Tag: Armenia

Traveling To Karabakh Is An Elusive Prize For Many Visitors

OCP- May 9, 2013

The Artsakh Army marching band (Photo by Matthew Karanian) Tigranagert (Photo by Matthew Karanian) Matthew Karanian - 9/5/13 EDITOR’S NOTE: For a second time, Asbarez is ... Read More

Protesters mark Armenian Genocide, demand compensation

OCP- April 25, 2013

Stephen Dockery The Daily Star 24/4/13 BEIRUT: Thousands marched through Beirut Wednesday to call on Turkey to recognize the genocide that involved the systematic slaughter of 1.5 million Armenians ... Read More

Christian Armenians voice deep affiliation to Syria

OCP- April 25, 2013

Xinhua - 24/4/13 While marking the 98th anniversary of the Armenians' Martyrs Day, Scores of Christian Armenians participated in the prayers ceremony that was held ... Read More

Catholicos Karekin II meets CoE Secretary General

OCP- April 19, 2013

18/4/13 PanARMENIAN.Net - On April 18, Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II met with Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjørn Jagland. Karekin II highly assessed the support ... Read More

Remarks of His Holiness Karekin II Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians Inauguration of the Republic of Armenia

OCP- April 9, 2013

9/4/13 Your Excellency, Mr. President, Your Excellency, Mr. President of the Republic of Nagorno Karabagh, Honored President of the National Assembly, Your Eminences and Your ... Read More

Hasmik Poghosyan met with representatives of Armenian community in Georgia

OCP- March 26, 2013

26/3/13 YEREVAN, MARCH 25, ARMENPRESS. The Minister of Culture of the Republic of Armenia Hasmik Poghosyan paid a working visit to Tbilisi and had a ... Read More

Gems of Armenia: Cairo’s Arax Choir commemorates Aram Khachaturian

OCP- March 23, 2013

Ati Metwaly - 20/3/13 Armenian Community's Arax Choir conducted by Mihran Ghazelian commemorated the 110th anniversary of composer Aram Khachaturian last Saturday. On Saturday 16 ... Read More

Mother See urges Raffi Hovhannisian to stop hunger strike

OCP- March 15, 2013

YEREVAN, MARCH 15, ARMENPRESS. The Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin issued a statement regarding the post- election developments in Armenia. The statement the Information System ... Read More

I had a dream: A Stepanakert native looks back at Karabakh’s recent past

OCP- March 9, 2013

Naira Hayrumyan Naira Hayrumyan ArmeniaNow correspondent - 9/3/13 As a school girl I dreamed about my city one day becoming a really big capital to ... Read More

Ethiopia: The First Christian Nation?

OCP- March 6, 2013

By Brendan Pringle - 6/3/13 For centuries, historians have widely accepted the argument that Armenia was the first Christian nation. This important claim has become a ... Read More

Catholicos Aram I of the Holy See of Cilicia congratulated Serzh Sargsyan on his re- election

OCP- February 22, 2013

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 19, ARMENPRESS: His Holiness Catholicos Aram I of the Holy See of Cilicia sent a  congratulatory address to the President of the Republic ... Read More

Catholicos of all Armenians voted on Armenia’s presidential elections day in Holy Etchmiadzin

OCP- February 19, 2013

YEREVAN, February 18. /ARKA/. Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II voted at 19/11 polling station in Etchmiadzin town, Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin reported Monday. ... Read More

Armenia tries to help as Christian Armenians flee Syria

OCP- February 14, 2013

Diana Markosian, Special for USA TODAY – 14/2/13 An estimated 7,000 of Syria's Christian-Armenian community have arrived in Armenia since the start of the uprising ... Read More

The Armenians: Unsung Supporter of Hellenism

OCP- February 14, 2013

Catherine Tsounis - 14/2/13 “The Armenians are our brothers,” said Mr. Constantine Parthenis my Modern Greek instructor at St. Demetrios Greek American School in 1950’s ... Read More

Armenian book’s divine breath through the ages

OCP- February 9, 2013

Georgiy Saakov - 8/2/2013 Tashkent, Uzbekistan - The very first hand-written Armenian book that came to be known as "Astvatsashunch" ("The divine breath") was the Bible ... Read More

Clergy Conference Held in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin

OCP- February 7, 2013

On 5 February 2013, on the occasion of the Feast of St. Ghevond the Priest and his Companions, a Clergy Conference was held at the ... Read More

Georgia’s Ivanishvili Wants ‘Ideal’ Ties With Armenia

OCP- January 18, 2013

Sargis Harutyunyan - 18/1/13 Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili pledged to seek the restoration of Georgia’s railway communication with Russia, vital for Armenia, and help make ... Read More

Armenian Lighthouse Charitable Foundation Completes Chapel for Religious Services

OCP- December 30, 2012

  30/12/12 LONG BEACH, Calif. and PTGHUNK, Armenia — Zuhrab and Seta Ghazarian, the founders of the Armenian Lighthouse Charitable Foundation (ALCF), the organization formerly ... Read More

Experiencing Traditional Holidays in Armenia

OCP- December 30, 2012

BY CATHERINE YESAYAN -30/12/12 Asbarez contributor Catherine Yesayan, who is the one of two authors of the “Community Links” column spent the summer in Armenia. ... Read More

PanARMENIAN.Net – Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II met with legendary French actor Alain Delon.

OCP- December 19, 2012

19/12/12 PanARMENIAN.Net -  Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II met with legendary French actor Alain Delon. His Holiness briefed Mr. Delon on the mission of ... Read More

Armenians Fleeing Anew as Syria Erupts in Battle

OCP- December 13, 2012

Displaced young Syrian Armenians at the recently opened Cilician School in Yerevan, Armenia.  ALIA MALEK - 11/12/12 YEREVAN, Armenia — At the newly opened Cilician ... Read More