Topic: Rural Armenia

By Kushane Chobanyan As the cheerful chatter of birds fills the morning air in the western Armenian village of Nor Kyank, a group of women gather with milk buckets and[...]

BOSTON — The Armenian American Medical Association of Boston (AAMA) and the Fund for Armenian Relief (FAR) have banded together to bring heart health to rural citizens of Armenia. The[...]

SVARANTS, Armenia — On a recent Sunday morning, a woman receives a blessing from a priest at the Tatev Monastery, the walls echoing with the Surb Surb hymn. Someone else[...]

This week the 7 Most Endangered Programme, a civil society campaign to save Europe’s endangered heritage, announced its list of endangered sites. Among those was Arakelots Monastery and Settlement in[...]

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Friends and supporters of the Armenian EyeCare Project (AECP) came together on November 23, 2024, at the Balboa Bay Resort here for the organization’s annual gala.[...]

NEW YORK CITY—  The Children of Armenia Fund (COAF) hosted its 21st Annual Holiday Gala on December 14 at Cipriani’s in New York City, uniting over 450 supporters for an[...]

By Gayane Muradyan YEREVAN — As Victor Hugo has said, “He who opens the school door closes a prison.” In these anxious and insecure days ahead of the New Year,[...]

NEW YORK — The Children of Armenia Fund (COAF) will host its largest fundraiser of the year with its 21st Annual Holiday Gala on Saturday, December 14, at Cipriani 25[...]

Ed and Janet Mardigian, longtime champions of the Armenian community, have dedicated their lives to philanthropy, building on a legacy of compassion and service that spans generations. Raised in families[...]

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — FIDEC Armenia’s Medical Director and infectious diseases specialist, Dr. Pablo Elmassian successfully completed an ultramarathon from Buenos Aires to Montevideo, covering a distance of 600 kilometers in[...]