13-Year-Old Sevian Becomes Youngest Ever US Grandmaster
13-year-old American Armenian Sam Sevian completed the final requirement to earn the title of Grandmaster, the highest title a chess player can attain.
Author: The California Courier
ARS Social Services Expand to North Hollywood
The Armenian Relief Society of Western USA, Social Services Division, has started offering expanded services to low-to-moderate income individuals at its North Hollywood office, which will continue until the end of March 2015.
Armenian Asia Minor Volume Released
The Asia Minor volume focuses on several of the more than 100 Armenian communities within easy reach of Constantinople, the Ottoman capital.
Armenia Fund Kicks Off Telethon 2014
This year’s Telethon will be dedicated to raising the money needed to finish the Vardenis-Martakert highway – already partially completed – and continue several other ongoing projects.
Turkish Writer “Risking Life and Freedom” To Speak Up on Armenian Genocide
Turkish writer, Serkan Engin, considers it an obligation to speak up about the Armenian, Greek and Assyrian genocides in Ottoman Turkey.
Armenians in Turkey Mull Electing New Patriarch
The lengthy absence of Mesrob Mutafyan, the Armenian Patriarch in Turkey, due to his illness, has fueled a debate in the country’s Armenian religious community regarding whether the patriarch should be replaced with a successor
Military Historian Explains ‘1915 Events’ at Turkish Embassy
Sponsored by the American Friends of Turkey, Dr. Erickson, a military historian, presented his book, “Ottomans and Armenians, A Study in Counterinsurgency.”
Armenian Bear Cubs Found, Cured, Returned to Wildlife
Workers from the State Nature Protection Inspectorate of the Ministry of Nature Protection of Armenia found two bear cubs that were in bad condition in the Vayots Dzor region.
Murad Vartanian Heads Armenian Defense Forces of Iraqi Kurdistan
Vartanian had said that Armenians had armed themselves to defend the 19,000-strong Armenian community, specially in Dhok, Hawrezg, Avzruk, Ishkender, and Zakho.
AMAA to Hold 95th Annual Meeting in Paramus, NJ
The 95th Annual Meeting of the Armenian Missionary Association of America (AMAA) will be held on October 18 at 9:30 a.m. at the headquarter of the Association
