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ATP Founder Carolyn Mugar Recognized for Decades of Environmental and...
Minister of Environment Erik Grigoryan and ATP founder Carolyn Mugar YEREVAN—Armenia Tree Project (ATP) founder and activist Carolyn Mugar was honored at last month’s “Forest Summit: Global Action and...
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Two to Dump
It’s time for two holders of public office, one in the RoA and one in the USA, to exit the stage of public service. Education Minister Arayik Harutyunyan (Photo: Facebook) First is Arayik Harutyunyan –...
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St. Sarkis Church Holds Badarak in Assembly Room Amid Boiler Failure
Click to view slideshow. DEARBORN, Mich.—A boiler failure on Sunday drove early arriving parishioners at St. Sarkis Armenian Apostolic Church out of the chilly sanctuary and into the narthex to...
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Detroit Hamazkayin Hosts 15th Annual Dance Performance
Click to view slideshow. NOVI, Mich.—Detroit’s Hamazkayin Armenian Educational & Cultural Society hosted a high energy program to celebrate Yerevan’s 2800th anniversary, Gomidas Vartabed’s 150th...
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Roslin Press Announces Western Armenian Children’s Series—Փիսօ
Փիսօն գէշ երազ կը տեսնէ Anna Isabekyan Roslin Press, 2019 Hardcover/ISBN 978-1-946290-14-4 Roslin Press, a New York publishing house known for its Western Armenian publication of The Chronicles of...
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Armenian Museum of America Hosting Researcher Dr. Alisa Dumikyan
WATERTOWN, Mass.—On behalf of the Board of Trustees and staff of the Armenian Museum of America, we are very pleased to announce the arrival of visiting scholar, Dr. Alisa Dumikyan. Born in Armenia,...
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Erdogan Meets Trump in the White House: The Result is a Tragicomedy
President Trump participates in a joint press conference with Turkish President Recep Erdogan on Nov. 13, 2019. (Official White House Photo by Tia Dufour/Flickr) It is difficult to know where to start...
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ANCA Supports Congressional Armenian Caucus Campaign to Restore US Military...
ANCA supports the Congressional Armenian Caucus’ latest effort to restore parity in military aid to Armenia and Azerbaijan. WASHINGTON, DC – For the second time in less than two months, Congressional...
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Armenia’s National Security Service Investigating Illegal International...
YEREVAN—Armenia’s top intelligence agency—the National Security Service (NSS)—has launched a criminal investigation into reports of illegal international adoptions which allegedly took place between...
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Announcing the Hairenik, Armenian Weekly Special Anniversary Issue
WATERTOWN, Mass.—The Hairenik and the Armenian Weekly recently announced that they will be publishing a joint, full-color magazine issue for the 12th consecutive year. Due out in December, the magazine...
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St. Stephen’s Armenian Elementary School Celebrates 35 Years
St. Stephen’s Armenian Elementary School principal Houry Boyamian pictured with SSAES alumni at its 35th anniversary banquet, Waltham, Mass. (Photo: Salbe A. Photography) WALTHAM, Mass.—On Saturday...
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The Problem with Taxpayer-Funded Public Art
At the height of the Second World War, the British government tackled the unenviable task of reorienting the besieged island-nation’s economic productivity towards the war effort. A well-known anecdote...
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Dr. Akçam: Genocide Recognition is Necessary for Peace in the Middle East
On Saturday, November 9, the Armenian National Committee of America – Eastern Region (ANCA-ER) honored Dr. Taner Akçam, Chair of Armenian Genocide Studies at Clark University, with the Freedom Award...
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Azerbaijan knows the effective way to reach an agreement
The international mediators involved in the Azerbaijan-Karabakh conflict settlement process ⎯ the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries ⎯ have repeatedly underscored that no agreement can be reached...
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The Pain of Dispossession and the Burden of the Diaspora
Noravank (Photo: american_rugbier/Flickr) Original pain—that’s what I call it. We all have it. It came with our Armenian heritage. We have a beautiful culture, a vibrant language, an incredible history...
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ARS Watertown Leola Sassouni Chapter Hosts Annual Thanksgiving Luncheon
Members of the ARS Watertown “Leola Sassouni” Chapter and Cambridge “Shushi” Chapter pictured with Victoria Avetisyan and Yeghishe Manucharyan WATERTOWN, Mass.—On November 10th, members of the...
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Bipartisan Pressure Mounts for Senate Vote on Armenian Genocide Resolution
The ANCA issued a nationwide call alert to Senator David Perdue (R-GA), who was the lone opponent to the unanimous passage of the Armenian Genocide Resolution (S.Res.150). WASHINGTON, DC – As part of...
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Raffi Joe Wartanian Launches Crowdfunding Campaign for CRITICAL DISTANCE
(Photo by Beverly Funkhouser) NEW YORK, NY—Musician and writer Raffi Joe Wartanian has launched an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign to help finish Critical Distance, a new album of 10 compositions on...
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Erevan Choral Society to be Honored with Yerevan Mayor’s Gold Medal at...
A Boston tradition for over 50 years, the Erevan Choral Society was founded by Very Reverend Father Oshagan Minassian and performed its first concert on June 4, 1967. Comprised of more than 40 gifted...
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Roving Revolutionaries and Missing Pages Receive Der Mugrdechian SAS...
The Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) has announced that Houri Berberian’s Roving Revolutionaries: Armenians and the Connected Revolutions in the Russian, Iranian, and Ottoman Worlds (Oakland: UC...
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