WORCESTER, Mass.—The week has officially arrived! The Worcester “Aram” Chapter and the Greater Worcester Armenian Community are excited to invite you to the 88th annual Armenian Youth Federation (AYF) Olympic Games this Labor Day weekend […]
Worcester has a proud and exceptional Armenian history beginning in the late 1800s, having been referred to as “Little Kharpert” and in the late 1880s becoming home to the first Armenian Apostolic church and the […]
It all started in the early 1950s on the porches of the multi-level homes in the geography of Worcester’s Little Armenia: Chandler Street, Park Avenue, Austin Street and Belmont Street. Reminiscing, Eddie Varteresian would say […]
WORCESTER, Mass.—The AYF-YOARF Central Executive and Worcester Steering Committee have announced an extension for the 2022 AYF Olympics Ad Book. The deadline to submit an ad has been extended to Monday, August 8th at 11:59 […]
WORCESTER, Mass.—The AYF-YOARF Central Executive and Worcester Steering Committee are calling on members of the Armenian community and AYF supporters to contribute to the single largest fundraiser of the organization’s calendar year—the 2022 AYF Olympics […]
The Worcester “Aram” Chapter and Worcester Steering Committee are well underway planning for the 88th annual AYF Olympic Games set to take place over Labor Day weekend, September 1 – 5 in Worcester, Massachusetts. The […]
By 2021 Central Athletic Council The AYF-YOARF Mid-Atlantic and New England Junior Athletic Games (JAG) made its comeback over the weekend after a two year hiatus. What is traditionally an annual event for AYF juniors, […]
The Friday night swimming events were dominated by two triple gold medal winners from Providence and Greater Boston as those two chapters battled to win the meet. When the splashing stopped, the host team had […]
Once again, as it hosted its 12th olympics, Providence extended a touch of royalty to multiple former Olympic participants by recognizing Nancy Nahigian Tavitian, Ken Topalian, Steve Mesrobian and Mike Varadian. The Green Machine and […]
Following Mal Varadian’s advice, John Mangassarian, Shooshig Aghjayan and Joyce Bagdasarian certainly made “it” better than when they found “it.” As recipients of the AYF Varadian Spirit Award, these longtime Providence activists were recognized for […]
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