Special to the Armenian Weekly I grew up knowing I was Armenian, but outside of eating pilaf and the I-A-N at the end of my last name, being Armenian did not influence my life in […]
This year, Armenians around the world will celebrate an important milestone in the millennia-old, storied history of their people—the establishment of the first Republic of Armenia in 1918, after nearly 550 years of statelessness. The […]
What, exactly, is news to a community in exile, such as ours? Though the question remains historically constant, its answers change with each generation. In the last decade and a half, the reach of the […]
Special to the Armenian Weekly The neverending manipulations and power games at the Istanbul Patriarchate took a turn for the worse this past week. In 2008, the Istanbul Patriarch, Archbishop Mesrob Mutafyan, was diagnosed with […]
On Jan. 20, the Turkish state began conducting air raids in the Afrin Canton in Syria—an enclave near the Turkish border that is home to over a million people. By the next day, the Turkish […]
One of the major achievements of the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) regional offices and local chapters was to get Texas, Iowa, and Indiana to become the 46th, 47th, and 48th states to recognize […]
I’m continually in awe of the variety and depth of Armenian customs. Whether it be playing the delightfully simple yet simultaneously infuriating egg tapping game after Easter Liturgy, or dancing the Kochari under the summer […]
Artsakh War veteran, political commentator, and political activist Sarkis Hatspanian passed away on Jan. 20 in Lyon, France. He was only 55. Born in Adiyaman in southeastern Turkey (former Cilicia), he had left for France […]
Special to the Armenian Weekly Over the years, I have met many hidden Armenians from different regions of Turkey. Each one has a unique story that can become an article or even a book on […]
“And he named him Jesus.*” (Mt 1:25) During these days of remembrance of the birth of Christ, our thoughts go back 20 centuries ago to the miraculous event of the birth of Jesus, and I […]
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