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Project SAVE unlocks archives, launches online collections database
Near East Relief staff members. Seated: The gentleman on the left is unknown, Dr. Khosrov Krikorian is holding his son. His daughter stands on the left next to sisters Lousaper and Anna Kussajikian....
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What makes you Armenian?
Nicholas Krikorian (center) with ANCA Leo Sarkisian intern Angelika Avagian and ANCA Maral Melkonian Avetisyan intern Tatevik Khachatryan during a visit to Capitol Hill. About two months ago, I...
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Beyond Motherhood: Powerful Armenian Women in Science
In this week’s empowerment series, we learn about three Armenian women who dedicated their lives to science in the 1900s. Paris Pishmish, Alenoush Terian and Anna Kazanjian Longobardo were scientists...
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From Commemoration to Celebration
A scene from the massive demonstration at Yerevan’s Lenin Square on April 24, 1965 (Photo: Armenian Genocide Memorial Institute) It is hard to believe, but 55 years have passed since the 50th...
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ANC-Michigan Representatives Meet with Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence
WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich.– Representatives from the Armenian National Committee (ANC) of Michigan had a virtual meeting with Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence (MI-14) late last week to discuss the...
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‘It lingers in my mind.’
On February 19, 2020, I received an email from writer and scholar David Calonne, whose review of my 2017 novel The Naked & the Nude was published in the Armenian Weekly last summer. Calonne was...
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New Recording of Komitas’ Divine Liturgy Features Latvian Radio Choir
Komitas with his Gusan Choir, 1913, Constantinople (Courtesy of the Komitas Museum) NEW YORK, NY—DELOS has released Komitas: Divine Liturgy by revered Armenian composer Komitas Vartabed (1869-1935)....
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The bully is running wild
Erdogan pictured at a meeting with provincial heads of the Justice and Development (AK) Party, August 13, 2020 (Photo: Presidency of the Republic of Turkey) The name of the entity has changed from the...
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Chhange to Present “Internment and Destruction: Concentration Camps During...
A road sign in Der Zor (Photo: Dr. Khatchig Mouradian) The Center for Holocaust, Human Rights & Genocide Education (Chhange) is holding its September Virtual Lunch & Learn on the subject of...
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GovTech Launchpad to Provide New Opportunity for Startups in Diaspora and...
The Office of the High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs of the Republic of Armenia, GIZ Global Legal Program and Impact Hub Yerevan have jointly launched a brand new international pilot program:...
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ANCA Praises US for Rapidly Committing over $48 Million in Aid to Lebanon
U.S. Airmen offload humanitarian aid from a C-17 in Beirut, Lebanon on August 6, 2020. The ANCA continues to work closely with the Administration and Congress to ensure that U.S. assistance reaches....
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Dr. Stefan Ihrig to speak on “The Armenian Genocide and the 20th Century”
Dr. Stefan Ihrig Dr. Stefan Ihrig will give an online talk entitled “The Armenian Genocide and the 20th Century” on Sunday, August 30, 2020, at 5:00 p.m. EST. The talk is co-sponsored by the...
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Documentary ‘100 Years From Home’ to air on PBS SoCal
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Lilit Pilikian’s parents would’ve never met, and a new family and generation would’ve never formed, had her ancestors not been targeted and forced to flee their homeland during...
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George Kirazian’s Novella, A Time for Fathers, Released
SAN DIEGO, Calif.—Author and composer George Kirazian’s novella A Time for Fathers has been released by Laurel Publications and is available for purchase. In the short novel, Doug Foster, 14, is...
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ARF Eastern Region: “With Our Soldiers”
In 2012, the Armenian Youth Federation, Western United States, initiated the With Our Soldiers (WOS) campaign. Its mission was to provide medical services and assistance to veterans of the Artsakh...
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Survival Against All Odds: Raise Your Voice
Kinaliada, Turkey (Photo captured by author) Every day, waking up to venture out in the world as an Armenian girl in Turkey has been a peculiar and fierce experience. When I was growing up, one of the...
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Fighting for our Homeland…7,240 Miles Away
There is something special about waking up to mornings in Los Angeles. Within this “something” lies a luxury that, unfortunately, millions of others merely hope to attain, but most likely will never...
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ANCA-ER Announces 14th Annual Virtual Gala
WATERTOWN, Mass. – In response to the COVID-19 global pandemic, the Armenian National Committee of America Eastern Region (ANCA-ER) will host its 14th annual ANCA-ER Gala online this year on Thursday,...
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ANC of Michigan Meets with Representative Debbie Dingell
Left to right: Georgi-Ann Oshagan, Dzovinar Hamakorzian, Greg Vartanian, Hayg Oshagan, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell and Tim Huebner, August 25, 2020 WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. – The Armenian National...
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Turkey’s leaders furious at Biden for his attack on Pres. Erdogan
Joe Biden accepts the nomination for the Democratic Party’s ticket for President of the United States, Wilmington, Del., August 20, 2020 (Photo: Lawrence Jackson/Biden for President/Flickr) Democratic...
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