Category: Community
Mark Geragos Speaks at St. James Men’s Club
By Nancy Kalajian Special to the Mirror-Spectator WATERTOWN — Attorney Mark Geragos, the featured speaker on Monday, May 6, at the monthly dinner meeting of the Men’s Club of St. James Armenian Church of Watertown, MA drew an audience of over 500 men and women. The noted criminal defense attorney spoke about his new book, [...]
Banquet Honors Nazar and Artemis Nazarian
NEW YORK — About 400 friends and family members attended a banquet, jointly sponsored by the Armenian General Benevolent Union and the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America, honoring Nazar and Artemis Nazarian for their lifetime of service and philanthropy, on Friday May 10, at the Plaza Hotel. Presiding over the event was the [...]
SOAR Organizes Aid for Children Displaced by Orphanage Fire
YEREVAN — On the morning of May 5, an extensive fire broke out on the second floor of Mari Izmirlyan Orphanage, which houses approximately 100 children with special needs. The cause and extent of the fire is not yet known. The 42 children who occupied the second floor have been temporarily relocated, but permanent residences [...]
AGBU YPs Walk for Victims of Boston Marathon Tragedy
WATERTOWN — On Wednesday, May 15, members of the Armenian General Benevolent Union Young Professionals of Boston (AGBU YP) will lead a 5K untimed walk/ run through Watertown to benefit The One Fund. Registration begins at 6:30 p.m. at the AGBU Center, 247 Mt. Auburn St., and the walk begins at 7 p.m. AGBU YP [...]
April 24 Commemorated by Somber Joint Program
By Alin K. Gregorian Mirror-Spectator Staff WATERTOWN — The Hovnanian Hall of the Armenian Cultural and Educational Center (ACEC) was packed with hundreds of people who wanted to hear Armenia’s Ambassador to the United Nations Garen Nazarian on April 24, the day of the commemoration of the Armenian Genocide, around the world. Before the start [...]
Helen Anahid Sahagian
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Helen Sahagian died on March 28. Born in Boston, in 1920, Helen Anahid was the youngest child of Nevart Artemis Zartarian and Sahag Krikor Sahagian of Sebastia, Historic Armenia. After graduating from Arlington High School, she worked as a secretary while attending evening classes at Harvard University Extension School to earn a [...]
Nazar Nazarian: The Man and His Community
By Hagop Vartivarian ENGLEWOOD, N.J. — On the eve of the jubilee celebration of benefactor Nazar Nazarian’s community activities, the Mirror-Spectator is printing an interview from 2009 between Nazarian and Hagop Vartivarian, chairman of the New York/New Jersey branch of the Tekeyan Cultural Association. Nazarian is endorsed with certain unique virtues and principles which render [...]
Alma Hosts ‘Genocide: A Joint Commemoration’
By Gabriella Gage Mirror-Spectator Staff WATERTOWN — On Sunday, April 21, the Armenian Library and Museum of America (ALMA) hosted a joint commemoration to remember the 98th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, the 38th anniversary of the Cambodian Genocide and 10 years since the beginning of the ongoing genocide in Darfur. More than 60 people [...]
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