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Articles by George Aghjayan

Opinion

Who do we consider to be Armenian?

June 2, 2022 George Aghjayan 13

How many Armenians are there in the world? I have often heard or seen mentioned that there are 10 million Armenians worldwide. Recently, a few social media posts got me thinking about this figure and […]

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The Armenian Families of Havav

May 11, 2022 George Aghjayan 2

The path to recreating the lost memories of our families and homeland is often winding and arduous. The many fragments rarely can be joined to form a coherent and comprehensive image of the lives once […]

Announcements

Amsakir added to Hairenik Digital Archives

April 27, 2022 George Aghjayan 1

Recently, I had the occasion of visiting with the family of Berge Panosyan. Berge was the driving force behind the digitization of the Hairenik newspapers until his untimely death last year. This visit was bittersweet […]

Nonprofit News

Hairenik Media Center nearing completion

March 28, 2022 George Aghjayan 1

WATERTOWN, Mass.—While supply chain disruptions and the pandemic have led to some unpredictable delays, the renovation work is nearing completion in what will soon be the state-of-the-art Hairenik Media Center. In the next few weeks, […]

Research

The Road to Sourp Sdepanos

January 12, 2022 George Aghjayan 3

In May 2014, I was traveling from Van to Kars with my wife and a group of close friends. Not long after passing the northeast-most corner of Lake Van, I was looking up at the […]

History

Sdepan Alyanakian and the ARF Archives

November 3, 2021 George Aghjayan 6

The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Archives located in Watertown, Massachusetts contain a trove of photographic treasures. The process of cataloging the thousands of images is an often time-consuming, yet fascinating, research process.  Last month, while […]

Opinion

Confessions of an Angry Armenian

October 20, 2021 George Aghjayan 19

Let us first understand that our enemies are smelling the blood of a very wounded Armenian nation. The once thriving Syrian Armenian community has been ravished by war. The significant Armenian community of Lebanon, once […]

Community News

A Historic Armenian Map’s Restoration Journey During the Pandemic

June 2, 2021 George Aghjayan 19

For years, every time I was in the fourth floor conference room in the Hairenik building in Watertown, Massachusetts, I would stare at a huge map on the back wall. The 5’ x 8’ map […]

Research

The Village of Pazmashen: A Study of Y-DNA Testing

March 11, 2021 George Aghjayan 11

Y-DNA Testing The advent of commercially available DNA testing has opened up opportunities, previously unimagined, for Armenians to learn more about their family histories. Unfortunately, most people are drawn to DNA testing with the promise […]

Family Histories

Researching Your Armenian Roots During a Pandemic

February 24, 2021 George Aghjayan 3

Over the last two months, I have been holding weekly Zoom presentations devoted to different aspects of Armenian genealogy. These eight sessions are meant to be foundational tutorials for beginners to experienced genealogists. Traditionally, genealogy […]

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