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AMAA awards scholarships to college students
PARAMUS, NJ – The Armenian Missionary Association of America (AMAA) awarded $232,500 in direct scholarship grants for the academic year 2022-2023 to 84 worthy students attending colleges and...
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The Unique and Enduring Legacy of the AYF Olympics
AYF Worcester alumni marching in Sunday’s parade. (Photo: Rich Kanarian) With the holiday weekend approaching, I thought I was well prepared for this week’s column. The topic was selected, research...
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Campers from around the world head to Artsakh
Campers from France and both coasts of the US converge at Tatik Papik In response to an initiative of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Artsakh youth, several summer camps were organized this...
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Azerbaijan refuses to address status of Artsakh in peace talks
Armenia and Azerbaijan still disagree about the parameters of a peace agreement, Armenian officials said in the days following a meeting between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani...
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His Holiness Aram I elected a president of the World Council of Churches
His Holiness Catholicos Aram I of the Great House of Cilicia KARLSRUHE, Germany—His Holiness Catholicos Aram I of the Great House of Cilicia has been elected as one of eight presidents of the World...
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Why is Baku waging a “war of words” against Tehran?
During a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Tehran on July 19, the Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei warned against blocking the...
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Worcester AYF Olympics 2022 Summary Results
Members of the AYF Greater Boston “Nejdeh” Chapter (Photo: Rich Kanarian) Here are the results of the 88th annual AYF Olympics held in Worcester, Massachusetts over Labor Day weekend. After three...
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AMAA to honor district mission partners during 103rd banquet
By Elise Kalfayan PARAMUS, NJ – “Empowering AMAA’s Global Mission,” the theme of the Armenian Missionary Association of America (AMAA) 103rd Annual Meeting Banquet, is inspired by and dedicated to...
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Sayat Nova Dance Company of Boston to celebrate its 35th anniversary
A performance by Sayat Nova Dance Company of Boston WATERTOWN, Mass. — As our communities recover from a pandemic that has pained many families, threatened our many ways of life and irreversibly...
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The Alexandria Film Festival to honor actress Nora Armani with a Lifetime...
Nora Armani NEW YORK, NY—Actress Nora Armani will be receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award at the opening ceremony of The Alexandria Film Festival‘s 38th edition which will be held on Wednesday,...
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Funeral in Beirut
Riad Al Solh Square, Beirut, 1960 (Wikimedia Commons) We are walking by the Riad Solh Square. I see colors on the other side of the square, mostly darker shades of gray and green created by the old...
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NAASR to host “Armenia’s Case in the World Court” with Dr. Yeghishe Kirakosyan
Dr. Yeghishe Kirakosyan BELMONT, Mass. — The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) will host an in-person and online program, “Armenia’s Case in the World Court,” featuring Dr....
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Creating a Monument for Mount Auburn Cemetery’s First Armenian Resident
WATERTOWN, Mass.—Mount Auburn Cemetery’s front gates are in Cambridge, but more than 90-percent of the cemetery is actually in Watertown. Watertown was a major center of the 19th-century Armenian...
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Call for Papers: Haigazian University Armenian Diaspora Research Center
Conference on “Armenians of the Arab Gulf states” (Bahrein, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Sultanate of Oman, Qatar, The United Arab Emirates, Yemen) The Haigazian University-based Armenian Diaspora Research...
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BREAKING: Azerbaijan launches full-scale attack on Armenia
Azerbaijan has launched a deadly attack across several regions of Armenia’s eastern border. The Ministry of Defense of Armenia reported “intensive shelling” of Armenian positions in Sotk, Vardenis,...
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California to declare April 24, ‘Genocide Remembrance Day’ as state holiday
California State Assemblyman Adrin Nazarian (Photo: ANCA) California State Assemblyman Adrin Nazarian has finally succeeded in passing a legislative bill (AB 1801) he had sponsored to declare April 24,...
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COAF and Embassy of Japan to upgrade public transportation in Armenia’s Lori...
The bus stop of Debet village, constructed by COAF YEREVAN — The Children of Armenia Fund (COAF) and the Embassy of Japan in Armenia celebrated the inauguration of a new bus service as part of a larger...
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Legacy Naming at AUA: The Kevork & Cecile Keshishian Student Union
Front entrance of the Keshishian Student Union The recent naming of the Kevork & Cecile Keshishian Student Union has spurred a great deal of enthusiasm among students, faculty and staff of the...
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Our Mkhitar
Mkhitar Gariki Galeyan Mkhitar Gariki Galeyan was born on August 17, 2000 in Yerevan, Armenia. He was the son of true patriots. With his piercing hazel eyes, Mkhitar was a happy and content child. He...
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Congressional leaders condemn Azerbaijani attack on Armenia; demand Biden cut...
WASHINGTON, DC – Just hours after the Azerbaijani government launched a heavy artillery attack on Armenian military and civilian sites, Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and...
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