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As part of the “One Nation, One Culture” festival the first pan-Armenian chess olympiad took place in Yerevan from August 15 to August 23. The joint initiative of the RA Diaspora Ministry and the Chess Academy of Armenia brought to Yerevan forty high-ranking Armenian chess players from Diaspora, Artsakh and Armenia. For most of them this was the first opportunity to visit their...
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From June 18-July 21, students of three AGBU schools, Manoogian-Demirjian School of California, Vatche and Tamar Manoukian School of Pasadena and Artaki Kalpakian School of Athens, paid a visit to Armenia. As part of their stay in homeland the students of the California schools visited the Matenadaran repository of ancient Armenian manuscripts, Tsitsernakabert Memorial and Genocide Museum,...
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Another pan-Armenian conference, “The state of instruction of Western Armenian in the Diaspora”, took place at the Writers’ Union Resort of Tsaghkadzor on July 3-5 with the participation of delegates from Canada, USA, France, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Egypt, Greece and Armenia. RA Diaspora Minister Hranoush Hakobian welcomed all the participants of the conference and...
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The official opening ceremony of the 5th pan-Armenian conference of writers took place on June 28 in the Writers’ Union Resort in Tsaghkadzor with the participation of 90 delegates from 20 countries of the world and 50 writers from Armenia and Artsakh. The conference is held within the framework of RA Diaspora Ministry’s “One Nation, One Culture” festival with the assistance of RA...
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Berdj Terzian, Chairman of the AGBU District Committee of Egypt, arrived in Armenia in the beginning of July, together with his wife, to participate in two major pan-Armenian conferences held in Tsaghkadzor; the 5th pan-Armenian conference of writers and the pan-Armenian conference dedicated to the current state of instruction of Western Armenian in the Diaspora communities.
On July 7...
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70 Diaspora-Armenian teachers from 16 countries of the world, who were visiting Armenia within the framework of the Diaspora-Armenian Teachers Training Program organized by the RA Education and Science Ministry and the Yerevan State Pedagogical University visited the Armenian Virtual College...
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Armenian General Benevolent Union-Armenian Youth Association’s “Vahram Papazian” theater group of Beirut was on tour in Armenia from July 3-10 as part of the RA Diaspora Ministry’s “One Nation, One Culture” festival. On July 4, the group presented Hakob Paronian’s “Shoghokort” (“The Flatterer”) in the packed hall of the Paronian State Theater of Musical Comedy in...
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4 academic terms and more than 500 students from 35 countries:
On July 2, Armenian General Benevolent Union’s (AGBU) Armenian Virtual College (AVC) celebrated the first anniversary of its activities. The online forum organized by the AVC was attended by AGBU Central Board member and Founding-Chairman of the AVC Dr. Yervant Zorian, AGBU Central Board member and member of the...
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The most famous and influential figures from the world of classical music recently gathered in the Kärntner region of Austria for the annual Kärntner Sparkasse prestigious international violin competition, which took place from May 31 to June 6, 2010. 96 talented young violinists from 30 countries including Russia, France, USA, Germany, Italy, China, Austria, UK and Japan, participated in...
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AGBU Europe Chairman Alexis Govciyan elected member of the Ile de France regional council
Chairman of AGBU Europe Alexis Govciyan, AGBU Europe Board member responsible for relations with EU institutions Nicolas Tavitian, and AGBU Armenian Representation Director Ashot Ghazarian held a press conference on May 24 at the AGBU Armenian Representation in Yerevan. The press conference...
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“Pro-Democratia: Youth Seminar for Democracy and Civil Society Reinforcement” took place in Yerevan on May 20-24 in the framework of AGBU Europe’s “Goriz” program. Funded by the “Youth in Action” program of the European Commission “Goriz” aims to develop new projects encouraging active participation of youth in civil society.
Organized by AGBU France in partnership with AGBU...
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The final year students of the Armenian General Benevolent Union’s Alex and Marie Manoogian School of Detroit, headed by school principal Hosep Torossian, and teacher of Armenian language, literature and history Anahit Toumajian, visited Armenia on May 5-13.
During their stay in Armenia the students visited Erebuni museum, Holy See of St. Etchmiadzin, Garni temple, Lake Sevan,...
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Armenian General Benevolent Union’s “Komitas” chamber orchestra of Aleppo was on tour in Armenia from May 3-10 at the invitation of “Fridtjof Nansen” fund of Armenia. The orchestra consists of young Aleppo-Armenian musicians aged 18-25.
On May 4, the orchestra performed in the hall of the St. Gregory of Narek Church of Vanadzor. Bishop Sepouh Chouljian, Primate of the Diocese of...
