ARS Eastern USA to Host Shadoyan Fashion Show

ARS Eastern USA to Host Shadoyan Fashion Show

  ARS of Eastern USA will host a unique event featuring Shadoyan Fashion Couture House from Armenia. The Armenian Relief Society (ARS) of Eastern USA will host a unique event featuring Shadoyan Fashion Couture House from Armenia. This fashion show of traditional costumes and evening gowns will take place on Oct. 6, in Washington Township, […]

Pianist and Composer Karén Hakobyan Named Armenia Fund’s Cultural Program Advisor

Pianist and Composer Karén Hakobyan Named Armenia Fund’s Cultural Program Advisor

PARAMUS, N.J.—Armenia Fund USA Eastern Region affiliate recently announced the addition of Armenian-American pianist and composer Karén Hakobyan as their new cultural program advisor. Karén Hakobyan On behalf of the board of Armenia Fund USA, Executive Director Lisa Stepanian explained the decision: “As a non-profit organization focused on building infrastructures, many of which include the […]

Gathering in NJ for Artsakh Fund’s Arajamugh Village Expansion Project

Gathering in NJ for Artsakh Fund’s Arajamugh Village Expansion Project

  More than 50 friends and community members gathered at the home of Alex and Talar Sarafian in Paramus on June 5. PARAMUS, N.J.—More than 50 friends and community members gathered at the home of Alex and Talar Sarafian in Paramus on June 5 in support the Arajamugh Village Expansion Project, a collaboration between the […]

Armenia Fund USA Funds Akhtala Toxic Pollution Cleanup

Armenia Fund USA Funds Akhtala Toxic Pollution Cleanup

PARAMUS, N.J.—The Armenian Apostolic Church monastery in Akhtala is a historic community site where children visit and families picnic. This beautiful monastery was built on land that was previously a 10th-century fortress and coppers mine. The main church of this monastery was built at the end of the 12th century and rebuilt during the 13th […]

Prelacy Honors Peter Balakian

Prelacy Honors Peter Balakian

NEW YORK—The Pashalian Hall at St. Illuminator Cathedral was filled with the faithful of the New York metropolitan area on June 27, to honor writer Peter Balakian, the winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Peter Balakian addressing the crowd The evening’s program was guided by the master of ceremonies, Dr. Herand Markarian, who […]

An Affair to Remember: Friends of HMADS Hold Annual Gala Dinner Dance

An Affair to Remember: Friends of HMADS Hold Annual Gala Dinner Dance

By Arpi Arukian On Sat., May 21, the Holy Martyrs Armenian Day School (HMADS) community gathered at the North Hills Country Club in Manhasset to celebrate its beloved school. The annual gala dinner dance, a lavish affair organized by the Friends of HMADS fundraising committee, once again proved itself to be the school’s most significant […]

World Premiere of ‘Women of 1915’ Draws Hundreds in NJ

World Premiere of ‘Women of 1915’ Draws Hundreds in NJ

  Introduction On June 4, the Armenian Relief Society (ARS) of Eastern USA organized a program featuring the world premiere of Bared Maronian’s “Women of 1915,” a documentary that uncovers the vital role women played in the Armenian Genocide of 1915. Over a century later, audience members gathered at the Ciccone Theater at Bergen Community […]

AGBU Performing Arts Department Welcomes Tigran Hamasyan and His Luys i Luso Project

AGBU Performing Arts Department Welcomes Tigran Hamasyan and His Luys i Luso Project

 Sold-Out Audience Enjoys Experimental Multimedia Installation and Concert On May 4, the AGBU Performing Arts Department welcomed jazz prodigy Tigran Hamasyan and his Luys i Luso project at the Bric House Ballroom in Brooklyn. The project, Hamasyan’s rearrangement of 5th to 20th-century sacred Armenian music for piano and voices—in collaboration with the Yerevan State Choir—is […]

Balakian to Be Honored by Prelacy for Pulitzer Prize June 27

Balakian to Be Honored by Prelacy for Pulitzer Prize June 27

NEW YORK—Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan and the Executive Councils of the Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church will hold a reading and reception in honor of Peter Balakian, acclaimed writer and winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, on Mon., June 27, at 7 p.m., at Pashalian Hall, St. Illuminator’s Cathedral, 221 East 27th Street, New York […]

Walking Tour Discovers Philadelphia’s Armenian History

Walking Tour Discovers Philadelphia’s Armenian History

A crowd aged 11 to 91 gathered at Arlington Cemetery outside Philadelphia on May 14 to experience a walk through the city’s Armenian history. This is part of a growing trend throughout the diaspora in recent years to rediscover their history and piece together family trees torn apart by the genocide. Thanks to the digitizing […]