The Armenian Weekly

For Ani Hovannisian, after watching her documentary, The Hidden Map

Where your village once lived
nothing, a field, empty, barren
a wisp of our people in the wind
and the chirp of birds that...

Khachkar Studios has rolled out Masterclass #3, “Revitalizing Churches Worldwide,” built on the case study “Armenian Churches Joining the Movement,” a program the organization describes as a candid look at where Armenian Christianity stands today and what it will take to change course.

The core statistic is hard to miss: on an average non-holiday Sunday, only 7 of ever...

Gostan Zarian was one of the most remarkable writers in Armenian and world literature of the 20th century. He followed a complex creative path, writing in several languages, including Italian, French, Russian and Armenian. 

Zarian spent part of his life in Constantinople, now Istanbul. In 1914, he left the city, passed through Bulgaria and eventually settled in Italy, ...

For decades, Armenian Genocide studies centered on deportations, massacres, political responsibility and denial. That work was necessary. It documented the crime and responded to those who tried to erase it. But some voices remained harder to hear. Women who survived abduction, rape, forced marriage or forced religious conversion often kept silent. Children taken into Turkish...

YEREVAN — The International Observatory for Democracy in Armenia will hold an online press conference on Aug. 25, 2026, to present its assessment of Armenia’s institutional and political developments following the June 7, 2026, parliamentary elections and to outline the organization’s monitoring priorities for the coming period. 

The press conference will feature promi...