Once considered the “glory of our nation” by King Trdat III, the Armenian goddess Anahit has recently been revived through the continuing struggle to “bring her back home” to Armenia. Historians and scribes have identified her with her Greek counterparts, Aphrodite or Artemis. She was the vivifier of the Armenian nation, as well as the symbol of chastity, motherhood, and wisdom. According to tradition, St. Gregory the Illuminator was sent to a pit on the Ararat plain by King Trdat III for refusing to place a wreath before her golden statue. As the nation was Christianized, many of the pre-Christian deities and festivals became a thing of the past, and the church became a vital part of the national identity.
Currently, the head of the bronze gilded statue of the goddess dwells in a glass box in the British Museum in London.
Currently, the head of the bronze gilded statue of the goddess dwells in a glass box in the British Museum in London. Her description reads: “Bronze...
WASHINGTON— Armenian American civic, church, and charitable organization leaders from across the United States took part today in a U.S. government briefing on Syria humanitarian assistance efforts by the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development.
The briefing was held at the State Department
The briefing was held at the State Department and included participation, via tele-conference, by representatives of a broad range of community leaders. The full array of urgent humanitarian issues of concern to Armenian Americans were raised by community leaders during the meeting.
The Armenian community of Syria, like many other Christian and minority populations, has been caught in the middle of fighting between government and opposition forces, suffering along with the rest of the population from food and energy shortages, blockades, violence, and instability. The large Christian Armenian population in Aleppo, along with the smaller communities in Damascus, Kessab,...
YEREVAN (A.W.)—Winners of the annual Golden Apricot International Film Festival were announced on Sat., July 13 at the State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater of Armenia. The Golden and Silver Apricots awards were given to both amateur and renowned filmmakers from Armenia and throughout the world.
A scene from the closing ceremony
The founders of the festival, Harutyun Khachatryan, Susanna Harutyunyan, and Mikayel Stamboltsyan, accepted the Anahit Award by the National Cinema Academy of Armenia. In his opening remarks, Khachatryan said that when the festival started 10 years ago, there were only two competition programs; now they are four: International, Documentary, Armenian Panorama, and Short Films.
Six international juries—including the international cinema critics association FIPRESCI and the Ecumenical Jury—selected the winners from among 200 films. The top prize, the Golden Apricot for Best Feature Film, Went to “Circles,” a film by Srdan Golubovic (Serbia) that...
By Shushan Yegoyan
BOSTON, Mass.—Over the past 27 years, many young women and men have passed through the doors of the Sayat Nova Dance Company of Boston (SNDC). On any given Sunday, one can hear the music from the Abaka School for the Performing Arts, on the corner of Bigelow and Nichols Ave. in Watertown, as a vibrant group of dancers rehearse tirelessly. They stand tall and proud, representing the Armenian community of Watertown in many different venues, from the West Coast to Montreal, and as far away as Armenia and Artsakh. Locally they have performed on such prestigious stages as the Cutler Majestic Theatre in the Theater District of Boston and the Arsenal Center for the Arts in Watertown, and most recently took part in the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, located in the beautiful Berkshire hills of Western Massachusetts.
Sayat Nova Dance Company
The opportunity to perform in the Jacob’s Pillow Inside/Out Dance Festival on July 4, as America celebrated its birthday, was...
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