Nothing on this three-week trip has topped the excitement of climbing the mountains around Lake Sevan. Together our group scaled the...

For years I’ve known that our personal interests have paths that will often never cross. Sometimes, however, they do. I admit it. I am...

FAR recently secured a $25,000 grant from the Open Society Institute, which will help the organization’s efforts to rehabilitate the...

Meeting at the Diocesan Center on Wednesday, July 21, the Fund for Armenian Relief Board of Directors discussed the organization’s...

Via Zohrab Center's Blog Dr. Mikael Nichanian of the Bibiothèque Nationale de France-Paris has created a new site, haybook.wordpress.com,...

Our second day in Karabagh, or Artsakh, as it's also known. After exploring Stepanakert’s streets and markets, and even being interviewed...

On July 18, we visited Khor Virab, the pit where St. Gregory resided for 13 years before healing King Drtad through prayer. Khor Virab...

The Fund for Armenian Relief (FAR) is proud to announce the establishment of an endowment fund to support the education of a new...

After traveling through liberated territory from Armenia to the entrance to Nagorno-Karabagh, we arrived in Shushi. The devastation from...

The earthquake that struck Armenia in 1988 left 25,000 people dead, and thousands homeless. Today, 22 years after the disaster, many...

Program trainers for FAR’s Continuing Medical Education Program met with staff on July 9 to review program statistics, achievements,...

Hat Tip: Liana Aghajanian via @writepudding on Twitter Seven illustrated pages ripped out of a medieval Gospels manuscript: Who owns...

I’m back in Yerevan for the final time before flying back home to America. It’s bittersweet to return for a third time, as this city is...

I was thankfully able to see two more films that were competing at the Golden Apricot Film Festival during the weekend. Both of them were...

We stood in the sun, in the shadow of Ararat, and descended vertically into the pit of st. Gregory the illuminator at Khor Virap...

Fourteen GTech graduates presented their final theses to the institute’s board members, advisors, and other students last week. The...

As is the case every year, due to my daytime work schedule I am able to see films being shown at the seventh annual Golden Apricot...

We left Yerevan to head to the Syunik region down south on our way to Karabakh. The roads were filled with actual Armenian cowboys and...

TATEV, ARMENIA - Hundreds of visionaries, philanthropists, government and church officials, and community leaders will gather at the...

We’re back in Yerevan, taking a couple days to see the sights and visit more of FAR’s projects. Under the blazing mid-morning sun we...

From time to time we would like to offer some (and diverse) perspectives on important Armenian issues in this rubric and hope that you...

I’ve spent a little more than a year learning about FAR’s programs, its mission, its people, and its history in order to complete my...

Golden Apricot film festival brought to the capital not only films and celebrities but also a number of jazz concerts by recognized...

For thousands of years yoga has influenced lifestyle, philosophy, science, and culture. While said to stem from India, the exact...