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For two centuries, Lord Byron’s Armenian connection has become the stuff of legend, and the fact that one of the greatest British poets took an interest in the Armenian culture to the point of learning the language has been widely discussed. He made his goal to get acquainted with Armenian culture and, more importantly, to study the Armenian language with …
What do the songs “Sardarabad” and “Erevan-Erebuni” have in common? Both of them were written on the same year, 1968, by the same poet, Paruyr Sevak, and musicalized by the same composer, Edgar Hovhannisian. He was born on January 14, 1930, in Yerevan. He finished the Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan in 1953 and then pursued post-graduate work at the Moscow…
This season, St. John the Baptist Armenian Church observed the Christmas holiday with a month of special events stretching from early December through early January. On Saturday night, December 17, St. John hosted a concert by the Narek Bell Choir. Conducted by Rev. Fr. Hovhan Khoja-Eynatyan of St. James Armenian Church, Evanston…
Մեր Տիրոջ՝ Յիսուս Քրիստոսի Սուրբ Ծննդեան եւ Աստուածայայտնութեան տօնի հրաշազարդ այս օրը, համախմբուած մեր եկեղեցիներում, օրհնաբանում ենք նորածին Փրկչին՝ միմեանց փոխանցելով փրկաւետ ողջոյնը. «Քրիստոս ծնաւ եւ յայտնեցաւ, ձեզ եւ մեզ մեծ աւետիս»։ …
On this miraculous day of the Nativity and Theophany of our Lord Jesus Christ, gathered in our churches, we praise the newborn Savior, conveying the salvific good news to each other “Christ is born and revealed, to you and to us a great tiding”. The graces of the Nativity of our Lord grant the humanity a blessed life anchored in godliness, kindness, truth and justice arm souls in despair over loss and pain, with hope and optimism, bring healing and replenishment to hearts deserted from lack of kindness and love, and strengthen them to face difficulties and overcome …
Hakob Hovhannisian was an important figure in the period of organization of science in Soviet Armenia, and like many others, he became a victim of the Stalinist purges…
His actual name was Karekin Der Harutiunian, and he was born on January 1, 1886, in the family of a priest (hence the surname Der Harutiunian) in the village of Kznout, Nakhichevan. He adopted the surname Nejhdeh in 1906. He became commander of the armed forces in the region of Zanguezur (nowadays Siunik) in October 1919…
Kohar Kasparian, was one of the most brilliant Armenian opera singers of the twentieth century, a coloratura soprano also known as the “Nightingale of Armenia.” She was born Kohar Khachaturian on December 14, 1924, in Cairo…
Earthquakes have frequently hit Armenia throughout history. Soviet Armenia had three major quakes in the first fifty years of existence in Leninakan (1926) and Zangezur (1931 and 1968). The fourth earthquake would be the worst, prompting a global effort for relief that remained unprecedented in the history of the former Soviet Union…
The Armenian-Turkish war of 1920 put the Republic of Armenia on the brink of collapse. It also brought back the very real threat of physical disappearance for the Armenian people. The secret pact signed between the Turkish Great National Assembly led by Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk) and Soviet Russia…
