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The Armenian Studies Program, its Sahatdjian Library and Avedian Archives, would like to thank the following individuals for their generous donations. Armena Russian of Fresno has donated a collection of Armenian and English languages books on Armenian subjects. Ellen Sarkisian Chesnut of San Francisco sent a number of items from the estate of Anna Akilian Terzian of Yettem and San ...

By Ara Jabagchourian The executive director of the Armenian Assembly of America, Ross Vartian, and the regional director of the Los Angles chapter of the Armenian Assembly, Peter Abajian, converged to Fresno on April 28-29 to bring attention to our community the activities of this productive organization. The Armenian Assembly is a 25 year old pro-Armenian lobby group located in ...

By Jacqueline Arikian We must grieve. We have been told to do so; we have been told to do it with passion…a grieving passion. A passion of hatred perhaps, one that lurks within the depths of our souls against the very people who corrupted our nature, the very people who exterminated our ancestors. A passion of sadness perhaps, for all ...

By Crissi Jelladian The Armenian Genocide is an event in history that most would like to forget, but because Turkey denies its crimes, Armenian pain continues to linger. April 24 is filled with terrifying realities of our past. This is the day that we remember our ancestors that were tortured so long ago. Many children and even adults are uneducated ...

By Tina Attashian During the commemoration of the Armenian Genocide all Armenians get their chance to voice how they feel about the issue. Unfortunately, many Armenians have lived in the United States for so long that some of today’s generation is not able to speak out in their cultural language. As His Holiness Karekin I explained, being Armenian is not ...

By Karen Karabian We shall forget. We shall forget the pain, the anger, the loss. We shall forget the evil done to us by man and by you, God. We shall forget the hate that has tortured our souls. And bit by bit we shall grow whole. We Shall Forget was written by Vahan Tekeyan in 1918. I chose to ...

By Ara Jabagchourian Thanks to Dr. Vida Samiian, Associate Dean of the School of Arts and Humanities at CSU, Fresno, our community received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to offer several symposia on pluralism and identity. The goal of the project is to give an initial push in first trying to grasp the real problems that ...

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Dr. Levon Marashlian presented a lecture, “Finishing the Genocide: Ankara’s Extirpation of the Armenian Remnants and Its Implications for Yerevan Today”, on Friday, April 19, 1996 as part of a weekend class, Armenian Studies 120T, The Armenian Genocide, taught by Professor Barlow Der Mugrdechian.   By Mike Pogosian On April 19, 1996 Fresno State students and individuals around the community ...

(March 1-April 15, 1996) Patron Vahan & Anoush Chamlian Friend Norma & Rose Marie Avedian Hagie Kandarian Michael S. & Jackline Matosian Mary Ann Mazman Sharp, in memory of Frank S. Mazman and James Sharp Sponsor Armenian Society of Los Angeles Francois & Susy M. Antounian Marian Bagdasarian Kenneth & Lilyan Chooljian Richard & Armon Darmanian George Divanian Anahid Eleazarian ...