Topic: Beirut explosion
WATERTOWN – The recent catastrophic war in Nagorno Karabakh and the resulting humanitarian disaster seems to have moved the problems of other Armenian communities to the backburner. But many of our communities also face survival[...]
LONDON (PanARMENIAN.Net) — The British auction house Christie’s announced on August 22 that it will support Beirut’s throbbing art community with a charity auction, Grazia reports. The tragic explosion in Beirut affected local[...]
NEW YORK — The Knights and Daughters of Vartan have launched a fundraising campaign to aid Lebanon following the devastating explosive destruction that took place in its capital city of Beirut on Tuesday, August 4. Humanitarian[...]
YEREVAN (Armenpress) — The government of Armenia is developing a package of regulations that will enable it to “worthily” receiving repatriates from Lebanon after the August 4 Beirut blast, the High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs[...]
BEIRUT (Combined Sources) — According to Lebanese sources, 11 Armenians were among the approximately 200 killed after the explosion in the city’s port on Tuesday, August 4, and 250 were injured. They were residents of various parts[...]
YEREVAN — The Co-Founders of the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative Noubar Afeyan, Vartan Gregorian and Ruben Vardanyan, and the Chair of the Aurora Prize Selection Committee Lord Ara Darzi have announced that Aurora will donate $200.000 to[...]
By Robert Fisk Well, we can all agree that the sea took 70 percent of the blast!” a close Lebanese friend announced to me this week, with intriguing if doubtful science. I had asked him — because I knew the answer — which of[...]
ECHMIADZIN — On Sunday, August 9, Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II led a solemn hokehankisd service, to pray for the repose of victims of the August 4 explosion in Beirut. The requiem service followed the Divine Liturgy[...]
LONDON — By the decision of the Primate of the Diocese of the Armenian Church in the United Kingdom and Ireland, Bishop Hovakim Manukyan, a prayer service for Lebanon and for the loving memory of all who perished because of this[...]
WATERTOWN – The aftermath of the terrible Beirut explosion of August 4 will affect Lebanon for a long time to come. The unnecessary loss of life is a cause for mourning throughout the world. The treatment of the wounded and the[...]