Being able to represent a country at the Olympics is not the easiest thing to do, but for the fortune few who get that opportunity, it is an experience not likely to be forgotten.
Ani Serebrakian being honored by the Armenian community in Vancouver
For athletes who want to participate in the Olympics, it is more than [...]

Three prominent Armenian jewelers spoke about their trade and the jewelry industry on Wed., March 10 at the Armenian Diocese in New York. Hosted by the Zohrab Center and the Armenian Network of New York, this unique event allowed participants to get an inside look into the jewelry industry and how it pertains to Armenians, [...]

NEW YORK—Harut Sassounian, the publisher of the California Courier newspaper, will speak at the 95th commemoration of the Armenian Genocide on Sun., April 25 from 2-4 p.m. in Times Square, New York.
Harut Sassounian
A seasoned writer whose weekly editorials appear widely in both Armenian and non-Armenian media, Sassounian also authored the book The Armenian Genocide: The [...]

NORTH ANDOVER, Mass.—One year after his death, the indomitable spirit of Rev. Vartan Kassabian continues to hover over St. Gregory Church like an old, rugged cross.
Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan presides over the consecration of a memorial honoring the late Rev. Vartan Kassabian in the new courtyard of St. Gregory Church in North Andover. (Left) Megerdich “Mgo” [...]

CHELMSFORD, Mass.—For Felix Gregorian, nothing could make him prouder than having two sons attend the most prestigious military academies in the land.
The Gregorian brothers
Not even two service tours overseas with the United States Army in Iraq and Afghanistan where he was immersed into a hotbed of hostility.
Say what you want about sibling rivalries, but when [...]

SOUTHFIELD, Mich.—In September 1978, the AGBU Alex and Marie Manoogian School of Southfield sponsored its first Homecoming. The festivities commenced with the election of the Homecoming Court and concluded with a soccer game and the crowning of the Homecoming Queen. From a court of eight high school students, Dawn Arslanian was crowned Homecoming Queen by [...]

Armenian Weekly sports correspondent Antranig Dereyan reports from Vancouver.
VANCOUVER, Canada (A.W.)—The 21st Winter Olympic Games came to a close on Sun., Feb 28. But Team Armenia had to take care of two more things before they could attend the Closing Ceremony at BC Place: Arsen Nersisyan’s run in the slalom, and gathering with fellow Armenians [...]

MEDFORD, Mass.—Tufts University, the Darakjian-Jafarian Chair in Armenian History, the Department of History, and the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) will sponsor the annual Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide at Tufts on Tues., April 6, at 7 p.m. The Tufts Day of Remembrance will feature a talk by former governor of Massachusetts [...]

NEW YORK—The Mid-Atlantic Knights and Daughters of Vartan will hold their Third Annual Awards Dinner on Sat., March 27, under the auspices of His Eminence Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, Primate of the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern) at Kavookjian Hall in New York.
The Lifetime Humanitarian Benefactor Award will be presented to Anoush Mathevosian [...]

By Elaine Krikorian
YEREVAN, Armenia—One of the unshakeable first questions any newcomer to Armenia has to answer is “Why are you here?” This question is not asked to make small talk, as it might be in any well-traveled tourist destination of the world; on the part of the asker, an Armenian from Armenia, the question comes [...]