This holiday season is a good time to consider how to help low income Armenians in our community. Back in October, I attended the New York City Armenian Town Hall meeting. At the meeting, the […]
The Armenian Relief Society (ARS), Inc. has announced the appointment of two coordinators to the United Nations (UN). Christina Mehranbod has been named Coordinator of the ARS activities at the UN, and Maral Tutunjian is […]
At just 20 years old, Garo Bazarbachian has already made a name for himself. His Armenian last name, truncated to one syllable, is also his self-made brand. Pronounced BĂZ with a short a (not BÂZ, […]
Ever since she was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s disease) in 2012, a disease that, in her own words, left her with a “live head on top of a useless body,” I have […]
TBILISI, Georgia—In Tbilisi’s Havlabar neighborhood, a historically Armenian enclave in the Georgian city, polling stations resemble street markets. Buses unload voters surrounded by stacked boxes displaying food and other goods. Women are checking off voter […]
Seta Kaligian, beloved wife of Barkev Kaligian and mother of four sons, passed away on November 23, 2018. She was 89 years old. She was born Seta Shoushan Tamzarian in 1929 in Aleppo, Syria. She […]
The dzrakir of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation is a living document with a known history and yet a future still to be determined. It is the first manifesto of the ARF, which deals specifically with […]
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 […]
A small group from the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) recently visited New York to witness Armenia! and the Symposium: Honoring the First Scholars of Armenian Art in America at The Metropolitan Museum of […]
Jack DerAvedisian, owner of Omni Foods in Watertown, died on October 23, 2018. He was the beloved husband of Thelma (Melkonian) DerAvedisian of 68 years and a devoted father to Suren DerAvedisian and his wife […]
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