GLENDALE, Calif.—On January 18, 2019, Sona Armenian became the oldest woman to summit Mount Aconcagua at 70 years and a few weeks of age. Aconcagua, formed volcanically and standing at 22,841 feet, is the highest […]
I’ve wanted to write this piece for a long time, but there’s a set of information that would make it more complete which I have not been able to find (more on this later). So, […]
Known as the “matron saint of Armenian folk dance,” Nevarte Hamparian passed away on February 12, 2019. She was born in New York City on August 1, 1926. She was the daughter of Nazar Der […]
Louisa (Kalikian) Kazandjian was born in 1921 in Bucharest, Romania. She was the oldest child of Hagop and Haigui (Artinian) Kalikian. She died peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, at the Armenian Nursing & Rehabilitation Center […]
Erik Wesner Jossey Bass Imprint 2010 203 Pages Available for purchase on Amazon It was American essayist and agriculturalist Wendell Berry who wrote, “the Amish question ‘What will this do to our community?’ tends […]
The first couple years or so of young adulthood, to put it simply, is a weird time, especially when old classmates and neighbors creep all over the globe like a spilled drink spreading on the […]
Last year, the Russian Federal Agency for Air Transport launched a national voting competition to rename at least 47 airports across the country. Known as “The Great Names of Russia,” the program aimed to highlight […]
Renowned scholar and author Anahide Ter Minassian died at her home in Fresnes on February 11. She was 85. Ter Minassian was a historian and a lecturer at the École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences […]
We truly believe that a healthy marriage mirrors a vibrant community. Back when we were still engaged, we ran into a certain man at a market. As soon as he learned about our engagement, he […]
Turkish journalist Abdullah Bozkurt exposed in The Investigative Journal of the Stockholm Center for Freedom that “hundreds of secret wiretap records obtained from confidential sources in the Turkish capital of Ankara reveal how the Islamist […]
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