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Chicago AYF Olympics Summary Results 2019
(Photo: Tamar Kanarian) Here are the results of the 86th annual AYF Olympics that were held in Chicago this past Labor Day Weekend. These summary results include the Chapter point totals, the high...
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My First Panagoum
Click to view slideshow. Berj Ourlian 10 years old Eastern Region Homenetmen Scouts Panagoum in Pioneer, Ohio was a fun experience for me and my brother. Although it was our first time attending scouts...
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Next Stop—Worcester
(Photo: Sona Gevorkian) Well, the Olympics Blues Day has come and gone. We are all back home and at work or school. It is a great time to begin to look ahead and begin planning to attend the 87th...
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Chicago’s Olympic Queen: Special K, an All Star
Pictured left to right: Vahig, Aren, Aleen, Armen, Karine The introduction of Karine Birazian Shnorhokian as Olympic queen included the proper term “all star” in describing her various achievements....
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Olympic Kings: Chicago’s Raffi Killian, Granite City’s Jeff Hagopian
2019 AYF Olympic Kings, Raffi Killian & Jeff Hagopian (Photo: Mark Gavoor) The Killian family certainly has a respected place in the Chicago community scene. Following in the footsteps of his...
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Ariyan Sisters Face Off, Men’s Tennis Thrills
Katia Ariyan serving Early Friday morning at the AYF Olympics, you see young folks with golf clubs and tennis bags gathering in the lobby waiting for the bus to the golf and tennis events. Friday...
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The Spirits of Chicago
2019 Varadian Spirit Award Winner Maireny Soulakian (Photo: Mark Gavoor) Maireny Soulakian is the “Mother Figure of Chicago” who mirrors the essence of the AYF Varadian Spirit award for giving back to...
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LA Reigns in First Ever AYF Olympics Basketball Tourney
Varak Ghazarian (San Fernando Valley) in the triple threat position AYF Olympic Basketball? Wait, basketball isn’t an AYF Olympic sport. It is a late winter/early spring event in the National Athletic...
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Not an Angel Over the Olympics
This is always the very last article I pen. It’s an homage to Angel Perethian, who wrote “Angel Over the Olympics” for many years. Tom Vartabedian would always say that her piece was the first article...
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NJ, Philadelphia AYF Members Play Top Golf
Golf at the AYF Olympics is a special event. There are certainly some very good golfers playing both as AYFers and even more so as alumni. Talent is in no way a prerequisite to play however. Every year...
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New Jersey Edges Philly at Swim Meet
Click to view slideshow. The Friday night swimming events were dominated by two triple gold medal winners from Providence and New Jersey while four teams battled to win the meet. Before the final coed...
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Ganjian, Keshgegian Win Pentathlons
Aram Keshgegian (Philadelphia) finishes the 1500 to win the Men’s Pentathlon The pentathlon events were won by a junior transfer in her first Olympics and 23 year old veteran competing in this event...
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West Coast Takes Home Softball Win
Softball at AYF Olympics is a happening. All day Saturday, folks gather from other cities for an old-fashioned Armenian picnic with kebab, traditional live music and action-packed games of this...
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Greater Boston Stops Philly 3-Peat
CHICAGO, Ill—The last chapter to retire an Olympics Cup was the Philadelphia AYF in 2008. This year the Sebouhs tried to repeat that feat but ran into a deeply talented Greater Boston team that racked...
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Camp Javakhk: Through a Different Lens
For the eighth consecutive year, counselors from the Eastern Region of the United States visited Javakhk day camps in three towns: Akhalkalak, Akhaltskha, and Ninotminda. Their mission was to teach...
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Friendships That Will Last Forever
Author pictured on the left. By Richie Minassian AYF North Andover “Sassoun” member Coming into the AYF internship program, I knew I would be meeting a lot of new people and making many new...
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AYF “Arev” Chapter Hosts Comedian Antic at First Event
Pictured left to right: U. Alec Samra, U. Arden Boyajian, Antic, U. Tamar Kassarjian, U. Celia Boyajian, U. Meghri Dervartanian By Tamar Kassarjian Chairperson, AYF “Arev” Chapter BOCA RATON, Fla.—On...
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ARF Supreme Council’s Shaghik Maroukhian ‘Energized’ by Diasporan Youth
ARF Supreme Body Council member Shaghik Maroukhian (Photo: Knar Bedian) WATERTOWN, Mass.—Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Supreme Council member Shaghik Maroukhian says the energy of today’s...
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2019 AYF Senior Seminar Explores the Evolution of a Revolution
AYF Senior Seminar 2019, Marlboro, Massachusetts (Photo: Knar Bedian) By Arianna Mesrobian New Jersey “Arsen” Chapter MARLBORO, Mass.—Sometimes it takes Olympic games to gather different AYF regions in...
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AYF-YOARF Eastern Region Condemns Turkish Invasion of Northern Syria
The Armenian Youth Federation-Youth Organization of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (AYF-YOARF), Eastern Region Central Executive and its Central Hai Tahd Council express their deep concern...
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