ANNOUNCEMENT: Holy Trinity Armenian Church Special Membership Meeting November 11, 2018
On Sunday, November 11, 2018 at 2:00 PM a special membership meeting of Holy Trinity Armenian Church was convened under the presidency of His Grace Bishop Abgar Hovakimyan, Primate.
This meeting was significant due to its impact on the Toronto Armenian community at large.
Present to the meeting were Rev. Archpriest Fr. Zareh Zargarian, Vicar ...
ANCC Statement on Remembrance Day 2018
OTTAWA – Today, on Remembrance Day and on the centennial of the Armistice, we pause and solemnly remember and honour the lives of the brave Canadian men and women who sacrificed their lives for the sake of our freedoms, dignity and shared values of justice and democracy.
Armenians who survived the Genocide and deportations from their ...
The “Great War” which did not end in the East․ Vicken Cheterian
By Vicken Cheterian
If you ask me whether there is a link between the deportees walking in the hot summer of 1915 in the Syrian desert southwards, and the refugees of 2012 escaping barrel-bombs northwards, I would intuitively say yes, there should be one, but as a historian I would say “we don’t know”. We, historians, simply did not ...
Hostages as State Policy
By Raffi Bedrosyan
In August 2018, US President Trump angrily announced that sanctions will be implemented against Turkey, and personally against the Turkish ministers of interior and justice. What was the reason for Trump’s fury? The refusal to release Andrew Brunson, a US evangelical pastor arrested and jailed over two years ago, on ...
A Statement From AGBU Regarding Its Toronto Facility
As AGBU considers its options for relocation over the next few years, we focus on our commitment to continue growing our Toronto activities. We do this while respecting AGBU’s century-old close relationship with the Armenian Church, and our working in partnership with Holy Trinity Armenian Church for the good of the greater Toronto Armenian ...
AGBU Toronto Poised to Sell Its Centre to Centennial College
On October 30, AGBU Ontario shared a message with its supporters regarding the AGBU facility on 930 Progress Avenue in Toronto.
The message stated that the Centre in question, which has accommodated the needs of the chapter for more than three decades (active since 1981) is unable to cope with the staggering costs of operating the structure and ...
Weightlifter Simon Martirosyan conquers world champion title
"Armenpress"- Member of the Armenian weightlifting team, silver medalist of Olympic Games Simon Martirosyan becomes world champion.
ARMENPRESS reports during the championship in Turkmenistan in the snatch exercise Martirosyan raised 190 kg at the first approach, 195 kg at the second approach and 197 kg at the third approach which could become a ...
