STEPANAKERT—A historic ceremony marked the official opening of the 2019 Pan-Armenian Games in Stepanakert on Monday evening. Celebrations continued on Independence Square as the Republic of Artsakh received such a high-profile event for the first […]
Zareh Sinanyan looks exhausted. “Sorry, I just got out of a day-long meeting marathon at the Prime Minister’s office,” he explains as he drops himself into a chair across from mine. I was Sinanyan’s last […]
Community—“a group of people sharing a common place, interests or goals” as defined through a Google search. Before the Genocide, the Armenian nation consisted primarily of an indigenous people living on their historical lands. One […]
LONDON—The Armenian Diaspora Survey (ADS) published the results of a first ever survey, which provides a snapshot of the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the Armenian world in the 21st century. The 150-page Armenian Diaspora […]
WATERTOWN, Mass.—The Hairenik Press has announced the first ever publication of the English translation of Andranik Tzarukian’s long-form poem Letter to Yerevan («Թուղթ առ Երեւան» “Tught ar Yerevan”). The translation was a collaborative effort between […]
What or who is a “Western Armenian”? Is it someone descended from genocide survivors who came from communities in the western areas of the Armenian Highlands? Or is it someone who speaks a dialect that […]
PHILADELPHIA, Penn.—Community leaders and close friends of Meghry Dance Ensemble recently supported the group in launching the Meghry Benefactors program. This was the largest fundraising event for the Meghry Dance Ensemble to date. The group […]
Just off Tbilisi’s Marjanishvili Street lies the beautiful Saint Peter & Paul church. This Catholic house of worship, built in the Baroque style as part of a Zubalashvili Brothers initiative, was completed in 1877. The […]
The women of the Armenian Relief Society (ARS) Leola Sassouni Chapter yet again served one of the largest traditional Thanksgiving feasts in Watertown, Massachusetts. This chapter has been hosting Thanksgiving for the local Armenian community […]
As Armenians, we are no strangers to denial. Yet in this country, perhaps no community has been dealt the hand of denial more severely than the Native Americans. As Thanksgiving approaches, a day in which […]
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