Memorial Planned to Honor Jasmine Chobanian
BOSTON — Jasmine Chobanian of Natick died on July 25. The Boston University community will honor her, whom they had regarded as “first lady” of the university during the many years that her husband,...
View ArticleArmenian Bone Marrow Donor Registry Dedicates Walk of Life on Sept. 27 to...
By Alin K. Gregorian Mirror-Spectator Staff WATERTOWN — Superheroes come in all sizes. Just ask Fr. Arakel and Yn. Natasha Aljalian of St. James Armenian Church of Watertown. Their son, Gabriel, 5,...
View ArticleFifth Armenia-Diaspora Conference Concludes
YEREVAN — The 5th Armenia-Diaspora Conference, organized by the Ministry of Diaspora, concluded on September 20. The event brought together more than 1,000 attendees from around the world, including...
View ArticleNajarian Lecture on Human Rights to Address ‘Truth to Action’ on Media...
Panel to Feature Mayor Walsh, Kurkjian and Suarez, among Others BOSTON — The 2014 Najarian Endowed Lecture on Human Rights at Faneuil Hall will be held on Thursday, October 23, at 7:30 p.m. This...
View ArticleADL Gets New Office Building in Yerevan
YEREVAN — September 22, 2014 will be remembered as an important date for the Armenian Democratic Liberal Party (ADL/Ramgavars). After extensive efforts, the party structure in the Republic of Armenia...
View ArticleMichigan Festival Draws Volunteers
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — Members of the Armenian Democratic Liberal Party and the Tekeyan Cultural Association Detroit Chapter came together at the St. John Armenian Church Festival on September 27. ADL...
View ArticleArmenians Honor USC President for Championing USC Armenian Institute
LOS ANGELES — The University of Southern California Institute of Armenian Studies Leadership Council marked its 10th year with a gala celebration in the presence of 600 guests and supporters, at the...
View ArticleSemerdjian Lectures on ‘The Armenian Presence in Aleppo: Glorious Past,...
By Aram Arkun Mirror-Spectator Staff BELMONT, Mass. — The terrible torment of the Syrian Armenians is frequently in the news, at least in the Armenian media, recently, but few know much about the...
View ArticleHarry Toufayan Receives Boghos Nubar Medal from Ministry of Diaspora
YEREVAN — On October 16, Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan received Armenian American businessman Harry Toufayan and his wife, Susan, who were accompanied by President of the “Pyunik” Pan-Armenian...
View ArticleFr. Vasken Kouzouian Reflects on the Journey of an Armenian Priest
By Aram Arkun Mirror-Spectator Staff CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Fr. Vasken A. Kouzouian has been pastor of Holy Trinity Armenian Church of Greater Boston for 12 years, and is celebrating his 20th...
View ArticleFacing History in Transition as Armenian Genocide Centennial Approaches
By Aram Arkun Mirror-Spectator Staff BROOKLINE, Mass. — Facing History and Ourselves is a unique international organization which has done yeoman’s work in promoting understanding of genocide,...
View ArticleHuman Rights Journalism Focus of Annual Heritage Park Lecture
By Alin K. Gregorian Mirror-Spectator Staff BOSTON — The fifth annual Armenian Heritage Park Foundation endowed lecture on Thursday, October 23, focused on journalists around the world who cover human...
View ArticleZarminé Boghosian receives St. Sahag-St. Mesrob Medal of Honor
OAKLAND GARDENS, N.Y. — On Friday, October 24, under the auspices of Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, Primate of the Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America, the Holy Martyrs Armenian Day School...
View ArticleGoçek Talks at MIT on Violence of Denial
By Aram Arkun Mirror-Spectator Staff CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Prof. Fatma Muge Goçek gave a lecture titled “The Violence of Denial: Turkish Women’s Memories of Armenians, 1789-2009,” at the Massachusetts...
View ArticleAGBU Western District Hosts Former Armenian Foreign Minister Oskanian
PASADENA, Calif. — On Friday, October 10, 2014, AGBU Pasadena welcomed Vartan Oskanian, the former foreign minister of the Republic of Armenia and a current member of the Armenian Parliament for a talk...
View ArticleThe Erevan Chorale and Orchestra to Hold Christmas Concerts
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The Holy Trinity Armenian Church of Cambridge, Massachusetts, will present the EREVAN Chorale and Orchestra’s annual Christmas concert on December 14 at 7 p.m. This time the Chorale...
View ArticleArmenian, Palestinian and Kurdish ‘Unhealed Wounds’ Addressed at First Annual...
By Alin K. Gregorian Mirror-Spectator Staff CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — A beyond-capacity crowd gathered at Harvard’s Mahindra Humanities Center on November 13, for the first annual Hrant Dink Memorial Peace...
View ArticleTekeyan Centre Fund Distributes New Textbooks to Needy Students
YEREVAN — For the fifth time the Tekeyan Centre Fund reached its goal and distributed textbooks to schoolchildren who could not afford them. Since 2010 the Fund has realized the project “Free...
View ArticleATP’s 20th Anniversary Boston Banquet Raises Money for a Greener Armenia
By Aram Arkun Mirror-Spectator Staff BOSTON — The Armenia Tree Project (ATP) celebrated its 20th anniversary in Boston with an elaborate banquet in the John Joseph Moakley US Courthouse on November...
View ArticleHoly Trinity Dedicates Front Plaza of Church to Garabed Baghdasar and...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — “Today was the fulfillment of a beautiful story and an immigrant’s dream. It’s a witness to her faith. It’s a witness to what those early immigrant Armenians went through to make it...
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