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 [...]

by Sevak Hakobyan “In the 1990s, we fought the Azeris with spades, pitchforks, and hunting rifles,” says former military service member Grisha Harutyunyan, of Barekamavan, a border village in the Tavush Region, as [...]

by Sevak Hakobyan When asked, “How old are you?” little Artyom raises two fingers and barely manages to lisp the word “two.” At the time Artyom, the Manukyans’ second child, was born, doctors [...]

Helping Local Farmers like Martin Go Back to Work by Sevak Hakobyan On September 24, 2015, the Azerbaijani forces opened fire on border communities in the Tavush Region. The attack claimed the lives of [...]