2022-23 Graduates of Hrant Dink School in Istanbul Bid Farewell to School and Return to Homeland to Continue Their Education The 2022-23 school year’s Graduation Ceremony of Hrant Dink School was held on February 22, 2023, at the Armenian Evangelical Church of Gedikpaşa, in Istanbul, Turkey. In attendance were representatives of the Istanbul Armenian community, members of the Dink family, School Trustees Mr. and Mrs. Arto and Talar Horozoğlu, Spiritual Teacher Sister… Read More

AMAA Opens New Center in Berd, Tavush Region of Armenia On Friday, April 14, 2023, the inauguration, and opening ceremony of the Armenian Missionary Association of America’s (AMAA) new Center was held in Berd, a city located in the Tavush region of Armenia. Among attendees at the ceremony were high-ranking officials including the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, leaders of Mission Possible and Diakonia organizations that co-financed… Read More

Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave room for the wrath of God; for it is written, ‘Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord. Romans 12:19 By Rev. Dr. Vartkes M. Kassouni There is a monument in the middle of Masis/Ararat Cemetery in Fresno, CA. It is a memorial to Soghomon Tehlirian. He is the hero who assassinated Talaat Pasha, on March 15, 1921, in Berlin, who was the war-criminal, the… Read More

By Zaven Khanjian, AMAA Executive Director/CEO …we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.  Romans 5:3-5 Has suffering become our routine? Do we need to be in a war or earthquake zone to suffer? When… Read More

By now you are familiar with the devastating earthquake that struck Syria and Turkey, the repercussions of which continue to cause pain, suffering and trauma to the affected masses. The pictures of destruction, homelessness, hunger, unemployment and other physical and spiritual suffering are widespread. AMAA, continues to remain in direct contact with Rev. Dr. Haroutune Selimian, the President of the Armenian Evangelical Community in Syria, has been able to bring the situation… Read More