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BEIRUT (Armenpress) — Nora Bayrakdarian has been appointed Lebanon’s Minister of Youth and Sports, the Lebanese Aztag newspaper reported on February 11. Bayrakdarian, an Armenian-Lebanese Professor, is a lecturer at[...]

BEIRUT (L’Orient-Le Jour) — Armenians across the Middle East and the rest of the diaspora were shocked by reports that on February 1, the Very Rev. Anania Koujanian, Deputy Archbishop of[...]

NEW YORK — Nubar Kupelian was born in Egypt on November 1, 1933, to Armenian Genocide survivors Megerditch and Araxi. He was one of three children, with an older sister[...]

BEIRUT — Respected Lebanese food stylist, cookbook author, blogger, and photographer Joumana Accad loves Mexican cuisine. At her TasteofBeirut.com food blog, she says, “I love Mexican cuisine as much as I love Lebanese[...]

By Dr. Cara Aghajanian Special to the Mirror-Spectator This week marked seminal events for the Armenian community, Lebanon, and the world. As part of his cause for canonization, the mortal remains[...]

BEIRUT — Hasmig Ouzounian Babahekian was born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1942, and passed away on January 2, 2024 at the age of 81. Hasmig’s parents were the late Joseph[...]

By Alexander-Michael Hadjilyra ANTELIAS, Lebanon — Ara Mandjikian was born in Karadouran, Kessab, Syria, on March 21, 1942. At a young age, he and his family moved to Bourj Hammoud,[...]

BEIRUT — The Vahan Tekeyan School in Lebanon announced the inauguration of the Sam and Sylva Simonian Kindergarten on Sunday, October 1. This event took place on the school premises[...]

WATERTOWN — Tekeyan Cultural Association West Coast members and friends have contributed $10,400 towards the purchase of an urgently needed school bus for the Vahan Tekeyan School in Beirut, Lebanon.[...]

BEIRUT — The once-mighty Armenian diasporan community of Lebanon has suffered greatly as a result of the nonstop onslaught on the country’s economy. While many have left to seek a[...]