“My grandma was like, ‘Oh, okay, so you’re gay, and you’re getting married. Is he Armenian at least?’” Movses Shakarian recalled, chuckling outside a coffee shop in Silver Lake, California. Shakarian, 38, is an attorney […]
Several feet below the sacred altar of St. Stephen’s Armenian Apostolic Church, there is a kitchen unlike any other. This one is bustling with dozens of hardworking Armenian women, laughing and catching up […]
WATERTOWN, MA – Students at at St. Stephen’s Armenian Elementary School recently celebrated Armenian Cultural Day with songs and poems in what turned out to be a delightful series of performances for doting parents. Ruth […]
MEN’S TRACK & FIELD The men’s events saw much diversity with only three double winners. First was Alex Avakian from Greater Boston. Avakian won the discus with a toss of 143’6”, about 8’ shy of […]
A pair of lifelong AYF members with at least 100 years of community service between them were honored during the 2018 AYF Olympics weekend. Glenn Papazian and Andrew Kzirian received the Varadian Spirit Award. For […]
The swimming events were dominated by two triple gold medal winners from Providence and Chicago, but Greater Boston used depth to win the team scoring over Philadelphia. Before the final three relays, the Sebouhs and […]
Sporadic sniper fire is a daily reality for villages located on Armenia’s border with Azerbaijan in the northeast Tavush Province. This makes agriculture, the main source of income for most families in the region, an […]
WATERTOWN, Mass.— St. James Armenian Church Men’s Club is hosting writer, editor, political cartoonist and book publicist Lucine Kasbarian. Kasbarian will be speaking at the dinner meeting next month on Monday, November 5 at the […]
The last chapter to defend an Olympics Cup was the Philadelphia AYF in 2008. That year in Detroit, they actually retired a Cup with their third consecutive win. This year the Sebouhs scored 158 points […]
Philadelphia, First Place Former Philadelphia track star and past Governing Body member, Dave Papazian, started coaching the Sebouhs several ago. He gave his thoughts on repeating as champions this year but chose not to comment […]
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