Month: May 2024

Ruben Vardanyan delivered a message to the Aurora Prize candidates from Baku prison

During the 2024 Aurora Prize award ceremony, Veronika Zonabend, the wife of Aurora Humanitarian Initiative co-founder Ruben Vardanyan, read Vardanyan’s…

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I love you, Mom

During World War II, thousands of Armenian American mothers watched their sons go off to war and prayed every day…

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Supreme Spiritual Council issues statement on Tavush border and protest march

This week the Supreme Spiritual Council of the Armenian Church, under the presidency of His Holiness Karekin II, the Supreme…

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“Hannibal is at the Gates”

History records the phrase that titles this piece, which describes the proximity and siege to Rome by the troops of…

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A ministry full of love…on to the next chapter

In many ways, our lives on earth are analogous to the chapters of a book. Each phase of our journey…

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Protest at Armenian Mission in NY to support “Tavush for the Homeland” movement

The public is invited to join the Armenian communities of New York and New Jersey on Thursday, May 9 at…

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Balakian reads at Claremont McKenna, UCLA and Fresno State

On April 16, 18 and 23,  Pulitzer Prize winning poet Peter Balakian read at Claremont McKenna College, UCLA and Fresno…

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“Tavush for the Homeland” movement calls for an end to the unilateral surrender of Armenian territories to Azerbaijan

YEREVAN—The Tavush for the Homeland movement was started by the villagers of Tavush, who are facing the existential threat of…

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The Region in Brief

Armenia On May 7, at approximately 2:00 p.m., the body of contract soldier Artak Seryozhai Avalyan (born in 1985) was…

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“Tavush for the Homeland” movement headed to Yerevan, protesting land concessions

YEREVAN—Amidst the backdrop of the Armenia-Azerbaijan demarcation and delimitation process in the Tavush region, a grassroots movement known as “Tavush…

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