WASHINGTON (Armenpress) —President Barack Obama on July 14 met the new ambassadors appointed to the US and accepted their credentials, including Tigran Sargisian, who is serving as Armenia’s new ambassador[...]
By Tom Vartabedian WATERTOWN — Whether it’s posting your calendar item or promoting a cultural venue, look no further than Tatoul Badalian. He is a community catalyst who works in[...]
WATERTOWN — On June 1, Saint James Armenian Church celebrated the graduation of 15 Sunday School students. Following Divine Liturgy, the graduates received diplomas from Fr. Arakel Aljalian and Superintendent Marsha[...]
WATERTOWN — On Sunday, June 15, St. James Armenian Apostolic Church held its annual Scholarship Sunday event, presenting 25 scholarships totaling more than $21,000 to St. James members who are college[...]
DETROIT — On Friday, June 20, some six hundred commissioners to the 221st General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) adopted with near unanimity a resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide and[...]
ISTANBUL (Demokrat Haber) — Linguist, tourism pioneer and dissident writer Sevan Nishanian is being moved from the “maximum-security” Sakran Prison in Aliaga to Yenipazar Prison in Aydin. This will the fourth[...]
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Samuel “Sam” Mirakian, 84, died in June. Souren “Sam” Mirakian was born at home in Cleveland, Ohio on October 5, 1929, the youngest of three children of Hovaness[...]
By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach Special to the Mirror-Spectator POTSDAM, Germany — Johannes Lepsius is known for his work as a pastor and humanitarian who intervened on behalf of the Ottoman Armenians in[...]
By Edmond Y. Azadian Two decades after the collapse of the Soviet empire, global political realignments continue. Caught in the drift are small nations such as Armenia, struggling to define[...]
LOS ANGELES — In an air of celebration, the Tekeyan Cultural Association’s (TCA) Arshag Dickranian School (ADS) held its 33rd Commencement Ceremony for its 12th, eighth and fifth grades on[...]
H.R. 4347 Requires the U.S. Secretary of State to issue an annual report to Congress on the fate of Christian properties in Turkey WASHINGTON — The House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC)[...]
