Armenian Boy Becomes The Youngest-ever American Chess Grandmaster

13-year-old Sam Sevian completed the final requirement to earn the title of Grandmaster, the highest title a chess player can attain.

23/08/2016, 13:44

Discovering Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh)

Karabakh or Nagorno Karabakh is the modern name of an area in the southern Caucasus. But erfers to an Armenian principality modern historians call the Kingdom of Artsakh or Khatchen.

08/04/2016, 19:13

Armenians Praying for Karabakh (Artsakh)

The President of RA Serzh Sargsyan attended a prayer for Homeland and Solders held at St. Grigor Lusavorich (Saint Gregory the Illuminator) Cathedral in Yerevan. The prayer was offered by Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II.

04/04/2016, 22:01

Four Exceptional Humanitarians Chosen as Finalists for the $1 Million Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity

The Aurora Prize Selection Committee announced the four Aurora Prize finalists as Marguerite Barankitse Dr. Tom Catena, Syeda Ghulam Fatima and Father Bernard Kinvi,

16/03/2016, 23:15

Armenians in 2115: who owns global Armenian world?

Presentation of “Armenians in 2115: Strategic Directions for the Twenty-First Century” report which outlines the challenges and goals that the Armenian people will be faced with in future.

31/01/2016, 19:32

Eternal Alphabet: Ph (p‘iwr) - Փ (փիւր)


09/01/2016, 19:06

Eternal Alphabet: KH (k‘ē) - Ք (քէ)

Ք is the first letter of the Armenian translation of the Gospel of Luke. As it is known, the symbol of the Evangelist Luke wais the bull, therefore, in handwritten medieval Armenian Gospels letter Ք was often depicted as a bull.

09/01/2016, 19:06

Eternal Alphabet: U [hiwn] - ՈՒ (հիւն)

One of the principles of the Armenian alphabet is that one sound corresponds to each letter. Only letter Ու (u) is an exception. This letter is a combination of two letters – Ո (vo) and Ի (vyun).

09/01/2016, 19:05

Eternal Alphabet: Ts (c‘o) - Ց (ցօ)

According to armenologist Edward Aghayan, while creating letter Ց Mashtots did not use any prototype, while Hrachya Acharyan was of the opinion that the author of the Armenian alphabet derived it from the Armenian letter Ծ [ts].

09/01/2016, 19:04