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The Second “Renaissance” International Festival-Contest of musician-performers took place in Gyumri from May 5 to 13. It gathered a huge number of guests both from Armenia and abroad in the historic center of Gyumri. The opening ceremony of the festival took place on May 5 in the V. Atjemian Drama Theater of Gyumri. It started with the “Lord’s Prayer” performed by the Armenian State..
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The final match of the AGBU-sponsored 4th republican interschool chess tournament was held on May 7, 2010, in the city of Kajaran in Armenia's Syunik region with three winning teams from Yerevan, two from Shirak, Lori and Syunik regions, and one from Artsakh and Javakhk and each of the other seven regions of Armenia. The 4th republican interschool chess tournament started in the fall of...
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AGBU funds capacity-building for government in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
As part of its continuing series of AGBU-sponsored government training programs, Americans for Artsakh completed in April its fourth training session, for 12 government officials in the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh).
Dr. Paul Dezendorf, a political scientist from Western Carolina University in Asheville,...
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From April 21-27, as part of the events dedicated to the 95th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, RA Diaspora Ministry and Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU), with the financial assistance of AGBU, jointly organized four theater performances of Franz Werfel’s “40 days of Musa Dagh” (director Armen Elbakian) and Pertj Zeytountsian’s “All rise, the court is in session”...
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The official ceremony of granting certificates of excellence to the 23 best students of the French University in Armenia (UFAR) by the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) took place at the “Henry Cuny” Hall of the French University on April 5. This year the total amount of AGBU’s financial support to the University has made 30,000 USD.
AGBU and UFAR have been cooperating in a...
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On April 5, in the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians presided over a Home Blessing service for the new Chancellery building of the Mother See, and a celebration in honor of the Benefactors, Mr. and Mrs Nazar and Artemis Nazarian, of the United States.
The Pontiff of All Armenians led Mr. and Mrs. Nazarian and guests to...
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The third round of the AGBU-sponsored 4th republican interschool chess tournament is held from March 25 to April 15, 2010. Thanks to AGBU’s donation the winners of the third round receive chess clocks. The 4th republican interschool chess tournament started in the fall of 2009 and will end in May 2010. The regional finals take place in all the regions of the Republic of Armenia these...
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On April 1, President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan received the delegation of the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) headed by AGBU President Berge Setrakian. Also present at the meeting were member of the AGBU Council of Trustees Nazar Nazarian, his wife Artemis Nazarian, AGBU Central Board members Garnik Yacoubian, Vasken Yacoubian, Aris Atamian, Sam Simonian. Welcoming...
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Hranoush Hakobian, Minister of Diaspora of the Republic of Armenia, received the AGBU delegation headed by AGBU President Berge Setrakian on April 1. Also present at the meeting were AGBU Council of Trustees member Nazar Nazarian, AGBU Central Board members Garnik Yacoubian and Vasken Yacoubian, AGBU Armenian Representation Director Ashot Ghazarian, President of the United Armenian Fund and...
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A radio-diagnosis and therapy center opened at Yerevan State Medical University after M. Heratsi on March 31. President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan was present at the opening ceremony. The official opening ceremony was also attended by the President of the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) Berge Setrakian, AGBU Council of Trustees member Nazar Nazarian, AGBU Central Board...
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On March 31, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Tigran Sargsyan received the delegation of the Armenian General Benevolent Union headed by AGBU President Berge Setrakian. Also in the delegation were AGBU Council of Trustees member Nazar Nazarian, AGBU Central Board members Garnik Yacoubian, Vasken Yacoubian, Aris Atamian, AGBU Armenian Representation Director Ashot...
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A historic charity event in support of Armenian and British charities took place at the Windsor Castle on 10 February hosted by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall. Project initiator and main benefactor Armen Sarkissian, former Prime Minister of Armenia and President of Eurasia House International, welcomed more than 200 guests from around the world with the Royal...
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The third round of the AGBU-sponsored 4th republican interschool chess tournament will be held from March 25 to April 15, 2010. Thanks to AGBU’s donation the winners of the third round will receive chess clocks. The 4th republican chess tournament started in the fall of 2009 and will end in May 2010.
Government representatives...
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On January 20, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II left for Moscow to participate in the 2009 award ceremony after Patriarch Alexiy II “For eminent activities in strengthening Orthodox people’s unity, establishment and development of Christian values among the population” presented by the International Fund of Unity of Orthodox Peoples. This award...
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Dear Fellow AGBU Members,
As we prepare to celebrate Christmas and the New Year, I am pleased to extend to you on behalf of myself and the AGBU Central Board of Directors our warmest greetings and best wishes.
The past year was a difficult one for our organization and membership, due to the added challenges of the worldwide economic crisis. However, we...
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In 2006, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU), “HayPost” postal company printed stamps dedicated to AGBU by the order of the Transport and Communication Ministry of the Republic of Armenia. The sheet...
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