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In Memory of Dr. Jack Panjian
Dr. Jack Panjian (1934-2020) Dr. Jack G. Panjian of Arlington, MA passed away peacefully at his home on May 12, 2020 surrounded by family. He leaves behind his beloved wife of 54 years Beverly Panjian,...
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2020 AYF Internship Program in Armenia Cancelled
The AYF-YOARF Eastern Region Central Executive (CE) and Central Internship Council (CIC) regret to announce that the 2020 AYF Internship in Armenia has been cancelled due to the ongoing pandemic. The...
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Camp Haiastan Announces Cancellation of Summer 2020 Program
AYF Camp Haiastan, Franklin, Massachusetts FRANKLIN, Mass.—For the first time in its 69-year history, Camp Haiastan’s Board of Directors has decided amid much angst in the COVID-19 pandemic to cancel...
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Living an Exemplary Life
In Jeremiah, we read: “I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord. Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” (Jer. 29:11) God has created each and every...
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Nor Luyce: Enlightening and Empowering the Young Women of Gyumri
Now that the gyms are closed as part of the effort to contain the spread of COVID-19, I’ve been forced to run outdoors to maintain my workout routine. Contrary to popular opinion, I do not prefer the...
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New AYF-ER Campaign to Help Feed Families in the Homeland
A family in the Talin region YEREVAN—The Armenian Youth Federation (AYF) Eastern Region has launched a new campaign to help support its AYF Armenia counterpart. The campaign is called “Raffle for the...
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Book Review: The Prince of Wentworth Street
The Prince of Wentworth Street By John Christie Plaidswede Publishing, 2020 177 pp. Armenians have been testifying and writing family histories almost since the 1915 Armenian Genocide. Zabel Yessayan...
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Discovering Armenia through Song
I first met Alin Demirdjian in a shared taxi bound for Gyumri. There was something about her that looked familiar to me – I was sure I’d seen those striking curls flash across my Facebook feed. I sat...
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Armenia condemns Azeri military exercises amid ongoing global pandemic
Azerbaijan army begins military exercises on May 18, 2020 (Photo: Azerbaijan MOD) YEREVAN—The Armenian Ministry of Defense (MOD) has condemned an ongoing combined arms exercise being conducted by the...
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New recoveries surpass new case rates in Armenia for first time since April
(Photo: Health Minister Arsen Torosyan/Facebook) YEREVAN—The Armenian Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday that it had registered 230 new cases of COVID-19 during the previous 24-hour period. At...
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Dandeegeen Diaries—Chapter 8: Fasoolya
On the stove, bringing the saucepan to a boil. Another week of quarantine, another week of deciding what to cook. In all honesty, cooking fatigue has set in! It is no longer so cool to be a Dandeegeen...
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Armenia Ratifies European Convention on Child Abuse
National Assembly, May 11, 2020 Armenia has continued to steadily claim its place in the democratic international arena since the Velvet Revolution of 2018. However, this is not without ongoing...
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Amid Global Pandemic, US Congress Pivots with ANCA to Online Calls for...
WASHINGTON, DC – Amid an unprecedented global pandemic that forced Armenian Genocide commemorations to go virtual this April, a bipartisan group of over 80 U.S. Senators and Representatives...
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Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Donates $30,000 to the Armenian Community in...
The Armenian Communities Department of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is making a humanitarian donation of $30,000to three Armenian community-based social aid organizations in Lebanon to support...
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Defining Armenian Food: A Recipe for Disaster
(Photo: Flickr/Garen M.) I once heard an old adage: “With three Armenians in a room, you get four opinions.” Nowhere does that seem more fitting than when it comes to food. Whether it be an omission of...
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Living in a Tough Neighborhood
Artsakh State Museum (Photo: Flickr/Nina Stössinger) The liberation of Artsakh in 1991 reversed a devastating trend of territorial losses for the Armenian nation. The Genocide had eliminated most of...
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Congressional Armenian Caucus Raises Alarm over Azerbaijan’s Military Exercises
A scene from the Azerbaijani military exercises on May 20, 2020. Source: Azerbaijan Ministry of Defense WASHINGTON, DC – A bipartisan group of U.S. Representatives joined Congressional Armenian Caucus...
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‘Together for Anjar’ Launches Fundraising Campaign
Anjar (Photo: Jacques Studios) Anjar, the picturesque Armenian town located in Lebanon’s Central Bekaa Valley east of the capital Beirut, and its people, urgently need our help today. Lebanon’s...
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During Major Azerbaijani War Games, US Pulls Plug on Artsakh Demining
Pictured, separately, U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Lynne Tracy, who announced on a Facebook Live event today the end to U.S. funding to demine Artsakh, and the late Princess Diana – a global champion of...
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Poet Susan Barba Publishes New Book
Susan Barba’s newest poetry collection, geode, is available now from publisher Black Sparrow Press/David Godine. Barba is the author of Fair Sun and winner of the Anahid Literary Prize from the...
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