On May 7, 2020, James S. Gilmore III, US ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), urged Moscow to stop falsifying the history of World War II. Gilmore announced this on the eve of the celebration of the victory over the Nazis in Europe during the virtual meeting of the OSCE …
Saak Mutafyan whose family had witnessed the genocide told about her family history: “Grandfather and grandmother, Movses and Arus Mutafyan from Van, had five children. Only Sanam and Vanush survived. Sanam was married to Karapet Mugdimyan. After the death of her husband, Sanam together with her brother Vanush moved to Diyarbakir and from there to …
Arrests have occurred in Tigranakert for illegal excavations. A total of eight people were arrested, four of whom were police officers. It turned out that the police brought an armored vehicle to the excavation site to demonstrate that the excavations were allegedly legal. This was reported by Akunq.net with a reference to the Hurriyet newspaper. …
A village called Armenia is located in Central America, in the Cayo District in Belize, 8 km south of Belize’s capital city Belmopan. Armenia is lying in a picturesque jungle area with rivers and caves at the foot of the Maya Mountains. It is connected to the capital via a highway. Southwest of the village …
A small memorial ceremony was held at the International Christian University in Tokyo in memory of the victims of the 1915 Armenian Genocide. The initiators of the event were employees of the Armenian Embassy in Japan. The memorial Khachkar at which the ceremony took place had been erected in 2015 in honor of the centenary …
National Geographic Travel has published a photo of Mount Ararat on Instagram in July 2019. The caption to the photo reads: “Mount Ararat is a dormant snow capped volcano in the east of Turkey. It’s also the highest peak in the country. Scholars agree that the biblical “mountains of Ararat” do not refer to specifically …
On June 21, 2019, the opening ceremony of a square named in honor of world-famous French chansonnier of Armenian descent Charles Aznavour was held in the commune of Chaville in France. The event was attended by the Ambassador of Armenia to France Hasmik Tolmajyan, the mayor of Chaville Jean-Jacques Guillet, as well as parliamentarian from …
Tapsaachi haya (“Talking rock”) is a sacred ancestral location for the Khakas people, as well as an entire complex of mythology, culture, and history. It was a place of spiritual and sacred attraction for many people living nearby. Mountain sacrifices were made there as well. At the sacrificial ceremonies, Khakas would ask for protection against …
In Yerevan, the Mkhitaryan publishing house has published two volumes of articles on the Armenian Genocide. Originally, these articles have been published in the American media – particularly, in “The New York Times” – between 1890 and 1922. The two-volume work is called “The Armenian Genocide: Prelude and Aftermath. As reported in the U.S. Press …
In 2019, while yet another Kremlin regime was being reinforced in Armenia in the form of the current government, some significant cultural events connected to Armenia took place throughout the world. However, they have remained out of sight of the Armenian public. Although with a significant delay, we think that it would be worth covering …
A monument to the 1915 Armenian Genocide was erected in the Swedish city of Västerås. At the early stages of the monument’s design, the Christian People’s Party presented its draft to the community administration. The municipality replied that it was not authorized to make decisions on foreign policy issues. However, the church of Västerås gave …
The Armenian Surb Khach Monastery is the very first stone building in Rostov-on-Don. The monastery is surrounded by a beautiful, flowering park with gorgeous ponds that are frequently crowned by ducks. This park is also home to a spring with a swimming pool and crystal clear water. The monastery was established in 1792. Writer, philosopher, …
In the United States, the two-volume work “Armenian Genocide: the Beginning and Consequences” has been published, presenting hundreds of publications by the authoritative American newspaper “The New York Times” on the Genocide since the end of the 19th century. Articles and informational materials included in this work tell about the black pages of the history …
The Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople (Istanbul) has reported a new act of vandalism on its official Facebook page. On the walls and thresholds of the Armenian Church of St. Archangels in the Balat district of Constantinople, inscriptions and drawings have recently appeared, containing hateful expressions and manifestations of racism. The Armenian Patriarchate noted that these …
Since 1804, the British publishing organization B.F.BS has published the bulletin “The Bible in the World”. This bulletin has contained information on the activities of its representatives around the world along with reports on notable events in the areas where they have been dispatched. A newsletter published in January 1916 states that 5,000 Armenian residents …
Times Square Chronicles (T2C) of New York has published an article about the worst crimes against humanity in modern history. The article, in particular, talks about the Armenian Genocide in Western Armenia, which became a precedent for other crimes committed in the 20th century on ethnic grounds. T2C writes that 1.5 million people (2 million …
The first part of “Secrets of the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem” has been recently published by Koryun Baghdasaryan, Archbishop of the Diocese of the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem. This book offers readers interesting and wonderful stories about the Armenian areas of Jerusalem and the traces of Armenians in the city. Referring to the history of …
The Armenian Church of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel in Feodosia (also Kaffa or Theodosia) was built in 1408. It was built with rubble, as well sometimes hewn stone. An inscription on the church reads: “This temple was built with the righteous means of Astvatsatur in the name of the heavenly warriors Gabriel and …