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‘Sixty Minutes’ Lifts Chertavian into National Prominence
BOSTON, Mass.—He grew up in nearby Lowell, the son of a dentist and dental hygienist, bent on cutting his own teeth in the business world. Gerald Chertavian hit the national spotlight with a TV stint...
View ArticleBedrosyan: The Genocide of the Pontic Greeks
The annihilation of the non-Turk/non-Muslim peoples from Anatolia started on April 24, 1915, with the arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals in Istanbul. Within a few months, 1.5 million Armenians had...
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Building Bridges: From Kayseri to Kigali
Special for the Armenian Weekly Nothing makes genocide more real than looking into the eyes of someone who has survived the unthinkable. I am always at a loss for words when I meet genocide survivors....
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ARF, ARS Hold Reception in Honor of Amb. Mnatsakanyan
NEW YORK (A.W.)—On Thurs., June 26, community leaders gathered at a reception hosted by Virginia Davies and Willard Taylor to welcome Zohrab Mnatsakanyan, the Republic of Armenia’s newly appointed...
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Baseball Gloves Get New Life with Megerdichian
Robert Megerdichian is ready to catch a sinking glove. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—It’s the All-American game. And Robert Megerdichian is giving baseball a new lease on life—at least the glove part of it. Bats...
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Emily in a Nuclear World: The Story of a Girl’s Search for Home
“It was as if a chirping brook Upon a toilsome way, Set bleeding feet to minuets Without the knowing why” —Emily Dickinson Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands By Chris Bohjalian Doubleday (July 8, 2014)...
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Book Review: ‘Sisters of Mercy and Survival: Armenian Nurses (1900-1930)’
Dr. Sonia Poochikian-Sarkissian presented the following talk during the unveiling ceremony (Kinetzon) of the book Sisters of Mercy and Survival: Armenian Nurses, 1900-1930 by Dr. Isabel...
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Fallen but Never Forgotten: Armenian Victims of the Pacific War
Special for the Armenian Weekly Knowledge of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 is etched into the American psyche. Less known are the simultaneous attacks on the Philippines, Hong...
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Sarkisian Rejects Davutoglu’s ‘Just Memory’
BUENOS AIRES (Asbarez.com)—During an official visit to Argentina, Armenia’s President Serzh Sarkisian met with the Armenian community of Buenos Aires. In a speech, Sarkisian remarked that Turkish...
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Presbyterian Church Adopts Resolution on Armenian Genocide Centennial
On Fri., June 20, some 600 commissioners to the 221st General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA), meeting in Detroit, Mich., adopted with near unanimity a resolution recognizing the Armenian...
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Obama Nominates Richard Mills for Ambassadorship to Armenia
WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate Richard M. Mills, Jr. as Ambassador to Armenia, on July 10. Mills will replace current Ambassador John Heffern if his nomination is...
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Margarita ‘Arishata’ Pozoyan: A Rising Star
Special for the Armenian Weekly “Without music, life would be a mistake,” said Friedrich Nietzsche. Several months ago, in an attempt to rectify the mistaken path of my life, I started surfing through...
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Baku Survivor Adapts to a New World
In a world marked by violence and remorse, Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte considers herself a survivor—and rightfully so. Author Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte speaking to an audience of enraptured...
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Amb. Tigran Sargsyan Presents Credentials to Obama
WASHINGTON (A.W.)—On July 14, the newly appointed ambassador of Armenia to the U.S., Tigran Sargsyan, presented his credentials to President Barack Obama, reported the press service for the Armenian...
View ArticleArtsakh: A Zero Sum Solution Weighted in Favor of Azerbaijan
Special for the Armenian Weekly We seem to overlook the fact that the ongoing negotiations concerning the Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) conflict (as it is commonly referred to) has been set-up to yield a...
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1914-2014: 100 Years of the German-Armenian Society
By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach Johannes Lepsius is known for his work as a pastor and humanitarian who intervened on behalf of the Ottoman Armenians in the late 19th century. Johannes Lepsius When the...
View ArticleIn the Shadow of 1915: Reflections on Hrant’s Assassination
The Armenian Weekly April 2014 Magazine Seven years have passed since Hrant Dink’s assassination and those who planned his murder remain free. While the search for justice continues with a second round...
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Unseen Armenia: Ayrk
Ayrk, in Gegharkunik marz, about 30 km. south of Vartenis, to the south-east of Lake Sevan, is a village of about 50 households. It is reachable from Vartenis by a bad but passable road. The village of...
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Boston Armenians Support Warren Tolman for Attorney General
Members of the Boston Armenian community this month gathered at the home of Ara and Heather Krafian for a fundraiser for former Watertown State Senator Warren Tolman. Tolman, who is running for the...
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Anti-Armenian Attacks Target Clerics in Tbilisi
TBILISI, Georgia—Clerics at the Holy Etchmiadzin Church in Tbilisi, were attacked in what the Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church of Georgia is calling a racially motivated assault, in an...
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