Research
The Road to Sourp Sdepanos
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 […]
Special Reports
History
Christmas in the Time of Genocide
Targeted for genocide and dispossession, reduced to exiles and deportees and fighting for survival and freedom, Armenians were facing the nation’s darkest moments from 1915 to 1919. Yet New Year and Christmas came, as it […]
Special Reports
The Female Faces of the Artsakh War
Would there be war in a woman’s world? How would men react to our decision to start a war? Would we have so many wars if women ran the world? War is not a female […]
Research
Armenian Immigration to North America through the 1930s: A Compilation of Primary Sources
Abstract Researching Armenian genealogy presents unique challenges, in large part due to the scarcity of records in the Armenian homeland and the scattering of families who survived the Armenian Genocide. Many Armenians immigrated to North […]
Research
Sdepan Alyanakian and the ARF Archives
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 […]
Special Reports
Love and War in Artsakh
It has already been more than a year since the 44-day war was unleashed by Azerbaijan against the Republics of Artsakh and Armenia. A war that ceased on November 9 on the basis of a […]
History
Choices and Chances
Born on September 23, 1925, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Haig Sarafian was the only child of Puzant Sarafian and Elizabeth Kistorian, two Armenian refugees who had no other choice than to leave their beloved land. Puzant […]
Culture
Bourj Hammoud: An Armenian City in Exile
Located on the eastern banks of the Beirut River, Bourj Hammoud is one of Lebanon’s most dynamic cities with its multifaceted residential, industrial and commercial dimensions, which connect the capital Beirut to the Mount Lebanon […]
Community News
The Armenians of Whitinsville Project
The letter pictured here (and transcribed below) is part of the collection of the Northbridge Historical Society. It was presented to Gregory Jundanian by the Whitinsville Social Library and Society volunteer Carole Brouwer upon hearing […]
Community News
A Historic Armenian Map’s Restoration Journey During the Pandemic
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 […]