SACRAMENTO—Activists from across California will join the Armenian National Committee of America-Western Region (ANCA-WR) and the California State Legislature in commemorating the 98th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide at the State Capitol in Sacramento on […]
Dr. Hratch Armen Abrahamian was born October 25, 1921 in Rasht, Iran to Armenak and Shoushanik Abrahamian. He was the eldest brother to his twin brothers, Babgen and Vazgen. Hratch and his brothers followed the […]
YEREVAN (A.W.)–Just months after winning the “Best Athlete of the Kotayk Province” title in Armenia, Olympic medalist Hripsime Khurshudyan has added another accolade to her name. On Fri., March 8, Khurshudyan won the award for […]
YEREVAN—Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian responded on March 26 to a letter sent by President Sarkisian expressing willingness to discuss the post-election situation in Armenia, especially points made by an earlier letter by Hovannisian proposing, among […]
More than 40 Armenian Genocide specialists from 9 countries met in Yerevan on March 22-23 to strategize to devise a legal framework on how to mitigate the consequences of the genocide, counter Turkish denialism, and […]
By Lucy Ishkanian NEW YORK—On Fri., April 19, the highly anticipated Musical Armenia concert series presented by the Eastern Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church and the Prelacy Ladies’ Guild will take place in Weill […]
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass.—Over the course of its 100-year-old history, the Merrimack Valley “Arax” Armenian Relief Society (ARS) Chapter has pursued one mission: to remain true to its name and the organization that it serves. This […]
A vintage ornate silver frame encasing a black-and-white photo of Perouz Kalusdian on her wedding day hangs on her bedroom wall at the Armenian Home in Flushing, N.Y. Young, fresh-faced, and draped in a wedding […]
On Sat., Feb. 23, the ARF “Azadamard” Gomideh and the Armenian Youth Federation (AYF) “Kopernik Tandourjian” Chapter of Detroit screened four-time regional Emmy Award-winner Bared Maronian’s “Orphans of the Genocide” documentary at the Novi Middle […]
YEREVAN (A.W.)—In a letter addressed to Barevolution leader Raffi Hovannisian, President Serge Sarkisian advised him to put an end to the hunger strike and discuss, “without shows,” the “very raw” text Hovannisian had proposed. Hovannisian’s […]
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