Lebanon

GLENDALE, Calif. — On Saturday, April 15, 2023, Dr. Vartkes Najarian passed away peacefully at his home in Glendale, CA, surrounded by his wife, children, their spouses, grandchildren and great-grandchild.[...]

LOS ANGELES — On Wednesday, April 12, the Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA introduced a newly endowed lecture series named in honor of the Kerr family. With the backing of[...]

WATERTOWN — Houry Boyamian, principal of St. Stephen’s Armenian Elementary School (SSAES) for the past 35 years, is looking forward to a well-deserved retirement. For Boyamian, the position has not[...]

VALPARISO, In. — Devarj Design Agency announced recently that Shanoor Varjabedian Devarj, owner, creative director, speaker, and an artist from Valparaiso and Munster, Indiana, as well as Chicago, was one[...]

“Saffeh is basically a parsley salad – since there’s no lettuce in it. What sets saffeh apart from tabbouli is the chickpeas and bulgur. Coarse bulgur is used for saffeh,[...]

YEREVAN — Hrair Diarbekirian is one of the prominent representatives of contemporary Lebanese fine art. Born in Beirut, in 1946, he attended the Academie Libanaise des Beaux Arts. A staple[...]

The world of Armenian literature is all the richer for the compilation of renowned poet Vahe-Vahian’s private letters, published posthumously in 2012, under the title The Heart of the Poet.[...]

In 1986, Chef Kamal Al‑Faqih made his debut as the owner and head chef of Med Catering, Inc., the first exclusively Mediterranean catering company in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area.[...]

LOS ANGELES — The Western Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church reported on Sunday, December 18 the passing of former Primate Archbishop Vatche Hovsepian. He was 92 years old. Archbishop[...]

BEIRUT — Joumana Accad, creator of the celebrated food blog TasteofBeirut.com, is a native Lebanese, a trained pastry chef and a professional caterer. In her debut cookbook, Taste of Beirut,[...]