Through the centuries, artists have grappled with the portrayal of human suffering. For Armenian-American artist Michael Aram, who set out to make a sculpture to commemorate the centennial year of the Armenian Genocide of 1915, the central question was this: “How would I start telling the story of my family, and the millions like them, who found no words to tell their own story?”
Michael Aram’s New Sculpture to be Installed at St. Vartan Cathedral
On the evening of Tuesday, October 6, a new 10-foot tall, bronze-and-polished-steel sculpture will be unveiled and blessed in an outdoor ceremony on the plaza of St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral in Manhattan.
Huyser Concert at Diocesan Center
By Florence Avakian
Electricity was in the air as more than 200 people streamed into Haik and Alice Kavookjian Auditorium of the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern) on June 26, 2015, to hear the acclaimed Huyser Music Ensemble.
Genocide Centennial in New York City
By Florence Avakian
An estimated 15,000 people from all over America’s east coast took part in the Armenian Genocide Centennial gathering in Times Square, New York City, on Sunday, April 26, 2015—the largest such gathering in the history of the event.
Easter Celebrated at St. Vartan Cathedral
Close to 2,000 worshippers gathered at St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral in New York on Easter Sunday and greeted one another with the joyous words, “Krisdos haryav ee merelotz! Orhnyal eh harootiunun Krisdosee!” during church services at the cathedral on April 5.