first...
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An Ode to Armenian Cuisine
Photo: Kassianos/Flickr To the Armenian, the smell of traditional food cooking is what a serenade is to the ears of musicians. The history of our food is, in fact, the history of Armenian life at its...
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Diasporan Twisties
The Intersection of Three Cylinders World Map. From a 1696 Armenian world map in the Leventhal Map Center in Boston.(Photo: Philip Chapman-Bell/Flickr) It starts when Mind and body Forget connection...
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Addressing the Drug Shortage in Lebanon
Customers asking for their medications at the counter of a local pharmacy (Photo provided by author) It was only a couple of years ago when my career as a pharmacist wasn’t of major importance to the...
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Discovering Armenian Architecture in the Province of Sepastia
Continuing my journey in search of truth and authenticity, I reached Gürün in the Sepastia (Sivas) province back in 2018. The Sepastia province was heavily populated by Armenians before the 1915...
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The Path of a Repat: From Volunteering to Settling Down in Armenia
With bounded mouths and fixed eyes, under the sounds of Armenian duduk, they were standing in the middle of the main square of Toulouse, allowing the silence to speak out for them. People, rushing here...
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The Unfortunate Tradeoff of Survival and Sovereignty
Is this our fate as a nation? To always be denied the warm embrace of true freedom? Since the fall of the Cilician Rupenian Kingdom in 1375, Armenia has experienced sovereignty as a nation only a...
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Providence: Generations pass the spirit—Olympics and more
As often was the case, Tom Vartabedian said it best, and he used the term “green machine” in referring to the Providence Armenian Youth Federation (AYF) and its Olympic success. As the Providence...
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