THE DREAM MUST BE CONTINUED

Richard Hovanissian opened his Oct. 18 talk at Marquette University Law School by reflecting on this year’s centennial observation of the Armenian Genocide. The UCLA professor emeritus commented on the amount of good press and academic conferences the Armenian cause received in 2015, Pope Francis’ proclamation, and the unity shown by the Armenian community. But the events of a century ago and their ongoing implications, rather than the commemoration, were the primary subject of his talk.

Read more

“I AM ARMENIAN”

Milwaukee Armenian Community member David Luhrssen was the guest speaker at UCLA’s “I Am Armenian” program. A film series marking the centennial of the Genocide, “I Am Armenian” features Armenian films and discussion between guests and host Carla Garapedian.

Read more

BREAKING THE WALL OF SHAME

According to statistics quoted by Rev. Fr. Vazken Movsesian, one woman is physically assaulted every nine seconds in the U.S. and three women die in America each day at the hands of husbands and boyfriends. Movsesian was speaking at the annual Saintly Women’s Day, hosted on March 15 by St. John the Baptist Armenian Church in Milwaukee.

Read more

The Mazmanian Family’s Midwest Concert

The Mazmanian Family took its audience on a musical world tour with Armenia as the home base. At their Oct. 26 concert in Milwaukee, the quartet journeyed across Eastern Europe, to Spain via Cuba, to Ireland and the U.S., but their repertoire’s heart and soul was rooted in the Armenian homeland.

Read more

RABBI SHAPIRO AT MILWAUKEE’S MARTYRS’ DAY

As part of its remembrance of the Armenian Genocide, St. John the Baptist Armenian Church of Milwaukee has invited a prominent local rabbi, Ronald Shapiro, to give a presentation after dinner. Aside from his work at Milwaukee’s Congregation Shalom, Rabbi Shapiro teaches contemporary Jewish studies at Cardinal Stritch University and is active in the city’s interfaith movement.

Read more

POON PAREGENTAN 2012 IN MILWAUKEE

One hundred and twenty people crowded the Culture Hall at St. John the Baptist Armenian Church for this year’s Milwaukee-area Poon Paregentan celebration. The featured attraction at the big party before the beginning of Great Lent was MidEast Beat, a band from Racine, WI.

Read more

GHEVONTIANTS CELEBRATED IN MILWAUKEE

On February 14, 2012, priests of the Armenian Church’s Eastern Diocese gathered from across Wisconsin and Illinois at St. John the Baptist Armenian Church, Greenfield. They came to celebrate Ghevontiants.

Read more

VARTANANTS PROGRAM IN MILWAUKEE 2011

In a talk at St. John Armenian Church of Milwaukee during its Feb. 27 observation of Vartanants, Dr. Levon Saryan provided the battle with its historical context, outlining the events that came before and after Avarayr.

Read more

DONNIE RASK IN RECITAL

Donald Rask was one of only three teenage piano students from the Milwaukee area to take part in the Milwaukee Music Teachers Association Youth Concert. He earned his position in the program by passing a citywide audition held in 2010.

Read more

PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE GERMAN SCHOLAR ON THE GENOCIDE

(Greenfield, Wis.) A mother tries to protect her baby from the bitter cold by cradling her tightly. All around are other tired faces registering anxiety. These are among the images of the Armenian Genocide collected by Hilmar Kaiser and shown in a powerpoint presentation at St. John the Baptist Armenian Church, Greenfield, on December 5, 2007.

An independent German scholar, Kaiser has lectured across North America, Europe and the Middle East and published several books and essays on the Genocide. He drew his presentation at St. John from German sources by painstakingly identifying German military officers and consular officials known to have observed the Genocide and likely to have taken photographs. Kaiser approached the families of these men and searched the archives of the Foreign Office, navy and other organizations they were affiliated with.

Read more