Two Distinguished Columnists from Yerevan Join the Mirror-Spectator
WATERTOWN — The Armenian Mirror-Spectator is happy to welcome Benyamin Poghosyan and Suren Sargsyan, two distinguished columnists from Yerevan, who have already begun writing regularly on various...
View ArticleSenator Menendez Lambastes Erdogan and Azerbaijan at Tekeyan NJ 75th...
PARAMUS, N. J. — The 75th anniversary of the Tekeyan Cultural Association (TCA) was celebrated with an elegant gala organized by the New York Chapter on October 15 at the Terrace at Biagio’s. A...
View ArticleArmenian Heritage Park Hosts Ceremony to Welcome New US Citizens
BOSTON — On Thursday, October 20, the Armenian Heritage Foundation organized its annual ceremony to welcome new US citizens to the Armenian Heritage Park on the Greenway. This ceremony has been a...
View ArticlePlastic Surgeon Dr. Igor Zakaryan Advances Trauma Surgery in Artsakh
By Levon R. Karamanoukian STEPANAKERT — Surgeons in the Republic of Artsakh recently performed complex microsurgery to reattach the right arm of a 20-year-old man after a traumatic and life-threatening...
View ArticleUS High School Educators Meet in Armenia to Learn About Genocide, Human...
SAN FRANCISCO — The Genocide Education Project (“GenEd”) held the inaugural GenEd Teacher Fellowship Program in Armenia this summer, carrying out a week-long series of professional development for U.S....
View ArticleSt. James Church Holds Fall Bazaar, Its First Since COVID
WATERTOWN – On Friday and Saturday October 14-15, the St. James Armenian Apostolic Church hosted its 75th fall bazaar, its first since COVID. The event is the church’s main fundraiser for the year....
View ArticleFrom Great Neck to Ijevan – Bringing Solar Energy Education to Armenia
GREAT NECK, N.Y. — Designing, writing, and preparing to teach students is usually something reserved for teachers during the summer, but South High senior Antranig Baghdassarian flipped the script this...
View ArticleChobanian and Avedisian: A Story of Friendship and Paying it Forward
BOSTON — By now, most people have heard the story of the incredible donation of $100 million by Edward Avedisian to the Boston University School of Medicine, and its renaming as the Boston University...
View ArticleBartevian Inc. Is a Boston Landmark
BOSTON — If you’re familiar with Boylston Street, you’ve probably seen Bartevian inc., a shop owned and operated by Patricia Bartevian, 99. She manages the business, founded by her father, as the last...
View ArticleArchbishop Vicken Aykazian Ordains Four Sub-Deacons at Holy Trinity Church
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — On October 23, Holy Trinity Armenian Church of Greater Boston welcomed Archbishop Vicken Aykazian, Diocesan Legate and Ecumenical Officer. On this day, he ordained Robert Dulgarian,...
View ArticleGhapama Tradition Celebrated at Saints Vartanantz
CHELMSFORD, Mass. — The walls of the Kazanjian Ballroom were vibrating on Saturday, October 22, to the rhythmic clapping of some 160 guests as three parish young ladies dressed in traditional Armenian...
View ArticleNAASR to Host Lecture on Armenian of Abkhazia
BELMONT, Mass. — The National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) will host an in-person and online program, “The Armenians of Abkhazia: Identification and Self-Identification in the...
View ArticleArmenian EyeCare Project Marks 30th Anniversary with Mission Trip and...
LOS ANGELES — The Armenian EyeCare Project (AECP) is commemorating its 30th anniversary by celebrating the milestone with a series of events, both in the U.S. and Armenia. The AECP’s 62nd Medical...
View ArticleProfessor Ohanyan Argues Democracy, Connectivity Can Save Armenia
BELMONT, Mass. — On September 29, Professor Anna Ohanyan of Stonehill College spoke at the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) about her recently published book, The...
View ArticleCut From a Different Cloth: Taleen Batalian at WaterFire Arts Gallery
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The WaterFire Arts Center (WFAC), a multi-use arts venue, located at 475 Valley Street, in October opened “Tender Cargo,” a a month-long exhibition by Taleen Batalian which will be...
View ArticleBanquet Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Pastor Fr. Abraham Malkhasyan of...
By Dr. Lynn Cetin BAYSIDE, N.Y. — On Saturday evening, October 22, the Armenian Church of the Holy Martyrs in Bayside, New York, held an elegant banquet in celebration of Fr. Abraham Malkhasyan’s 10th...
View ArticleGhapama Tradition Celebrated at Saints Vartanantz
CHELMSFORD, Mass. — The walls of the Kazanjian Ballroom at Sts. Vartanantz Church were vibrating on Saturday, October 22, to the rhythmic clapping of some 160 guests as three parish young ladies...
View ArticleArtists from Quinn Exhibit Part of Talk at Armenian Museum of America
WATERTOWN — Since June 16, the Armenian Museum of America has hosted the dual exhibition “On the Edge, Los Angeles Art 1970s-1990s from the Joan and Jack Quinn Family Collection” and “Discovering...
View ArticleUS Supreme Court Spurns Turkey’s Bid to Avoid Suits over 2017 Washington Protest
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The US Supreme Court on October 31 declined to hear Turkey’s bid to dismiss two lawsuits filed by demonstrators seeking monetary damages after accusing Turkish security forces of...
View ArticleHasmik Movsesyan’s Farm Grill Offers Armenian Hospitality to Metro Detroit
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — In a nondescript strip mall, hidden from view alongside a huge parking lot that serves three other strips of stores in the inner-ring Detroit suburb of Southfield, an equally...
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