NEW YORK — This year marks the 40th anniversary of Archbishop Khajag Barsamian’s ordination into[...]
BURLINGTON, Mass. — The Armenian Women’s Welfare Association (AWWA) held its annual luncheon/auction on Saturday, November 12, at the Burlington Marriott. Sold out to an audience of more than 330 supporters, this year’s benefit[...]
By Hagop Vartivarian NEW YORK —More than 20 years ago, a handful of New Yorkers, largely young Armenians, inspired by the Karabagh liberation movement, created the Karabagh Committee. They set to work in the American-Armenian community[...]
By Florence Avakian Special to the Mirror-Spectator BAYSIDE, N.Y. — Datev Monastery in Goris; Hovhannes Shiraz Museum in Gumri; a Meghri backyard with old wooden houses on stilts; Baalbek Temple in Lebanon; the Bridge of Sighs in Venice;[...]
By Hagop Vartivarian Two months ago, I received a warm and touching invitation, by phone, to join a pilgrimage. Suffice it to say that I was in a dream world until my departure for Historical Armenia. Each day of that entire[...]
By Dr. Louis M. Najarian In September 2011, Elenne, my wife, and I participated in a pilgrimage to historic Armenia (Anatolia) with Armen Aroyan. Aroyan is an encyclopedia on the villages and life in historic Armenia during the 20th[...]
By Aram Arkun Mirror-Spectator Staff RICHMOND, Va. — Elizabeth Cann Kambourian was a student at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, majoring in history when she decided to write her honors thesis on the first Republic of[...]
By Tom Vartabedian BOSTON — Throughout the past century, Fenway Park has served as the home of the Boston Red Sox with many an auspicious moment to be celebrated. Now it has served as the center of another attraction — the[...]
By Alin Gregorian Mirror-Spectator Staff BOSTON — Stepanakert, the home of Archbishop Pargev Martirossian, the Primate of the Karabagh Diocese, is a world away from the US, but for this ambassador of this tiny republic and man of God, no[...]
By Aram Arkun Mirror-Spectator Staff BELMONT, Mass. — Many people know the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR), based in this suburb of Boston, as a bookstore specializing in English language works on Armenians[...]
By Daphne Abeel Mirror-Spectator Staff CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — On Wednesday, November 16, Fatma Muge Goçek, associate professor of sociology and women’s studies at the University of Michigan, gave a lecture at Harvard University’s Knafel[...]
