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SAINTLY WOMEN’S DAY 2020

A week before many events throughout the U.S. were being cancelled from fear of the coronavirus, the Armenian Church Eastern Diocese’s annual Midwest Saintly Women’s Day was held as scheduled on March 14. This year’s host congregation, St. John the Baptist, Greenfield, drew attendees from neighboring Armenian communities and the participation of several Midwest area clergy

THE UNTOLD STORY OF HOW THE YMCA SAVED LIVES DURING THE GENOCIDE

During the beleaguered years of the First Armenian Republic (1918-1920), two Americans, John Elder and James Arroll, YMCA volunteers, traveled to Armenia and may have saved as many as 100,000 lives and left behind a priceless documentary record of the Genocide.

Şahan Arzruni in Milwaukee

Although Şahan Arzruni played the straight man alongside Victor Borge in concert for several years, the Istanbul-born, New York-based musician has enjoyed an accomplished career in his own right as concert pianist, recording artist and musicologist.

Milwaukee Armenian Fest 2018

Armenian Fest has become the Milwaukee Armenian community’s opportunity to give southeastern Wisconsin a taste of Armenian food, culture and hospitality.

ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED AT SOUTH MILWAUKEE’S ARMENIAN CEMETERY

over 85 Armenians from Southeast Wisconsin gathered for Outdoor Divine Liturgy and a madagh (memorial) meal at Holy Resurrection Armenian Cemetery in South Milwaukee. The date, Father’s Day, was chosen as an occasion for remembering the founding fathers of the cemetery as well as family members buried there. It also coincided with the 70th anniversary of the cemetery’s consecration.

Primate Visits Milwaukee Area Church

the Primate of the Eastern Diocese, Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, conducted Divine Liturgy at St. John the Baptist Armenian Church. His visit marked the 77th anniversary of the parish’s founding. Very Rev. Mamigon Kilidjian, Dean of St. Vartan Cathedral, also took part in the celebration by conducting the church’s choir.

The Hundred-Year Walk: An Armenian Odyssey

Grandfather’s writings became the basis for MacKeen’s book, The Hundred-Year Walk: An Armenian Odyssey. Called a “must read” by the New York Post, The Hundred-Year Walk reframes his memoirs and recounts her own journey to Turkey and Syria in 2007. She retraced his steps from his hometown in Adabazar (now Adapazari), east of Istanbul, to the Syrian city of Raqqua on the Euphrates River.

The Hundred-Year Walk

MacKeen’s grandfather left behind a memoir of his experience that became the inspiration for her own journey. In 2007 MacKeen, a journalist whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Smart Money and elsewhere, set forth for Turkey and Syria to retrace her ancestor’s steps.

Sardarabad and Arax Dancers Enact Armenia’s Rebirth

Over eighty five dancers from the Sardarabad Dance Ensemble of Hamazkayin Chicago and the Arax Dance Group of Hamazkayin Detroit took the stage at the South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center in a performance whose focus was the resilience of Armenia’s people and culture.