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Meet the Legendary Margaret Lafian of Detroit

October 3, 2017 Betty Apigian-Kessel 2

    Multi-talented, and a noted beauty, Detroit-born Margaret Lafian could have sought the limelight in New York or even Hollywood, but this only child of Armenian Genocide survivors keenly felt the responsibility toward her […]

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The Lament of the Armenian Lady Farmer: How Green Is My ‘Bardez’

September 22, 2017 Betty Apigian-Kessel 1

    The old country is never too far from this transplanted exile Armenian-American Keghetzi deegeen’s (lady’s) heart. It’s July as I write, and gardens everywhere are flourishing because of warm summer days and abundant […]

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

August 8, 2017 Betty Apigian-Kessel 0

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. Who better deserves […]

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A Purposeful Visit to Great Lakes National Cemetery

July 27, 2017 Betty Apigian-Kessel 4

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 […]

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Rosendo’s Travelscope Visits Ancient Armenia

June 19, 2017 Betty Apigian-Kessel 2

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 […]

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‘Experiences’ by Rev. Dr. Vahan Tootikian

June 7, 2017 Betty Apigian-Kessel 0

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 […]

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

May 18, 2017 Betty Apigian-Kessel 0

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 […]

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

May 10, 2017 Betty Apigian-Kessel 0

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 […]

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Holy Lent and Resurrection of Our Lord

April 20, 2017 Betty Apigian-Kessel 0

  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 […]

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Forgive and Forget, Kiss and Make Up

April 12, 2017 Betty Apigian-Kessel 2

  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. […]

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