EyeSupport making a difference in Armenia
Following the overwhelming support we received from our July trip helping children and schools, EyeSupport was able to continue our work by bringing necessities directly to displaced families from...
View ArticlePhiladelphia hosts triumphant return to community life with live music premiere
Zulal performing inside the sanctuary of St. Gregory the Illuminator Armenian Apostolic Church of Philadelphia, Nov. 14, 2021 PHILADELPHIA, Penn.—The sanctuary of St. Gregory the Illuminator was filled...
View ArticleANCA Hovig Apo Saghdejian Capital Gateway Program application deadline extended
WASHINGTON, DC – Recent university graduates will have an additional two weeks to apply for the winter 2022 session of the Hovig Apo Saghdejian Capital Gateway Program (ANCA CGP) – an innovative ANCA...
View ArticleNora Armani leaps Back on the Couch to take fans on a magical journey of...
MANHATTAN, NY —This funny and poignant tour-de-force, written and performed by Nora Armani to worldwide acclaim comes back to New York after a short absence, this time to audiences on Theatre Row as...
View ArticleFuture of Karabakh: Call for Research
The 2020 Karabakh (Artsakh) War created new challenges and exacerbated unanswered questions about the future of regional relations and the status of Karabakh / Artsakh. Following the Russia-brokered...
View ArticleChange Lives, Change the World raises money for needy families, breast cancer...
NEW YORK, NY—On Sunday, November 14, Anahit Indzhigulyan and Benjamin Zaslavsky, the talented young organizers of the Change Lives, Change the World charity concert, which took place at St....
View ArticleNAASR welcomes four highly distinguished new board members
BELMONT, Mass. — The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) has welcomed four highly accomplished new members to its 27-person Board of Directors, after its 67th Assembly of...
View Article‘The Resistance Network’ receives 2021 Syrian Studies Association honorable...
Historian Khatchig Mouradian’s book The Resistance Network has received Honorable Mention 2021 from the Syrian Studies Association Prize Committee. The committee, composed of professors Dawn Chatty...
View ArticleSamsung Innovation Campus in Armenia
UWCD campus DILIJAN—UWC Dilijan, an international boarding school in Armenia, and Samsung Electronics, a world leading technological company, have signed an agreement to launch Samsung Innovation...
View ArticleJack Youredjian establishes scholarship fund for rural youth in Armenia
Jack Youredjian with children in rural Armenia Philanthropist Jack (Hagop) Youredjian of Los Angeles has committed to supporting thousands of rural youths living in village communities supported by...
View ArticleANCA Eastern Region participating in Giving Tuesday
WATERTOWN, Mass. – The Armenian National Committee of America Eastern Region (ANCA-ER) is participating in the annual day of giving – Giving Tuesday – on Tuesday, November 30, 2021. Supporters of Hai...
View ArticleANCA Eastern Region presents second annual Christmas Auction
WATERTOWN, Mass. – The Armenian National Committee of America Eastern Region (ANCA-ER) is pleased to announce its second annual Christmas Auction, set to take place online from November 23 to December...
View ArticleArmenian Bar turns another page at 32nd annual meeting in New York
Armenian Bar’s national, regional and local leaders in NYC New York City seldom disappoints and often dazzles, just as it did when it played generous host to the Armenian Bar Association’s 32nd Annual...
View ArticleProf. Armen T. Marsoobian appointed the Eleanora Ordjanian Visiting Professor...
Prof. Amen T. Marsoobian Prof. Amen T. Marsoobian has been appointed the Nikit and Eleanora Ordjanian Visiting Professor in the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies at...
View ArticleA moral call to end silence and resist
Editor’s Note: The following remarks were delivered during a protest outside Chicago’s Honorary Consulate of Armenia on November 9 as part of the AYF-Eastern Region’s participation in the pan-Armenian...
View ArticleUS invites Armenia to Summit for Democracy, but not Azerbaijan and Turkey
The White House announced recently that it has invited over 100 countries to a virtual “Summit for Democracy” on Dec. 9-10. On the guest list are Armenia and Georgia, but not Azerbaijan and Turkey...
View ArticleAncestors of the Future: MIHR Theatre and Tiezerk Band
MIHR Theatre and Tiezerk Band performing “Song of a Refugee” at an open-air amphitheater in Dilijan, Armenia, October 2021 (Photo: MIHR Theatre/Facebook) The mission of art is the destruction of...
View ArticleCounting our Blessings
The first American Thanksgiving was celebrated less than a year after the pilgrims had settled in the new land. They made the long journey to the new continent of America primarily to worship God as...
View ArticleThe Russian-Turkish “Co-opetition” in Eurasia and Beyond
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pictured during a joint press conference in Moscow, March 5, 2020 (Photo: Official website of the President of Russia)...
View ArticleMy Return to the Homeland
Introduction by Weekly columnist Stepan Piligian: Andy Daquesian is from the southern Connecticut area and active in the Armenian community. A longtime contributor to the metro New York area, he is...
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