AIWA NJ Affiliate Plans Commemorative Luncheon and Campaign for March 2015
By Ruth Bedevian CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. — The Armenian International Women’s Association – New Jersey Affiliate (AIWA NJ) is organizing a commemorative luncheon on Sunday, March 8, at the Villa Amalfi...
View ArticleTalin Yacoubian Appointed Chair of AGBU Western District Committee of the...
LOS ANGELES — The Central Office of the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) Central Office announces the appointment of Talin Yacoubian as chair of the Western District Committee of the United...
View ArticleVartanian Family Recipe Featured in December Fresno Bee Central Valley Magazine
FRESNO — Alice Vartanian, a resident of Fresno and a native of Lowell, Mass., was featured in the Fresno Bee’s Central Valley Magazine in December 2014. Her family’s favorite classic clam chowder...
View ArticleArmenian Sisters’ Academy Vartanatz Celebration Makes Local News
RADNOR, Penn. — Local NBC news affiliate, WCAU NBC10, was present as students at the Armenian Sisters Academy commemorated the historic Battle of Avarayr, a major milestone in the preservation of...
View ArticleThomas de Waal’s Great Catastrophe Book Talk at Tufts
By Aram Arkun Mirror-Spectator Staff MEDFORD, Mass. — Thomas de Waal has been on a whirlwind tour of the United States to promote his new book, Great Catastrophe: Armenians and Turks in the Shadow of...
View ArticleFAR Hosts Memorial for Dr. Edgar Housepian
By Florence Avakian NEW YORK — Dr. Edgar Housepian was legendary for his pioneering medical, humanitarian and compassionate works. A man who typified to the greatest extent the Hippocratic oath, he...
View ArticleNAASR to Present Program Honoring Near East Relief at Heritage Museum
LEXINGTON, Mass. — On Sunday, April 12, at 2 p.m., the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) in partnership with the Near East Foundation will present a special program titled...
View ArticleAGBU Co-Sponsors International Symposium on Monuments, Memory and Ani
NEW YORK — On Friday, February 20, 2015, the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) joined Columbia University, the Armenian Center at Columbia University and the World Monuments Fund in sponsoring a...
View ArticleHMADS Gala Dinner Dance on May 16 Brings Fun into Fundraising
OAKLAND GARDENS, N.Y. — In 1994, an ambitious group of Holy Martyrs Armenian Day School (HMADS) supporters gathered to establish an all-volunteer fundraising committee known as Friends of HMADS. Under...
View ArticleGenocide Panel Held in Texas as Part of Christian Churches Together Convocation
HOUSTON — The ecumenical group Christian Churches Together in the USA hosted a panel on the Armenian Genocide as part of its annual convocation, held last month here. The panel was held on February 12...
View ArticleWorldwide Reading Commemorating the Centenary of the Armenian Genocide on...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — In commemoration of the Centenary of the Armenian Genocide, Worldwide Reading for Armenia will pay tribute to great Armenian writers in a series of readings, all taking place on...
View ArticleArchbishop Vicken Ayzkazian participates in Panel Discussion on anniversary...
FRESNO — Archbishop Vicken Aykazian, the Diocese’s Ecumenical Director and Legate, was among the panelists discussing the Armenian Genocide in an event titled, “Man’s Inhumanity to Man … The Last 100...
View ArticleRobotics in Yerevan and Cambridge: A Panel Discussion
By Aram Arkun Mirror-Spectator Staff CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — An Armenian robotics specialist was one of the speakers in a Lesley University panel discussion on April 21 called “Reading, Writing and...
View ArticleLooking Ahead: Beyond the Centennial
By Alin K. Gregorian Mirror-Spectator Staff BOSTON — April 24, 1915 has come and gone. The centennial commemoration of the Armenian Genocide is behind us and it is time for a look back at the events...
View ArticleKnights and Daughters of Vartan National Grand Convocation in Washington...
WASHINGTON — This summer, the Knights and Daughters of Vartan gathered here for the 2015 National Grand Convocation. The commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, celebration of...
View ArticleCommuniqué by the Tekeyan Cultural Association: Arshag Dickranian School in...
It is a sign of the times that any project or mission in the diaspora tasked to preserve the Armenian heritage gradually will face harder challenges, the school mission being perhaps the most taxing...
View ArticleA True Salt of the Earth: A Tribute to Watertown’s Mayram Gulbahar Gigiyan Cinar
By Ludér Tavit Sahagian WATERTOWN (Tab) — The year is 1915. The world is engulfed in warfare. In the cradle of civilization, an unprecedented genocide against the first Christian nation is festering....
View ArticleYerazArt Celebrates Music with Concert and Reception
By Alin K. Gregorian Mirror-Spectator Staff WINCHESTER, Mass. — The volunteers of YerazArt put together yet another elegant soirée on October 3 to raise funds for young musicians in Armenia. This year...
View ArticleArmenian Embassy Celebrates 24th Anniversary of Independence
By Danielle Saroyan WASHINGTON — On Thursday, October 8, the Embassy of Armenia to the United States hosted a reception in honor of Armenian Independence Day. More than 100 people gathered at the...
View ArticleArmenian Cultural Association of Maine Hosts Fall Dance on November 7
PORTLAND, Maine — The Armenian Cultural Association of Maine is sponsoring a Fall Dance on Saturday, November 7, from 7:30 to 11 p.m. The purpose of the dance is to Celebrate Armenian Heritage by...
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