Armenia may have its problems, but ask anyone on the street what you should do for a particular ailment, and they’ll have a solution for you. They’ll say it with conviction, accompanied by colorful stories […]
I know somewhere in my religious upbringing I was taught not to hate. I was also made to be wary of Greeks bearing gifts. In this case it’s not the Greeks I am concerned about. […]
VAN (A.W.)–“Victory is in the realization of mad men’s dream…” This, written in big Armenian letters along with a photo of Akhtamar Island’s Holy Cross Church, ran on the front page of the local daily […]
The Women’s Guild of Saints Vartanantz Armenian Church in Chelmsford, Mass. will observe its 100th anniversary on Sun., Oct. 17, with a gala banquet and program. The centennial celebration will be preceded by ordination of […]
RADNOR, Pa.—The Armenian Sisters Academy (ASA) of Radnor recently welcomed Sister Nelly Isin for the 2010-11 school year. Sister Nelly is well-remembered and loved from her days with the ASA in the early 1990’s. She […]
Chinese Proverb A wise man adapts himself to circumstances as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it. Double Duty Italian is the only language in which the word vago (vague) also means “lovely, […]
Dear Editor, In 2007 I was invited to participate in the reopening of the Church of the Holy Cross on Akhtamar Island after its renovation by the Turkish government. I knew that a number of […]
KHANTY MANSIYSK, Russia (A.W.)—In Round 8 of the 2010 Chess Olympiad, Armenia beat Poland (2.5-1.5). The games between Levon Aronian and Radoslaw Wojtaszek; Vladimir Akopian and Bartosz Socko; and Arman Pashikian and Kamil Miton ended […]
NEW YORK—The Children of Armenia Fund (COAF) recently announced plans to host a masquerade fund-raising and awareness-raising event on Fri., Oct. 29 at “Twenty Four Fifth” in New York City. The event will be organized […]
A Forgotten International Humanitarian Relief Episode The devastation and immense human suffering caused by the recent earthquake in Haiti resulted in an enormous international humanitarian relief response. Japan once again found itself participating in a […]
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