Articles by Betty Apigian-Kessel

About Betty Apigian-Kessel (192 Articles)

Betty (Serpouhie) Apigian Kessel was born in Pontiac, Mich. Together with her husband, Robert Kessel, she was the proprietor of Woodward Market in Pontiac and has two sons, Bradley and Brant Kessel. She belonged to the St. Sarkis Ladies Guild for 12 years, serving as secretary for many of those years. During the aftermath of the earthquake in Armenia in 1988, the Detroit community selected her to be the English-language secretary and she happily dedicated her efforts to help the earthquake victims. She has a column in the Armenian Weekly entitled “Michigan High Beat.”

A Purposeful Visit to Great Lakes National Cemetery (Part II)

So many of our G.I.s waste away in Veteran’s Affairs (VA) hospitals—alone, lonely, forgotten by anyone who might care. Unfortunately, many do not get well enough to leave, to lead ordinary lives. Great Lakes National Cemetery Who better deserves top-notch medical attention than these men and [more...]

August 8, 2017 // 0 Comments

A Purposeful Visit to Great Lakes National Cemetery

I usually have some idea of how I’m going to spend my day when I arise in the morning, but on Monday, July 17, 2017, I had no idea I would make my destination the Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly, Mich., about an hour’s drive on I-75, to visit my husband Bob’s gravesite. Great Lakes [more...]

July 27, 2017 // 4 Comments

Rosendo’s Travelscope Visits Ancient Armenia

Thank you to Joseph and Julie Rosendo. Shad shnorakal enk. To think I saw the film The Promise and the Rosendo’s Tracelscope Part I and II within a week has sent me into shish kebab heaven. Rosendo at Noravank in Armenia (Photo: travelscope.net) Imagine my excitement while surfing late night TV [more...]

June 19, 2017 // 1 Comment

‘Experiences’ by Rev. Dr. Vahan Tootikian

Rev. Dr. Vahan Tootikian, Pastor Emeritus of the Armenian Congregational Church of Greater Detroit (ACCGD), has a new book to his credit—his 39th, which deals with his many years of experience as a teacher and a man of the cloth. Rev. Dr. Vahan Tootikian The book is dedicated to the Armenian [more...]

June 7, 2017 // 0 Comments

Dr. Melissa Bilal Lectures on ‘Voice Signatures’ in Southfield, Mich.

Dr. Melissa Bilal recently lectured at the Rev. Dr. Vahan H. Tootikian Hall, Armenian Congregational Church Southfield, Mich. She drew a large audience curious to become informed about her most interesting object of research. Her topic: “Voice Signatures: Recordings of Russian Armenian POWs in [more...]

May 18, 2017 // 0 Comments

Truth, Justice, and Reparations: Detroit Commemorates with Garo Paylan and Fethiye Cetin

Special for the Armenian Weekly DETROIT, Mich. (A.W.)—April 29 will go down in Metro-Detroit’s Armenian history as an evening of extreme importance and interest—the commemoration of the 102nd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. It was a feather in the cap of the sponsoring Armenian Genocide [more...]

May 10, 2017 // 0 Comments

Holy Lent and Resurrection of Our Lord

It was the annual Lenten luncheon sponsored by the Women’s Christian Fellowship of the Armenian Congregational Church of Southfield, Mi. on Friday April 7. It is always a well-attended event by all segments of the Armenian community. Mrs. Carole Basmadjian graciously welcomed guests to the [more...]

April 20, 2017 // 0 Comments

Forgive and Forget, Kiss and Make Up

During my recent church attendance, I found the Der Hayr’s sermon very interesting, since it expanded on a topic I had written a column about several years ago: broken alliances between relatives and friends. ‘If any one group of people could use a lesson on humility, brotherly love, [more...]

April 12, 2017 // 1 Comment

The Women They Left Behind

Looking back, you wonder in amazement where the two years since his passing on March 1, 2015, have gone. They seem to have evaporated like your spirit to carry on. But live you must, and only you know the true reasons for hanging on. ‘But live you must, and only you know the true reasons [more...]

March 6, 2017 // 3 Comments

Meet Nick Pompeian of the Gift of Life Transplant House

When the need for an organ transplant is the medical diagnosis, it is understandable the patient and their caregiver are facing a very stressful situation. Nick Pompeian (Photo: postbulletin.com) Birmingham, Mich. resident Edward Pompeian was having serious health issues and it was suggested [more...]

March 1, 2017 // 0 Comments

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