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Angele Karayan, chairlady of the Alex Manoogian Center Ladies Committee, was honored for her fifty years of service to AGBU at a banquet held on Saturday evening, May 12, 2007 at the AGBU Alex Manoogian Center in Pasadena, California. The highlight...

Montreal - At the annual Gala of Excellence of Scouts du Montréal métropolitain (Scouts of Metropolitan Montreal), held this year in the historical chapel of Montreal's Breboeuf College, the AGBU Montreal scout group won several awards, including...

One of the AGBU's newest Young Professionals (YP) Groups, YP Toronto recently launched a seminar series to better serve the development needs of its local cadre of young Armenians, as well as provide a constructive environment where members of the...

Building on the momentum from last year's inaugural seminar, AGBU, with the financial support of the European Commission's Youth Program, sponsored its 2nd annual Project Exchange and Development Seminar in Valence, France from May 26 - 29, 2007.

As President of the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) I welcome the Agreement between the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Cyprus and the AGBU, signed today, 20 June 2007, to temporarily house the Gymnasium of Aglandjia with over 400 students during the 2007/2008 academic year at the designated premises of the Melkonian Education Institute. The temporary relocation of the Gymnasium is necessary in order not to disrupt the normal functioning of the Gymnasium and to allow the authorities concerned to expeditiously complete the urgently required repairs of the existing buildings of the Gymnasium.

On March 4, 2007, close to 400 people gathered at the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) Alex Manoogian Center in Pasadena for the traditional annual Lenten Luncheon organized by the AGBU Alex Manoogian Center Ladies Committee. The event...

Founded in 1907, the AGBU Alexandria chapter marked its 100th anniversary with two community events, which featured three Armenian-themed documentaries from Armenia, Lebanon and France on January 19 and March 9. Alexandria, Egypt, is home to the...

On June 19, 2007, AGBU Young Professionals of Greater New York (YPGNY) and the AGBU New York Summer Intern Program will host a slide presentation by Dr. Ara Tekian entitled "Journey of a Lifetime." Join Dr. Ara Tekian as he takes you on his amazing...

Uruguayan-Armenian conductor, Alvaro Hagopian, has been appointed the musical director of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Montevideo for popular music programs in the South American nation of Uruguay. A teacher of Armenian music at the AGBU...

Calling his climbing of Mt. Ararat "the journey of a lifetime," Ara Tekian, a medical education specialist and professor at the University of Illinois-Chicago, delivered a riveting presentation of his experience, illustrated by more than 300 images,...