This Week In Armenian History

Sunday, December 21, 2014

December 21, 1917 - Closure of the Kevorkian Lyceum

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In the nineteenth century, the Armenian Church did not have an institution that provided superior religious education and prepared its futur...
Sunday, December 14, 2014

December 14, 1861: Foundation of the Oriental Theater

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The 1850s became a period of cultural awakening for the Western Armenian centers of Constantinople and Smyrna. Many young people were gettin...
Thursday, December 4, 2014

December 4, 1738: Birth of Mikayel Chamchian

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Fifth century historian Movses Khorenatsi has been commonly labeled as the Father of Armenian History. It is not unfair to call Father Mik...
Thursday, November 20, 2014

November 20-23, 1923: The “Self-Liquidation” of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation in Yerevan

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The first years of the Soviet experience were marked by the struggle to establish the foundations of the new regime that included the need t...
Friday, November 14, 2014

November 14, 1829: Birth of Mikael Nalbandian

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Francis Scott Key is just remembered as the author of the lyrics of the U.S. national anthem. It is not the same in the case of Mikael Nalb...
Friday, November 7, 2014

November 7, 1922: Inauguration of the National Library of Armenia

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The biggest repository of Armenian literature in the world is the National Library of Armenia, founded in 1921, but officially inaugurated ...
Thursday, October 23, 2014

October 23, 1908: Birth of Anna Ter Avetikian

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This name is probably unfamiliar to the English reader. Anna Ter Avetikian was the first female architect of Armenia and the designer of som...
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