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World Bank Employees Establish AUA Endowed Scholarship Fund
Kathy Lalazarian, a senior public sector specialist of the World Bank, was a talented leader and professional who tragically passed away in 2018. As the lead for World Bank-supported public sector...
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Society for Armenian Studies Presents Inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award
SAS President Prof. Bedross Der Matossian pictured with Dr. Levon Avdoyan On Thursday, May 16, 2019, the Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) co-sponsored a special evening honoring Dr. Levon Avdoyan,...
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Pianist Kariné Poghosyan Shines at Carnegie Hall
Kariné Poghosyan performing at Carnegie Hall, May 30, 2019. Photo by Jonathan Levin NEW YORK—Following her critically acclaimed debut last year, Armenian-American pianist Kariné Poghosyan returned to...
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Presidential Candidates Lining Up Behind Armenian Genocide Resolution
WASHINGTON, DC—Half the U.S. Senators and three of the four US Representatives running for President have co-sponsored legislation to lock in official US recognition and permanent remembrance of the...
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Bishop Daniel Findikyan’s “Antranig” Badarak in America
Photo: Eastern Diocese NEW YORK, NY—On May 18, the Primate of the Eastern American Diocese, Bishop Daniel Findikyan, celebrated his first Episcopal badarak in America before more than a thousand...
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SAS Awards Travel, Research Grants to Grad Students
The Society for Armenian Studies (SAS) has chosen the inaugural group of applications for its “Graduate Research and Conference Grants Program for M.A. and Ph.D. Students.” Established in 2019, the aim...
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US House Condemns Turkey over Pending Russian Missile Purchase
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel (D-NY), Ranking Member Michael McCaul (R-TX), and Armenian Caucus Co-Chair Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) lead Congressional charge condemning Turkey’s...
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Armenian Diaspora Opinion Survey Results Published
LONDON—The Armenian Diaspora Survey (ADS) published the results of a first ever survey, which provides a snapshot of the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the Armenian world in the 21st century....
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Tufenkian Foundation Celebrates 20th Anniversary
Serj Tankian & James Tufenkian NEW YORK, NY– It was a festive occasion on Sunday, May 19, as friends, colleagues and supporters gathered to celebrate the Tufenkian Foundation’s 20th anniversary....
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A Conversation with the ACAA’s Raffi Killian on Arajamugh
Raffi Killian Raffi Killian is based in London and was appointed to the ACAA Artsakh Fund in 2016. He is primarily responsible for project management oversight for the various initiatives of the...
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ARF Bureau Representative Hagop Der Khatchadourian visits Aleppo
ARF Bureau Representative Hagop Der Khatchadourian speaking during the celebration for the 101st anniversary of the First Republic of Armenia ALEPPO, Syria—ARF Bureau Representative Hagop Der...
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Movses Abelian Named UN Under-Secretary-General
Photo: United Nations United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Movses Abelian of Armenia (as well as a national of Georgia), as the next Under-Secretary-General for General...
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The Armenian Brethren and the Turkish Language
James Bilezikian in 1955 I was ten years old, and I had been hearing sermons on sin and redemption for seven years. The sermons were delivered from behind a pulpit by my uncle Vartan. The pulpit was...
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Calling All Armenian Men
Domestic violence: statues of Rodin in the Jardin des Tuileries (Photo: Flickr/Cédric Charbonnel) “Hi, are you from Armenia?” “Yes, how do you know?” “I just read the last three letters of your surname...
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ATP Opens Charles G. Bilezikian Greenhouse
The late Charles G. Bilezikian’s wife Doreen officially opens the greenhouse in Margahovit Village on June 15 MARGAHOVIT—On June 15, Armenia Tree Project (ATP) opened the Charles G. Bilezikian...
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U.S. House Passes Cox Amendment on U.S. Aid to Artsakh
Rep. TJ Cox (D-CA) with ANCA Government Affairs Director Tereza Yerimyan, Projects Director Sipan Ohannesian and ANCA Leo Sarkisian Summer Interns after a full day of Capitol Hill advocacy for U.S. aid...
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U.S. House Passes Speier Amendment Appropriating Additional $40 Million for...
Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chair Jackie Speier (D-CA) with ANCA Projects Director Sipan Ohannesian and a portion of the 2019 ANCA Leo Sarkisian Summer interns, who had just finished a marathon...
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Karanian’s ‘Armenian Highland’ a Touchstone to the Past
Matthew Karanian was about eight years old when he asked for his first camera—a vintage Brownie from his father. “Back then, we were using film,” he recalled one afternoon during a visit to the...
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ARS Detroit Tzolig Chapter Celebrates 40th Anniversary
The Armenian Relief Society (ARS) Tzolig Chapter of Greater Detroit recently celebrated the 40th anniversary of its founding with a great gala in Dearborn, Michigan last month. Armenchik performed for...
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Lowell ARS Chapter Delivers Blankets to Mother and Child Clinic
Assistant director and head nurse, ARS Mother and Infant Health Center in Akhurian Late last month, Joseph Dagdigian and Vladimir Tchagharyan delivered six large bundles of hand woven blankets for...
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