Hrag Papazian Explores Armenian Identity in Turkey
WATERTOWN — Hrag Papazian, a Lebanese-Armenian graduate student in his late 20s, is studying the Armenians of Turkey. He came to the United States recently to give a series of lectures at the Institute...
View ArticleCommunity Celebrates the Legacy of Diana Der Hovanessian
ARLINGTON, Mass. — While science expands our understanding of our environment and the universe, poetry, since time immemorial, has nurtured the minds, souls and imagination of humanity with universal...
View ArticleCelebrating Armenian Cultural Month
By Kevork Keushkerian ALTADENA, Calif. — Catholicos Karekin I of the Great House of Cilicia had declared October to be commemorated as cultural month. This year the feast of the Holy Translators was on...
View ArticleDr. Armen Orujyan Wants to Put Armenia in the FAST Lane
By Monique Svazlian Special to the Mirror-Spectator SAN FRANCISCO — With the recent change in government in Armenia, there is a renewed sense of hope for the future of the country. It feels like the...
View ArticleFarewell to the Ambassador
Ambassador and his wife Victoria flanked by members of the Armenian Community WASHINGTON — On Sunday October 28, the Parish Council of St. Mary Armenian Church and Knights and Daughters of Vartan...
View ArticleA Traditional Meal Honors the Heroes of Hadjin
BATON ROUGE, La. — Parishioners of the St. Garabed Parish of Baton Rouge gathered over the weekend of October 13-14 to remember the heroic defenders of the city of Hadjin. Visiting pastor Fr. Tateos...
View ArticleARF Archives Open to the Public for First Time
WATERTOWN — For the first time in their history, a substantial portion of the archives of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) and the first Republic of Armenia, held in the Hairenik Building in...
View ArticleHead of Armenia’s National Science Lab Aprahamian to Speak at MIT
Dr. Ani Aprahamian, director of the Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory in Yerevan, Armenia, and Freimann Professor Experimental Nuclear Physics at the University of Notre Dame, will give a talk...
View ArticleTCA Greater New York Celebrates Art of Simon Samsonian
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. — On October 27 and 28, the Tekeyan Cultural Association (TCA) of Greater New York hosted an art exhibition featuring the works of Simon Samsonian an Armenian...
View ArticlePanel Addresses the Disappearing Christian Population in the Middle East
WASHINGTON — Armenian-American leaders and activists from across the country gathered earlier this Fall in the nation’s capital for the Armenian Assembly of America 2018 National Advocacy Conference...
View ArticleNorthern NJ Community Foundation Awards Grant for Genocide Education
HACKENSACK, N.J. — The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF) announces the award of a $2,000 grant from the NNJCF’s Andrea Tilbian Halejian Memorial Fund to the Center for Peace, Justice and...
View ArticleFrom Mundane Details to Great Revelations
In photos: Jerry Papazian, Carla Garapedian, Wolf Gruner, Silva Karayan LOS ANGELES — One simple — yet key — question set into motion 30 years of research: how many Armenians were actually massacred...
View ArticleNew Paths Hosts Book Launch and Conversation with Emma Arakelyan
MEDFORD, Mass. — New Paths Bridging Armenian Women will host on Friday, November 16, a book launch and conversation for Emma Arakelyan, author of The Business Caring Formula, at Tufts University,...
View ArticleBoston Jazz Voices A Cappella Christmas Concert to Benefit ATP’s...
WINCHESTER, Mass. — The Armenia Tree Project (ATP) and a group of volunteer ambassadors are organizing a benefit concert on Sunday, December 2 with the a cappella group Boston Jazz Voices. Boston Jazz...
View ArticleHunter Mack to Speak at Trinity Men’s Union Dinner and Meeting November 12
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The Trinity Men’s Union of Holy Trinity Armenian Church of Greater Boston will host Hunter Mack, Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of...
View ArticleSold Out TCA Comedy Night Launches TCA Metro LA Chapter
Some members of the TCA Metro Los Angeles Committee PASADENA, Calif. — A sold-out crowd laughed out loud all night during An Evening of Comedy, hosted by the Tekeyan Cultural Association Metro Los...
View ArticleSt James Armenian Church Men’s Club Dinner Meeting to Feature Immigration...
WATERTOWN —On Monday, December 3, the St. James Armenian Church Men’s Club dinner meeting at the St. James Charles Mosesian Cultural and Youth Center in Watertown will feature Gregory Vartanian, Esq.,...
View ArticleAt Interfaith Memorial, Primate Extolls ‘Higher Vision’ Uniting All Faithful
NEW YORK — In the wake of the massacre at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on October 27, prominent New York religious leaders gathered for an interfaith prayer service at Manhattan’s venerable...
View ArticleSusan Pattie to Discuss Armenian Legionnaires at NAASR Lecture
WATERTOWN — Dr. Susan Pattie will present her newly published book, The Armenian Legionnaires: Sacrifice and Betrayal in World War I, at the AGBU New England Center, 247 Mt. Auburn St., Watertown, on...
View ArticleZoravik Collective Hosts Discussion on Environmental Effects of Mining in...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The Zoravik collective invites the public to an informal talk and discussion with environmentalists and human rights activists based locally and in Armenia on Sunday, November 18....
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