Charting Family History through the AYF Olympics
BY Stepan Piligian | The Armenian Weekly The reminders have been arriving in abundance the last few weeks. The AYF Olympics are less than two months away. In the Armenian…
The Diaspora starts with individuals
by Stepan Piligian | The Armenian Weekly The Armenian Diaspora was essentially created as a result of oppression. The early communities in the United States formed prior to the Genocide…
The Double Edge of Livestreaming in Our Communities
BY Stepan Piligian | The Armenian Weekly As the cloud of the COVID pandemic slowly and stubbornly fades from our daily lives, our communities are returning to public events. It…
Family is the essence of Armenian life
BY Stepan Piligian | The Armenian Weekly Whenever the history of the Armenian Diaspora is analyzed, it is invariably connected to our families. We talk about our survivor generation and…
Aging and experience reveal a deeper understanding
BY Stepan Piligian | The Armenian Weekly How many times have you thought about people older than you whose path you crossed but may not have fully appreciated their perspective…
A Vision that Became a Multi-Generational Legacy
BY STEPAN PILIGIAN | The Armenian Weekly The actual beginning was in 1971. A new Central Executive (CE) of the Armenian Youth Federation had been elected during a summertime national…
Four Suggested Priorities for the New Primate
by Stepan Piligian | The Armenian Weekly One of the most important roles of participants in our Armenian diaspora communities is to have an opinion on critical issues that is…
Building a Respectful and Effective Relationship with our Prelate, Primate
BY STEPAN PILIGIAN| The Armenian Weekly The spring election season in our dioceses is complete. As we discussed last week, there has been a change in the Diocese with the…
Was it general dissatisfaction or an Etchmiadzin coup?
by Stepan Piligian | The Armenian Weekly Isn’t it amazing how the winds of advocacy can change in four years? In 2018, the Armenian church in the eastern region of…
The decline of our church requires an outreach revolution
When it comes to the challenges that our church faces in the United States, it is clear that a common thread exists. It doesn’t matter where the church is located,…