March 2015 - The Armenian Weekly

Searching for Yeghia, Genocide Survivor

March 31, 2015 at 3:44 pm Guest Contributor 0

Yepraksia Gevorgyan, 109, lives in the village of Armavir in Armenia with her grandson and daughter. Gevorgyan survived the Armenian Genocide by crossing the Araks River, which she remembers red, full of blood. She escaped […]

Agos Editor Sarkis Seropyan Passes Away

March 31, 2015 at 2:46 pm Weekly Staff 2

ISTANBUL, Turkey (A.W.)—A founding member of the Turkish-Armenian newspaper Agos, Sarkis Seropyan, passed away on March 28 from heart failure after a brief illness. He was 80 years old. Seropyan’s funeral was held on March […]

Sassounian: Armenian Vendors Sue Americana for Violating Their Civil Rights

March 31, 2015 at 1:31 pm Harut Sassounian 5

I reported last month that the Americana shopping center in Glendale had banned three Armenian vendors from selling genocide-related T-shirts from their rented carts. Shortly after my column was posted on the internet, generating a […]

Mouradian to Speak at Boston College on April 9

March 31, 2015 at 1:25 pm Weekly Staff 2

Lecture to Focus on Doctors, Pharmacists, and Nurses during the Genocide CHESTNUT HILL, Mass.—Khatchig Mouradian, the coordinator of the Armenian Genocide Program at Rutgers University and former editor of the Armenian Weekly, will deliver a […]

Robert Joseph Kessel (1934-2015)

March 31, 2015 at 1:03 pm Guest Contributor 7

Robert Joseph Kessel passed away on March 1, in Gaylord, Mich. He was born in Pontiac on June 17, 1934, on Fathers’ Day. Bob was the only child of Bertram and Marguerite Kessel. His father […]

AMAA Releases Communiqué on Fraudulent Activity

March 31, 2015 at 1:00 pm Guest Contributor 0

Below is the full text of a communique released on March 27 by the executive director/CEO of the Armenian Missionary Association of America (AMAA), Zaven Khanjian. Dear Friends of the AMAA, The AMAA has […]

Erdogan: Armenians ‘Fixed’ Genocide Events to Coincide with Gallipoli Ceremonies

March 30, 2015 at 7:52 pm Weekly Staff 33

ANKARA (A.W.)—Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Armenia of “fixing” the date of the Armenian Genocide commemorations this year to coincide with the Gallipoli ceremonies Turkey is hosting on April 24. Erdogan made his comments […]

AMA to Present Two New Exhibitions

March 30, 2015 at 4:13 pm Guest Contributor 0

WATERTOWN, Mass.—The opening reception of two new exhibitions, “The Armenian Genocide: A Silent Testimony” and “Along the Trails of the Armenian Orphans,” will take place on Sat., April 18 at 2 p.m. at the American […]

Welcome to Haiastan!

March 30, 2015 at 11:59 am Guest Contributor 0

Are you ready to put away your scarves and mittens and take out your sunscreen and shorts? Are you sitting in class each day wondering when this cold weather will end and how many days […]

Lowell High School Marks Genocide Centennial

March 30, 2015 at 11:56 am Guest Contributor 1

LOWELL, Mass.—On March 18, Lowell High School (LHS) hosted a scholarly panel in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the start of the Armenian Genocide—on April 24, 1915—in the Ottoman Empire; 1.5 million Armenians would […]