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On Fri., June 20, some 600 commissioners to the 221st General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA), meeting in Detroit, Mich., adopted with near unanimity a resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide and adopting the 2015 church calendar designating April 26 as the day for its observance. It also directed the church’s Mission Agency to prepare educational and liturgical resources for member churches in preparation for the event.
Presbytrerian Church adopts resolution on 100th anniversary of Armenian Genocide
This historic resolution, which was the first of its kind for a major American church body, was adopted by the 1.8 million-member church. It originated in the local presbyteries of Los Ranchos (Anaheim, Calif.), Chicago, and Palisades (New Jersey), and was sent on to the national body for adoption. Two overture advocates who played a vital role in this regard were Rev. Dr. Christine Chakoian (Chicago Presbytery) and Rev. Dr. Vartkes Kassouni (Los Ranchos Presbytery). Dr....
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BUENOS AIRES ( Asbarez.com)—During an official visit to Argentina, Armenia’s President Serzh Sarkisian met with the Armenian community of Buenos Aires. In a speech, Sarkisian remarked that Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu’s recent proposal for a “just memory” could not be accepted.
Sarkisian speaking in Buenos Aires
“The Genocide has not ended as long as Turkey’s authorities continue to deny what has been committed,” Sarkisian told the audience in Buenos Aires.
“However, the day when Turkey will face its history is not far away,” the President said.
He is convinced that social consciousness in the young, educated generation, who believe it is better to apologize than to abandon the past shamefully, will contribute to the recognition of the Genocide.
“Yes, thousands of Turks do not accept their government’s official policy of denial and express solidarity with the Armenian people. These processes are evident and they force Turkish authorities to take...
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WASHINGTON—The Armenian National Committee of America’s (ANCA) Hovig Apo Saghdejian Capital Gateway Program and the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) Young Professionals (YP) D.C. chapter joined forces recently to offer a hands-on training seminar for Washington-based public policy professionals working in government, politics, public policy, and media. The standing-room only June 18 event, which attracted participants ranging from recent graduates to established public policy veterans, featured practical presentations by respected government affairs experts Charles Yessaian of JMH Group, Aram Verdiyan of Accolade Partners, and Hakob Stepanyan of Cotton & Company.
A scene from the networking seminar hosted by the ANCA Hovig Apo Saghdejian Capital Gateway Program and the AGBU Young Professionals D.C. chapter. (Photo by Alina Sarkissian)
“We would like to thank Chuck, Aram, and Hakob for leveraging their networking best-practices to support the career growth of...
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This week, let’s go for some schadenfreude shall we? It’s getting close to five years since this kind of “fun” was so broadly available that I could write a piece, and this time, all the raw material is provided by Turks.
Azeri oil money has been flowing into the coffers of highly paid lobbyist hacks. What’s juicy about that is…they don’t have much to show for it, particularly on a “new” front they’ve opened. Much Azeri effort has been expended on trying to pass resolutions in state legislatures. Other than a success in New Mexico, they’ve met largely with failure. There are two states, Louisiana and Mississippi, with “split personalities.” In the former, both pro-Azeri and pro-Armenian resolutions were passed. In the latter, the two houses of the legislature voted in opposite directions. We’ve stopped their lies in at least half-a-dozen states. And, somewhat as a reaction, California’s legislature (along with some smaller jurisdictions) has passed a...
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“You’re Armenian? Well, I know you fought Azerbaijan and won,” a Scandinavian girl told me when we were first introduced a few years ago. I did not comprehend the value of those words back then.
Never had a stranger brought up that war as the first term of reference; usually the genocide was the only historical sign post. But she knew nothing of the genocide, which made me question the quality of education in Europe.
But over the years, as I dug deeper into the essence and history of Armenians, a dissident voice within me whispered ever more quietly, so as not to cause a storm: “Maybe her not knowing about our darkest years was not such a bad thing after all… Maybe.”
For a long time now I have been lingering between the two narratives of Armenians: the ones who lost, and the ones who won. The world in general, though, has had virtually no interaction with the latter: the Armenian who stood his/her ground and fought.
That was made ever more clear a few nights ago, when a...
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Special for the Armenian Weekly
Knowledge of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 is etched into the American psyche. Less known are the simultaneous attacks on the Philippines, Hong Kong, the Straits Settlements, the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia), and within a week, Burma (Myanmar). Even more obscured is the devastating impact the ensuing Japanese conquests in Southeast Asia had on the Armenian communities there. The largest of those had been thriving in Singapore, the Dutch East Indies, and in Burma. None ever recovered, as this article will show.
Photo by Natasha Wright
Readers may be surprised at some of the Armenian surnames that will be mentioned. Most of the Armenians who came to Southeast Asia were Persian Armenians, and many had been educated in Calcutta. Their surnames were thus Anglicized. For example, Yedgarian became Edgar, Setian became Seth, and Hovakimian became Joaquim.
On Dec. 8, 1941 Japanese troops landed in northern Malaya and began to battle their...
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