Ever since the previous (84th) Armenian Patriarch of Bolis, Mesrob Mutafyan died on March 8, 2019, conspiracy, gossip, intrigue, natural/normal competition, speculation and Turkish government interference with and intrusion upon the process of electing a […]
If we could all pause for just a moment, we are witnessing two amazing milestones. This year marks 120 years of the Hairenik and the 85th anniversary of the Armenian Weekly. The Hairenik was established […]
With Christmas only three weeks away, crocheted gifts from Armenia are flying off the shelves from Yerevan to Los Angeles. Two tags stick out from many of these hand-knitted gloves with Armenian carpet motifs or […]
When Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S) blocked the Senate vote on the Armenian Genocide Resolution on November 13, 2019, there was widespread speculation as to what motivated him to do so. The reasons ranged from his […]
Once again I am overcome with the irrepressible urge to toy with the coincidence of Turkey with turkey right around the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S. as opposed to Canada’s which is in October. Who, […]
This column is directed to the major benefactors of the Armenian Church, specifically those who are from the American diaspora and focus their philanthropy on Armenia through the Apostolic Church. All Armenians should be indebted […]
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has become infamous for blocking a motion by Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) urging the Senate to vote on the Armenian Genocide Resolution by bypassing the Foreign Relations Committee. The AXIOS news […]
Since H. Res. 296 passed, we’ve had quite the deluge of (mostly) positive publicity. Other than for the Genocide’s centennial, the last time we had this (though it wasn’t positive) was in 2007, when a […]
Original pain—that’s what I call it. We all have it. It came with our Armenian heritage. We have a beautiful culture, a vibrant language, an incredible history for millennia and an independent homeland. It’s a […]
At the height of the Second World War, the British government tackled the unenviable task of reorienting the besieged island-nation’s economic productivity towards the war effort. A well-known anecdote recounts how a member of Prime […]
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