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Our Work Begins

Imagine your summer filled with breath-taking landscape, food that entices your senses, monumental structures, endless laughter, meeting locals that will offer everything in their household to you, and taking on the responsibility of being a counselor/mentor to a group of underprivileged kids. Reality transcends imagination when you find yourself in Gyumri, Armenia.

In the Defense of Freedom: A Perspective from Karabakh

The future of Nagorno-Karapagh remains in limbo as the world powers attempt to determine its destiny. While the world remains unsure of what will happen in the region, the people of Karapagh do not concern themselves with such matters for they have already decided their destiny--freedom, independence, democracy.

The Strength of our Resolve

Yesterday, we got up early to start our six-hour trip to Artsakh. On the way we went to Noravank and Khor Virab. Going to Khor Virab was an especially emotional experience in that besides being a site of religious importance, it is also known to be one of the places where you can see Mt. Ararat the clearest because it is so close to the Turkish border.

HYE-ER!

I hesitate to write about my experience in Armenia only because it is difficult to find words to explain my emotions. Constantly being surrounded by everything Armenian amazes me every morning when I open my eyes in Yerevan.

A Roman Temple and a Church in a Rock

Our visit to Garni and Geghard today marked the first time we truly got a glimpse of this country's natural beauty. The road up to Garni was windy and kind of bumpy, but the views of the Ararat valley were incredible. Once we got to Garni, we got to walk inside the temple which was built before Christ during Armenia's pagan years.

Historic Youth Center Opens Doors In Glendale

GLENDALE—The Armenian Cultural Foundation (ACF) Glendale Chapter marked the opening of its long anticipated Youth Center on Sunday, July 12 as hundreds from the community attended a special ribbon cutting ceremony to inaugurate the new…

Lessons on the Price of Freedom

As you all have heard, the trip has been amazing. It's my first time in Hayastan and it's pretty hard to find words to describe the emotions you get when you visit places that you have read about and seen in pictures.
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