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Open Letters

Nor Luyce: Enlightening and Empowering the Young Women of Gyumri

May 20, 2020 at 3:03 am Noushig Hovhannesian 0

Now that the gyms are closed as part of the effort to contain the spread of COVID-19, I’ve been forced to run outdoors to maintain my workout routine. Contrary to popular opinion, I do not […]

Announcements

Comedian Kev Orkian to Star in SOAR Virtual Fundraiser

May 14, 2020 at 11:30 am Guest Contributor 0

RADNOR, Pa.—Keeping up with the times, the Society for Orphaned Armenian Relief (SOAR) has announced its next virtual fundraiser showcasing comedian Kev Orkian live from the United Kingdom on Sunday, May 31, 2020. An internationally […]

Opinion

Let’s talk domestic violence

March 11, 2020 at 5:04 pm Houry Mayissian 11

As Armenia celebrated International Women’s Day on March 8, 13 year-old Nazeli lay in a hospital bed in Yerevan fighting for dear life, after being severely beaten by her mother’s partner. Her mother was less […]

Literary Corner

Book Review: A Place Called Gyumri

March 10, 2020 at 8:09 pm Douglas Gillette 1

A Place Called Gyumri: Life in the Armenian Mountains By Knarik O. Meneshian Hairenik Press, 2020 276 pp. $35 Knarik Meneshian’s A Place Called Gyumri: Life in the Armenian Mountains is an absolutely fabulous account […]

Open Letters

Counting our Blessings at Nor Luyce Mentoring Center for Youth

December 15, 2019 at 9:23 pm Noushig Hovhannesian 3

Amidst all the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, this time of year tends to remind us of our many blessings, particularly the love that surrounds and fills us. Counting our blessings is truly […]

Memoir

Light and Momentary Troubles

December 6, 2019 at 8:01 pm Sarah Stites 3

When I think about it now, it’s fitting that I first met Raya near a railroad. I didn’t know it at the time, but for her, trains hold many memories. They are a symbol of […]

Notes from the Pink City

HDIF aims to turn Armenia into fair trade crocheting nation

December 4, 2019 at 7:32 pm Raffi Elliott 0

With Christmas only three weeks away, crocheted gifts from Armenia are flying off the shelves from Yerevan to Los Angeles. Two tags stick out from many of these hand-knitted gloves with Armenian carpet motifs or […]

News

KIDO: Cultivating Gyumri’s Most Important Resource

December 2, 2019 at 10:59 am Sarah Stites 0

I noticed Gor when I first entered the classroom of energetic three and four-year-olds at Gyumri’s new KIDO preschool. Unlike several of the others who shied away from my camera, he leaned in, posing, grinning […]

Community News

Lowell ARS Chapter Delivers Blankets to Mother and Child Clinic

June 24, 2019 at 3:17 pm Armenian Relief Society Eastern U.S. 2

Late last month, Joseph Dagdigian and Vladimir Tchagharyan delivered six large bundles of hand woven blankets for newborns at the Armenian Relief Society (ARS) Mother and Child Clinic in Akhurian, a town next to Gyumri […]

Featured

My friend Hovo

March 21, 2019 at 2:59 pm Sarah Stites 7

The minute you catch Hovo’s attention, his cheeks wrinkle, his eyes crinkle and his teeth flash into a huge grin. When I first met him, the young server thought I was Russian and greeted me […]

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