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First Impressions: Part III

March 11, 2020 at 7:16 pm Ruth Hartunian-Alumbaugh 0

My radar was up and running as I spent my days actively listening and looking for people who had the same last name as I do. Even before marriage was in my mind, I always […]

A Quest for Authenticity, Truth and the Origins of the World

February 20, 2020 at 8:25 pm Dr. Anastasios Mavrakis 14

Taking advantage of an unexpected interval between jobs, I decided to fulfill a dream and explore a rather remote part of the world where one of the most ancient still-surviving cultures was born and continues […]

First Impressions: Part II

February 19, 2020 at 7:38 pm Ruth Hartunian-Alumbaugh 0

If you read my first installment of my first-time impressions of Armenia in 2019, you will recall that I was in tears. A part of me felt like I had gone home. From Vanadzor, I […]

Inside Armenia’s Up-and-Coming Wine Industry

January 22, 2020 at 7:03 pm Araxie Cass 2

“In ten years, the whole world will have heard of Armenian wine,” Aimee Keushguerian says, as we sip red wine, rich with the earthy flavors of Armenian grapes, poured straight from the huge steel barrels […]

Hasmik

January 9, 2020 at 11:13 am Nayiri Panossian 3

There she was standing before me—(we will call her Hasmik)—the woman who would be my host mom for the next two months in Armenia. She was a short, thin, middle-aged woman, with short black hair […]

The Name of This Place

December 4, 2019 at 9:08 pm Nancy Kricorian 8

The Opening Over the course of ten months in 2014-2015, I traveled to Turkey three times. I went to reconnect with the land where my grandparents had been born and the places they had fled—my […]

The Armenian Town That Replaced Mining With Sustainable Development

October 23, 2019 at 9:42 pm Araxie Cass 2

In Armenia, the Amulsar debate continues, with the Minister of Environment calling for the examination of more data. The buzz surrounding the crisis has somewhat subsided, but traveling through Armenia this summer I saw the […]

Unseen Armenia: Herher and the Vayotssar Volcano Church

October 17, 2019 at 8:42 pm Hovsep Daghdigian 0

Herher is a village in Vayots Dzor marz (“Valley of Woe” province), not far from the town of Vayk. From the main highway, a road to Herher passes between scenic cliffs. When the Soviet-era reservoir […]

Unseen Armenia: A New Home for the Ship Cilicia

October 8, 2019 at 11:38 pm Hovsep Daghdigian 0

Karen Balayan, born and raised in landlocked Armenia, is a sea captain. He looks the part and speaks clearly with a calm, assuring voice; all I presume an asset for one who commands a ship […]

My Journey to Ararat

September 16, 2019 at 8:05 pm Meghri Dervartanian 6

Throughout my childhood, I’ve learned, read and seen many images of our holy mountain, Mt. Ararat. The image of her two beautiful silhouettes plastered on every Armenian paraphernalia is a symbol of Armenia’s instinctual will […]