Today we toured Etchmiadzin and had the opportunity to meet with His Holiness Karekin II. He was casual in his conversation and I think...

I’m back in Yerevan just in time to catch up on some sleep after an exhausting (but totally thrilling) first week. The Children’s Center...

The seventh annual Golden Apricot International Film Festival kicked off last night at Cinema Moscow on Abovian Street. The festival...

We have had the privilege of seeing the drama of Armenia’s landscape unfold before our eyes and it has certainly grabbed a hold of me....

A digitized version of the book “Zohrab: An Introduction”, selected and translated by Ara Baliozian (co-published by the National...

And so it is over. The games are over, South Africa can go back to its regular routines (we sure hope that the world cup was, after all,...

First full day in Armenia. After breakfast and strong coffee, we set off for FAR’s office, just a short ride away from our hotel. Over...

ASP-ers divided their time in Gyumri between assisting with renovations at the Ounjian school and FAR's soup kitchen. Everyday four...

World-renowned actress Claudia Cardinale, a guest of honor at the international Golden Apricot film festival that opened in Yerevan at...

I left Gyumri this morning and feel a bit different about my Armenian heritage for it. After visiting FAR’s GTech center, soup kitchen,...

I have set my bleary eyes upon Armenia at last. After two plane rides, hours upon hours of travel, and forging acquaintance with my new...

[ soccer ] |ˈsäkər| noun, a game in which you actually have to be able to run for at least 90 minutes straight (unlike 'American...

I had an exciting day of firsts. I finally learned to spell my name using the Armenian alphabet at Ashtarak, the burial grounds of the...

FAR’s child protection staff recently reunited a family after two young teenagers (both 14 and 15 years old respectively) were referred...

If you’re Armenian, you might have remembered a great excuse to drench your siblings, relatives and friends with water on an unbearably...

Like every day in Gyumri, today was incredibly busy. Apart from our work at both the Ounjian School and the soup kitchen, we partook in...

Today was Vardavar, the pagan-turned-Christian holiday, which is celebrated by people drenching one another with buckets of water all day...

Do as the locals do. That has been my credo as I have toured and worked in Armenia over the past week and a half. When the group visited...

Sight and Synchronicity: Blindness averted for Armenian “premies”, due to good timing and good medicine Four Armenian babies who might...

Well, that was that. Unfortunately, it was an uninspiring final World Cup match between Spain and Netherlands with neither side scoring...

It's day two in Yerevan and I'm loving this city more and more...I've even managed to avoid sun burn (knock on wood). We went to a jazz...

I’m in Armenia! It still seems surreal. Everyone on FAR’s Young Professional trip seems great so far. We have a diverse group with only...

Erin has been part of the FAR Family for a little over a year. She has written various reports, press releases, and brochures, and now...

Gyumri is known throughout Armenia as a city of artists. Its old city, for example, boasts a unique style of architecture that you'll see...