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The Armenian Church: Questions and Candles
Special to the Armenian Weekly “So, do you believe in God these days?” It’s a Wednesday afternoon in January, and my mother asks me this. I’m home from school for winter break. We’re in the car, on...
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2017 AYF Olympics: Unique (Part II)
2017 Armenian Youth Federation Senior Olympic Games, Hosted by the AYF-YOARF Racine “Armen Garo” Chapter, to Take Place in Downtown Milwaukee In our previous Unique article, we laid out a Wisconsin...
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2017 AYF Olympics: Unique (Part III)
2017 Armenian Youth Federation Senior Olympic Games, Hosted by the AYF-YOARF Racine “Armen Garo” Chapter, to Take Place in Downtown Milwaukee So, just in case the 1½ mile walk to Walker’s Point is...
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Washingtonian Vitruvianism
By Leonardo G. Torosian McGill University, Class of 2018 ANCA Leo Sarkisian Internship, 2017 When I saw Washington for the first time, last month, the first thing that struck me was the omnipresent...
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AYF Summer 2017: ‘Empty and Echoey,’ but Full of Life and Memories
The “AYF Summer 2017” section of the Armenian Weekly’s Youth page will highlight the 2017 summer programs of the Armenian Youth Federation—Youth Organization of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation...
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Armenia Approves Deal with Russian-Armenian Investors
YEREVAN (RFE/RL)—An investment fund set up recently by wealthy Russian entrepreneurs of Armenian descent plans to build a major hydroelectric plant in Armenia in what will be the first business project...
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Phil Brown Releases ‘Greeks of the Merrimack Valley’
By Mike LaBella HAVERHILL, Mass. (The Haverhill Gazette)—Each wave of immigrants to America has had its struggles and has faced numerous challenges on the way to making this country their home. From...
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‘Where Are You From?’ and the Huge Pile of Complexes
By Rupen Janbazian Translated from Armenian by Tatul Sonentz-Papazian “’Where are you from?’…This was not an existential query directed at us.” “Where are you from?” “Toronto… from Canada.” “No!...
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Take Action Now: End Americana’s Gag Rule
The Americana at Brand, in Glendale, Calif., has rejected billboard space to an Armenian Genocide film, calling it “too political.” The documentary, “Architects of Denial,” aims to raise awareness of...
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Armenia Banana Warehouse Target of Acid Attack
YEREVAN (A.W.)—Vahram Mirakyan, a businessman who helped end a longtime monopoly on the import of bananas to Armenia, said his warehouse refrigerators were attacked on Aug. 10. According to RFE/RL’s...
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Seventh Wounded Soldier Receives House in Artsakh from the Tufenkian Foundation
STEPANAKERT, Artsakh—Kamo Davtyan, a soldier wounded in the Artsakh Liberation War in the early 1990s, was given a new home in the village of Nor Shen of the Martuni region of Artsakh on Aug. 11. The...
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Hamazkayin New Jersey Chapter Holds Annual Meeting
Seventeen New Members Boost Chapter Activities RIDGEFIELD, N.J. (A.W.)—The Hamazkayin New Jersey chapter held its annual membership meeting on June 13, at Sts. Vartanantz Church in Ridgefield. The...
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Why Did Armenia Not Feel Like Armenia?
Why did Armenia not feel like Armenia to me this time? That is the question I have been trying to answer for the past few days… Could it be because I did not go sightseeing? Could it be because I did...
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Dan Yessian’s ‘An Armenian Trilogy’ to Be Performed by the Armenian...
Award-winning composer, producer, musician, and founder of Yessian Music Inc. Dan Yessian is a titan in the commercial music industry. His internationally renowned company—with offices in Farmington...
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Building a Border Village in Artsakh: Arajamugh Village Expansion Project...
Special to the Armenian Weekly An Interview with Members of the ACAA Artsakh Fund WATERTOWN, Mass. (A.W.)—Arajamugh village in southern Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabagh) is located about 25 miles south of...
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Letter to the Editor: Armenia Will Always ‘Feel Like’ Armenia…
Letter to the Editor A view of Yerevan from the Cafesjian Museum of Art (Photo: Serouj) Don’t have expectations of Armenia to make you feel a certain way. She doesn’t owe us any particular experience...
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Report: Israeli Drone Maker Deployed Bombs on Armenian Army Positions for...
TEL AVIV, Israel (A.W.)—The Israeli Defense Ministry is investigating whether the Israeli company Aeronautics Defense Systems was asked to demonstrate the use of an unmanned armed aircraft in...
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Artsakh Soldier Killed by Azerbaijani Fire
STEPANAKERT, Artsakh (A.W.)—Armenian serviceman Arman Movsisyan (b. 1998) was killed by Azerbaijani fire on the morning of Aug. 14. Armenian serviceman Arman Movsisyan (b. 1998) was killed by...
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Crews Continue to Fight Fire at Khosrov Forest State Reserve
ARARAT PROVINCE, Armenia (A.W.)—Firefighters continue to battle a forest fire in Armenia’s Khosrov Forest State Reserve. According to the country’s Ministry of Emergency Situations, 69 firefighters and...
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Charny Presents a New Approach to Psychological Diagnosis and Therapy in...
A new book titled A Democratic Mind: Psychology and Psychiatry with Fewer Meds and More Soul by Israel W. Charny focuses on how one is living out one’s life, and it combines the question emphasized in...
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