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Vahan Artsruni.
Vahan Artsruni is one of Armenia’s most prominent modern musicians. His rich blend of folk, academic, and rock music remains loyal to...
Jun 2, 20102 min read
2010 Young Professionals Trip – Registration is Closing Tomorrow!
The two-week 2010 Young Professionals Trip to Armenia will take place from July 7th to July 21st, 2010. During our time in Armenia, we...
Jun 2, 20101 min read
H2Օ cha, cha, cha...
Via Armenia Now One of Yerevan’s most popular evening stroll destinations – the “dancing fountains” – has opened for summer, spraying...
Jun 2, 20101 min read
A Necessary Lifeline.
The global economic crisis has hit communities hard all around the world. Armenia is no exception, which makes programs like the BAFA...
Jun 1, 20102 min read
Beneficiary Story - Lilia N.
Lilia N. was born in 1994, after her parents Vitalik and Anjela fled Azerbaijan during the Nargorno-Karabagh War. They settled in the...
May 31, 20102 min read
2010 Young Professionals Trip – Registration is Closing This Week!
The two-week 2010 Young Professionals Trip to Armenia will take place from July 7th to July 21st, 2010. During our time in Armenia, we...
May 31, 20101 min read
A sculptor’s dream.
Lilit Sargsyan, a recipient of FAR’s Gulamerian Scholarship Program, recently debuted her sculpture and collages at a Yerevan State...
Apr 29, 20101 min read
Sayan Scholarship Program.
Sayan Scholarship Program is one of the many educational programs, FAR has been implementing for students in Armenia over ten years....
Apr 29, 20101 min read
Nazik Armenakyan Presents: Images of Genocide survivors
A photo exhibition honoring survivors of the Armenian Genocide titled simply "Survivors" opened April 23 at the Union of Artists in...
Apr 28, 20101 min read
California Sunday School Provides Two Days of Meals for FAR / BAFA Soup Kitchen.
Once again the children of the Sunday School of St. Mary Armenian Church in Costa Mesa, California, with the help of principal Izzy...
Apr 28, 20101 min read
New Schoolbags Reach Armenia’s Neediest Children.
The Women’s Guild of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern Diocese) donated more than 1,000 new backpacks, which will reach children in...
Apr 26, 20101 min read
One more Knock at the Door for Amasia.
Twenty-five kilometers northwest of Gyumri, just over the Akhurian River on the Turkish-Armenian border, lies Amasia. Departing from...
Apr 26, 20101 min read
Memorial Service in Yerevan Honors Armenian Genocide Victims.
By Ashley Killough via ianyan Magazine Ashley Killough is an American journalist and Fulbright fellow in Yerevan. She blogs about her...
Apr 26, 20101 min read
Welcome to Hayq Encyclopaedia.
The Hayq Encyclopaedia contains articles on Armenian history, culture, interesting and worth to mention facts, all needed to know and...
Apr 25, 20101 min read
Chernobyl. Remembering a Technological Nightmare.
April 26th, 1986. Twenty years have passed since the meltdown at Chernobyl (Ukraine). Photographer Paul Fusco faces the dark legacy of...
Apr 25, 20101 min read
Braving obstacles to be a better doctor.
Doctors from the farthest reaches of Armenina gathered in Yerevan for a Continuing Medical Education (CME) workshop workshop last week....
Apr 25, 20101 min read
Remembering the Armenian Genocide.
Today the world is reminded of unspeakable tragedy. Ninety-five years have passed since Ottoman Turkey tried to eradicate the Armenian...
Apr 23, 20101 min read
FAR Attends Conference on Cultural Genocide.
Representatives from FAR attended an international conference on Tuesday, April 20, which was organized by The Armenian Genocide...
Apr 22, 20101 min read
We will never forget.
On April 24, like every year, FAR Armenia staff will visit Tsitsernakaberd Memorial and place flowers on the genocide monument. FAR...
Apr 22, 20101 min read
Beneficiaries Portraits - Lyudvig Yeghiazaryan, the Armenian Genocide Survivor.
Let us present a story that Grandpa Lyudvig told us. He passed away recently. There are fewer and fewer survivors of the Armenian...
Apr 22, 20101 min read
Cultural Tidbit - Ross Bagdasarian, Creator of “Alvin & the Chipmunks”
Born Rostom Sipan “Ross” Bagdasarian in Fresno, California in 1919, he became famous for his recordings featuring “Alvin and the...
Apr 21, 20101 min read
Mathevosian Scholars Receive Degrees.
For 12 years, FAR’s Mathevosian Scholarship Program has given many young people from extremely poor families the opportunity to study at...
Apr 21, 20101 min read
Film on Armenian Genocide wins praise in Germany.
AGHET, a new documentary on the Armenian Genocide, premiered last weekend throughout Germany and has received exceptional praise. Aghet,...
Apr 21, 20101 min read
Another vital tool for CME.
Loyal FAR donor Michael Candan generously donated a medical microscope to Yerevan State Medical University Clinic N2. Such supplies are...
Apr 20, 20101 min read
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