Lebanon

HOUSTON, Tex. — Mariam “Maro” Bedrosian, a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother, a passionate advocate for Armenian culture and education, and a woman of extraordinary strength and resilience, passed away[...]

Is artistic talent hereditary or is it learned? In families with several great musicians, like the Bach or the Strauss families, and in the visual arts, as in the cases[...]

BEIRUT (AP/Vatican News) – Pope Leo XIV challenged Lebanon’s political leaders on Sunday, November 30, to be true peacemakers and put their differences aside, as he sought to give Lebanon’s[...]

LOS ANGELES — Dr. Mihran Simonian, the son of genocide survivors, was born in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1933. A gifted student, he was admitted to the French Lycée, where he[...]

WATERTOWN — Siran Salibian, the decades-long Activity Director of the Armenian Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, passed away peacefully on June 28, 2025 in Irvine, California, with her beloved children, Garo[...]

A powerhouse of philanthropic vision and a pillar of strength to the Armenian community of Lebanon, steel industrialist Sarkis Demirdjian died on June 8, 2025, at age 92, with an[...]

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[...]

WATERTOWN — Arsinée Keusseyan of Watertown, MA, passed away peacefully at age 93 on December 21, 2024. She was born in Iskenderoun (formerly Syria, now Turkey). After the annexation of[...]

YEREVAN/GENEVA — The Beirut-born Vicken Bayramian is an international business lawyer and serial entrepreneur. He holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in International Business, Trade, and Tax Law from Sorbonne[...]