Knarik O. Meneshian, Author at The Armenian Weekly

From Destruction to Resurrection

December 17, 2015 Knarik O. Meneshian 0

Groong (Crane)! Groong, what word do you have of home? Le Le Yaman (Alas)! Le Le Yaman, our home, your home! Oh, Groong, send word! Send word! Our homes are no more, our fields destroyed, […]

Thoughts on the Book ‘There Was and There Was Not’

November 17, 2015 Knarik O. Meneshian 8

I did not buy Meline Toumani’s book, There Was and There Was Not; instead, I checked it out of the public library and read it. The author states early on in her book that she […]

The Voices of ‘Zulal’

October 28, 2015 Knarik O. Meneshian 2

When the a cappella trio “Zulal” (meaning clear water in Armenian) first performed in the Chicagoland area in the fall of 2004 at Sts. Joachim and Anne Armenian Apostolic Church in Palos Heights, I was […]

Chicago Commemorates May 28th

August 28, 2015 Knarik O. Meneshian 0

The 97th anniversary of the First Armenian Republic and the victories of May 28, 1918, were commemorated at the Armenian All Saints Apostolic Church and Community Center in Glenview, Ill., on May 31, 2015. During […]

Determined Triumph

May 26, 2015 Knarik O. Meneshian 0

The Armenian Weekly Magazine April 2015: A Century of Resistance The voice of a sighing heart, its sobs and mournful cries, I offer up to you, O seer of Secrets, Placing the fruits of […]

Women Deacons in the Armenian Apostolic Church Revisited

April 13, 2014 Knarik O. Meneshian 7

For more on the subject of Armenian women deacons and monastics in the Armenian Apostolic Church, see Shepherds of the Nation and A Nearly Forgotten History: Women Deacons in the Armenian Apostolic Church in the […]

Exalted Purpose

December 10, 2013 Knarik O. Meneshian 2

GLENVIEW, Ill. (A.W.)—On the occasion of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation’s (ARF) 123rd anniversary, the film “Garegin Njdeh” was shown on Saturday evening, Nov. 23, in Glenview at the Armenian Community Center’s Shahnasarian Hall, followed by […]