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ARF Bureau Youth Leadership Seminar: Lighting the Fires of ARF Youth
ARF Bureau Youth Office leadership seminar, January 2022 This week, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Bureau Youth Office hosted a two day virtual leadership seminar. About a dozen ARF youth...
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Winter Olympics 2022: Armenia seeks first winter medal in Beijing
Armenians around the world will have their attention focused on Beijing over the next three weeks as six Armenian athletes aim to bring home the nation’s first ever medal at the Winter Olympics during...
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Armenian health authorities record daily peak of COVID-19 cases
Armenian health authorities recorded a peak number of positive COVID-19 cases on February 2. The Ministry of Health (MoH) of Armenia reported 3,956 new cases on Wednesday, the highest number of...
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Destination: Punta Cana and AHC Armenian Week in the Caribbean
Boston is cold in the winter, especially early on a mid-January morning when heading to Logan airport for a flight to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. The cold quickly becomes a distant memory as...
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Pashinyan, Pan-Turkism and Normalization with Turkey
2009 protest in downtown Toronto (Photo: AYF Toronto) In today’s Armenian reality, every situation, scenario, decision or action should be viewed in the context of “normalizing Armenian-Turkish...
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50+ US Representatives tell Biden administration to stop sale of F-16s to Turkey
50 U.S. House members joined Representatives Pallone and Bilirakis in calling on the Biden administration to block the proposed sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey. WASHINGTON, DC — A bipartisan group...
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NAASR to host webinar on “Medieval Armenia in Los Angeles: Manuscripts at the...
Mesrop of Khizan, Gospel Book. Isfahan, 1615. J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. Ludwig II 7 BELMONT, Mass. — The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR), the Ararat-Eskijian Museum and...
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ABMDR research published in leading medical journal
The lead page of the article detailing the findings of ABMDR’s COVID-19 research. LOS ANGELES, Calif. — An article containing the findings of a major COVID-19 research conducted by the Armenian Bone...
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Registration now open for Zarmanazan 2022
The Armenian Communities Department of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is happy to announce that Zarmanazan, the Western Armenian language immersion program, will take place in person from July 11...
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Hovsep Erchenian qualifies for the 2022 World Rowing Indoor Championships
Hovsep Erchenian Hovsep Erchenian was born in Athens Greece and moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1951, where he graduated from the Kherimian Varjaran in 1964. Due to the turmoil in the country, the...
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A Formidable Woman, An Inspiring Life: Anahit Sagatelian
Anahit (Anna) Sagatelian Anahit (Anna) Sagatelian passed away on January 25, 2022 in White Plains, NY, nearly two months shy of her 94th birthday. She is survived by her daughters Marguerite Sagatelian...
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AUA, ANCA host roundtable discussion on the future of higher education in...
AUA, ANCA host roundtable discussion on the future of higher education in Armenia WASHINGTON, D.C. — On January 25, 2022, the American University of Armenia (AUA), in collaboration with the Armenian...
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Poll finds more Armenians feel country is going in the wrong direction
(Photo by Rafael Ishkhanyan on Unsplash) The Washington-based International Republican Institute’s public opinion poll, conducted November 22-December 5, 2021, measured the Armenian population’s views...
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Armenian International Medical Fund completes 22nd medical mission to Armenia
Dr. Akira Ishiyama with a young MD, fall 2021 LOS ANGELES, Calif. — In October 2021, Armenian International Medical Fund (AIM Fund) completed its 22nd medical mission to Armenia. Akira Ishiyama, MD,...
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In Memory of Seda Sonentz-Papazian
Seda Sonentz-Papazian (1925-2022) Seda Sonentz-Papazian was born Seda Khatanassian on July 1, 1925 in Khartoum, Sudan to Dr. Yervant Khatanassian and Vergine Alianak. While still a child, the...
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SR Socially Relevant Film Festival is back and in hybrid mode
NEW YORK, NY—The SR Socially Relevant Film Festival (#SRFF2022) has returned in hybrid form, opening at the Lincoln Center’s Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, at Village Cinema and neighboring venues...
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Anna Astvatsaturian Foundation completes post-war census of Artsakh Republic
WESTBROOK, Maine— The Anna Astvatsaturian Foundation is pleased to announce the completion of the Artsakh Republic countrywide census, an initiative to research and document empirical data on the...
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AYF-ER announces the re-establishment of Albany’s “Shoushi” Chapter
AYF-ER CE vice-chair Aram Balian and Archpriest Fr. Gomidas Baghsarian with the newly re-established AYF Albany “Shoushi” Chapter, February 6, 2022 TROY, NY—The Armenian Youth Federation-Youth...
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Most Armenian residents support diplomatic relations with Turkey, according...
Yerevan, February 2021 (Photo: Government of Armenia/Facebook) A majority of residents of Armenia support restoration of diplomatic relations with Turkey, as long as critical national interests are not...
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The Life-Changing Magic of the AYF Internship Program
The incomparable dose of excitement I felt walking out of Zvartnots airport on my first night in Armenia is something I will never forget. My summer as a participant in the AYF Internship program gave...
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