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OAKLAND GARDENS, N.Y. — In 1994, an ambitious group of Holy Martyrs Armenian Day School (HMADS) supporters gathered to establish an all-volunteer fundraising committee known as Friends of HMADS. Under[...]

NEW YORK — On Friday, February 20, 2015, the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) joined Columbia University, the Armenian Center at Columbia University and the World Monuments Fund in sponsoring[...]

LEXINGTON, Mass. — On Sunday, April 12, at 2 p.m., the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) in partnership with the Near East Foundation will present a special[...]

By Florence Avakian NEW YORK — Dr. Edgar Housepian was legendary for his pioneering medical, humanitarian and compassionate works. A man who typified to the greatest extent the Hippocratic oath,[...]

By Aram Arkun Mirror-Spectator Staff MEDFORD, Mass. — Thomas de Waal has been on a whirlwind tour of the United States to promote his new book, Great Catastrophe: Armenians and[...]

  RADNOR, Penn. — Local NBC news affiliate, WCAU NBC10, was present as students at the Armenian Sisters Academy commemorated the historic Battle of Avarayr, a major milestone in the[...]

FRESNO — Alice Vartanian, a resident of Fresno and a native of Lowell, Mass., was featured in the Fresno Bee’s Central Valley Magazine in December 2014. Her family’s favorite classic[...]

LOS ANGELES — The Central Office of the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) Central Office announces the appointment of Talin Yacoubian as chair of the Western District Committee of the[...]

  By Ruth Bedevian CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. — The Armenian International Women’s Association – New Jersey Affiliate (AIWA NJ) is organizing a commemorative luncheon on Sunday, March 8, at the[...]

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Cambridge-based Ararat Lodge of the Knights of Vartan (K of V) successfully sent off of its 11th forty-foot container of aid to needy hospitals, medical clinics and[...]

  BELMONT, Mass. — Umit Kurt of Clark University will present a talk entitled “‘Legal’ and ‘Official’ Plundering of Armenian and Jewish Properties During the Armenian Genocide and Holocaust: A[...]