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Concert at Diocesan Center Expresses ‘Hopes’ for a Bright Armenian Future
Electricity was in the air as more than 200 people streamed into the Haik and Alice Kavookjian Auditorium of the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern) on June 26 to hear the acclaimed...
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Armenian-American Delegation Presses State Department to Close Gaps in Aid...
WASHINGTON—A delegation representing leading Armenian-American organizations met with senior State Department officials this week to seek workable solutions to gaps in the delivery of U.S. and...
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Armenian Museum Picks 2015 Spring Sports Raffle Winners
WATERTOWN—The Armenian Museum of America concluded its 10th annual Spring Sports Raffle with great style and success, bringing in contributions that exceeded last year’s. The ticket sales will help the...
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Boat Talk Sending Me Overboard
We have an all-out alert this week, or better said an SOS warning. My kids want me to buy a power boat. Not necessarily for me but for them. I’m not talking a small motor boat. I already have one of...
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Unseen Armenia: Verin Shorzha, Nerkin Shorzha
By Hovsep Dagdigian About a year ago I published an article on the scenic village of Ayrk in Gegharkunik province, which I visited with my friend Vova. Our vehicle at that time was incapable of...
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Camp Javakhk: Bachig Battlefield
It didn’t click until our first flag raising at camp in Dzalka, a village on the path most commonly traveled by cows and chickens, that my co-counselors and I were about to be responsible for the...
View ArticleNAASR Seeks Candidate for Executive Director Position
As a result of its significant growth and expanded activities, the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) is seeking an Executive Director to help ensure the 60-year-old...
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ANCA Eastern Region 9th Annual Banquet to Be Held in Detroit
ANCA-ER Banquet Comes to the Midwest First Time since its Inception DETROIT, Mich.—Armenian Americans throughout the Eastern U.S.—especially from the Midwest—will be joining together to celebrate a...
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Army Medal Awarded to Vietnam Victim—46 Years Later!
METHUEN, Mass.—Better late than never. That’s how John and Margaret Bedrosian view the coveted award that was presented posthumously to their son who was killed while serving in Vietnam on Nov. 14,...
View ArticleHer Name Was Takouhie (Part II)
I feel blessed that I have in my possession the notes and tapes of many long conversations with my mother, Takouhie Charverdian Apigian, which contribute to this series of columns. My family history...
View ArticleBelgian Chamber of Deputies Recognizes Armenian Genocide
BRUSSELS—Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Parliament) of Belgium with an overwhelming majority on Thursday voted for the resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide, reported the European Armenian...
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Azerbaijan Continues Ceasefire Violations, Artsakh Army at the Ready
Beglaryan: No Reason to Panic; We Trust the Artsakh Army As the Azerbaijan Armed Forces continue to violate the ceasefire along the entire length of the Line of Contact, Artak Beglaryan, spokesperson...
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Tsarukyan Foundation Donates $500,000 to Cilicia Catholicosate
ANTELIAS—Armenian Businessman and chairman of Armenia’s Olympics committee Gagik Tsarukyan announced a donation of $500,000 to the Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia, for the Church’s various...
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Soccer: World Cup 2018 Preliminary Draw
Special for the Armenian Weekly Although the 2018 World Cup finals is a distant three years away and host nation Russia has plenty more work to do in order to prepare for the greatest sporting event,...
View ArticleUncle Garabed’s Notebook (July 25, 2015)
Patience and Fortitude The most difficult thing in the world is to know how to do a thing and to watch someone else do it wrong, without comment. … T.H. White The Means to Success The codfish lays...
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The Quest for the Perfect Fourth
By Denise Altounian From the time I received the e-mail of my acceptance to the Leo Sarkisian Internship Program, I had one date circled in my calendar: July 4. As a lifelong resident of Southern...
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Bishop Krikor Ghabroyan Elected New Catholic Patriarch of Cilicia
The Armenian Catholic Synod of Bishops elected Bishop Krikor Ghabroyan as the new Armenian Catholic Patriarch of Cilicia. He will be the 20th Armenian Catholic Patriarch of Cilicia, succeeding His...
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‘All I Can Do is Cry’: HRW Sheds Light on Treatment of Terminally Ill Cancer...
Special for the Armenian Weekly Human Rights Watch (HRW) on July 14 released a comprehensive report on the inadequate treatment provided to terminally ill cancer patients in Armenia, where palliative...
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Aghjayan: The Paradox of Dersim
Special for the Armenian Weekly Recently, I spent a week traveling throughout the region of Dersim, now the modern Turkish province of Tunceli. Rugged mountains in the north and more fertile valleys in...
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Armenians Remember Lisbon Five
Thirty-two years after five young Armenian men gave their lives in the “Lisbon Five” operation, Armenians around the world—from Beirut to L.A. to Boston—held commemoration events and requiem services...
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