Nestled among gentle green slopes and bordered by a tributary of the Karkar River, Krasni is a quintessential Artsakh village: timeless in its breathtaking beauty; timeless in the hospitality of its hardy residents [...]

by Sevak Hakobyan “You can say we’re now in little Talish,” Vilen Petrosyan says with a smile as he shows a cluster of temporary residences in Alashan. Petrosyan has been the mayor of [...]

by Sevak Hakobyan Three-year-old Jenya Khojyan has already decided to become a doctor when she grows up. The little girl’s inspiration comes from her mother, Tehmine, who for the past seven years has [...]

by Sevak Hakobyan “I never got used to transporting wounded or killed soldiers from the border,” confesses Grisha Khachikyan after having worked eight years as an ambulance driver for the Noyemberyan Hospital. “People [...]

by Sevak Hakobyan In his native village of Jujevan, 70-year-old Armenak Chilingaryan is known as Siraj. His wife, Anahit, says jokingly, “I found out his real name only recently, after so many years [...]

by Sevak Hakobyan “We’re all part of the big human family,” says Dr. Chandrika Seneviratne, a native of Sri Lanka who has lived in the United States for many years. “We may speak [...]

by Sevak Hakobyan For a whole year, Gayane Mkhitaryan has wondered how she could express her gratitude to her doctors from Adventist Health Glendale. “Had I written them a note in Armenian, they [...]

by Sevak Hakobyan Svetlana Amiraghyan, a grandmother of 11, feels sad for the fact that her poor eyesight prevents her from helping her school-age grandchildren with their homework. One of her grandkids, Vahe, [...]

by Sevak Hakobyan “I was overjoyed when I learned that I was about to bring twin boys into this world,” recalls Anahit Bulghadaryan-Zalinyan. “When my first son, Vahagn, was born, the doctors congratulated [...]

by Sevak Hakobyan In 2005, obstetrician and gynecologist Varduhi Asirian was invited to attend a wedding in the United States. The invitation would prove to be life-changing for the young doctor. She went [...]