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Poet Aramayis Sahakian was synonymous with the satirical weekly, Vozni (“Hedgehog”) for over three decades. He was born in Artsvashen (province of Gegharkunik), on May 25, 1936, in the Armenian exclave occupied by Azerbaijan since 1992. He graduated from the language and history department of the Khachatur Abovian State Teacher Training Institute (now university) in 1960 and followed the courses of literature …
Alexander Khatisian, one of the prime ministers of the first Republic of Armenia, was a remarkable public figure before and after the crucial years of 1918-1920.
He was born in Tiflis (nowadays Tbilisi), the capital of Georgia, on February 17, 1874. He belonged to a well-to-do family. His brother Kostandin Khatisian (1864-1913) was among the founding members of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation.
After graduating from the local gymnasium (Russian high school) in 1891, Khatisian went to Russia to pursue higher education.
This week at the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, the Supreme Spiritual Council held its winter meeting, presided over by His Holiness Karekin II. With its adjournment on March 3, the Council released its report, which includes announcements that will be greeted as welcome news to the entire Armenian Church, and to the faithful of our Diocese in particular. We wish to share them with you here…
Reading the list of translations by Samvel Mkrtchyan is simply humbling. His translation of a text like James Joyce’s Ulysses (2012), published two years before his untimely death, crowned the career of this prolific translator. Mkrtchyan was born on February 25, 1959, in Talin (Armenia). In 1983 he graduated from the Valery …Brusov University, specialized in foreign languages. Afterwards…
Despite a winter storm that dropped six inches of snow on Milwaukee, St. John the Baptist Armenian Church celebrated Ghevontiants and Vartanants as planned on February 16, 2023. The event brought Midwest clergy from the Diocese and the Prelacy together in a joint observation of a pivotal event from Armenian history….
20,000 fatalities reported so far from the massive 7.8-magnitude earthquake that hit the region of Cilicia and northern Syria, with epicenter in the province of Gaziantep (Aintab), in southern Turkey, on early Monday, February 6. Following the devastating earthquake, His Holiness Catholicos Aram I has remained in constant contact with the spiritual and lay leadership of …
The disaster has affected many towns and cities with deep historical connections to the Armenian people; has damaged a number of Armenian churches in the region; and has brought pain and sorrow to many of our brothers and sisters. May our Lord have mercy on them all. Over the past days I have been in further contact with our church leaders in the disaster zone, notably…
The Armenian Church commemorates St. Sarkis the Warrior, his son Mardiros, and 14 faithful soldiers. This is a moveable feast that can occur between January 11 and February 16. Sarkis was a 4th century Roman soldier who became a Christian. He rose through the military ranks because of his valiant campaign on behalf of Emperor Constantine. With the accession of Emperor Julian…
The house-museum of Yeghishe Charents (1897-1937) in Yerevan keeps the memory of one of the greatest names of Armenian poetry and symbol of the Stalinist purge of Armenian intelligentsia in 1936-1938. The museum, installed at the building where Charents lived the last two years of his life (6 Sundukian Street at the time, now Mashtots Avenue 17), was created by decision …
Karp (Karapet) [pronounced Garabaed] Khachvankian was born in Akhaltskha (Javakhk, in present-day Georgia). He moved to Tbilisi in 1928 with his family and studied at the actor’s school of the local film studio from 1941-1944. Karp was known as the “King of Laughter,” was particularly well-known in Armenia for his comedic roles, which turned him into one of the most …
