For the eighth consecutive year, counselors from the Eastern Region of the United States visited Javakhk day camps in three towns: Akhalkalak, Akhaltskha, and Ninotminda. Their mission was to teach basic health and hygiene, current […]
“Yerkir” recently conducted the following interview (which has been translated into the English language) with Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Bureau Chairman Hagop Der Khatchadourian regarding recent developments in Armenia and the Republic of Armenia Prime […]
CHICAGO, Ill—The last chapter to retire an Olympics Cup was the Philadelphia AYF in 2008. This year the Sebouhs tried to repeat that feat but ran into a deeply talented Greater Boston team that racked […]
On Friday, September 20, 2019, the Armenian National Committee (ANC) of Michigan hosted a town hall meeting to update the community on Michigan’s Genocide education law that passed in 2016. The law requires students in […]
Softball at AYF Olympics is a happening. All day Saturday, folks gather from other cities for an old-fashioned Armenian picnic with kebab, traditional live music and action-packed games of this American pastime. It is the […]
The pentathlon events were won by a junior transfer in her first Olympics and 23 year old veteran competing in this event for his fourth time. In the women’s competition, Greater Boston’s Lori Ganjian scored […]
The Friday night swimming events were dominated by two triple gold medal winners from Providence and New Jersey while four teams battled to win the meet. Before the final coed relay, Jersey, Philly, Boston and […]
Golf at the AYF Olympics is a special event. There are certainly some very good golfers playing both as AYFers and even more so as alumni. Talent is in no way a prerequisite to play […]
RIDGEFIELD, N.J.—A delegation representing the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Eastern Region (ARF-ER) Central Committee met the High Commissioner of Diaspora Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Zareh Sinanyan at the community center of the Sts. Vartanants […]
This is always the very last article I pen. It’s an homage to Angel Perethian, who wrote “Angel Over the Olympics” for many years. Tom Vartabedian would always say that her piece was the first […]
Copyright © 2021 | The Armenian Weekly