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The Republic of Armenia has long been distinguished as a nexus for chess supremacy, with its national preoccupation with the game, large share of world champions, including Olympic winners and over 70 grandmasters (GMs), and, recently, the...

Continuing its long history for humanitarian relief wherever Armenians are imperiled, AGBU has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with a massive effort to stem the growing food insecurities among the most vulnerable Armenians around the globe,...

When a full calendar of upcoming AGBU Young Professional (YP) events were forced to be cancelled or postponed indefinitely, it wasn’t long before the Zoom web video conferencing platform filled the vacuum as a virtual community center for the Young...

New York, NY: In celebration of International Women’s Day 2020 and the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the women’s right to vote in America, over 200 attendees from across the region, as well as from New England and California, spent the...

Reflecting their strong belief in scholarship and education, and their admiration and respect for a pillar in her field, Ani and Mark Gabrellian have launched the AGBU Helen C. Evans Scholarship to honor the curator of last year’s Armenia!...

The Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) is hosting a day-long conference to give women a platform to connect, share ideas and be inspired by changemakers in diverse fields who have made transformative change, locally and globally, through their...

With the goal of strengthening the capacity of Armenia’s civil society organization (CSOs), The European Union (EU) funded the BRIDGE for CSOs project, implemented by the AGBU Armenia with Eurasia Partnership Foundation (EPF). A unique requirement...

Today President Berge Setrakian sent a congratulatory letter and well wishes to his Beatitude Archbishop Sahag II Mashalian, on the occasion of his enthronization to the Armenian Patriarchate of Istanbul. In the letter Mr. Setrakian expresses on...

Six powerful artists will receive funding, mentorship, and promotion Creative Armenia and Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) are delighted to announce the six recipients of the 2020 Creative Armenia-AGBU Fellowships, a uniquely tailored...

To observe the United Nation’s official International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime on December 9th, AGBU New England District, Nicosia, and Europe held panel discussions...