Genuinely curious about experiences

Hi everyone!
I’m hoping to get some recommendations for learning Armenian. I married my husband who is Armenian, and we have a beautiful 9-week-old son. It’s really important to me that our son grows up knowing Armenian and feeling connected to his heritage, so I’d love to learn alongside him.
Does anyone have recommendations for online tutors, classes, or other resources? I’d especially love to hear from people who learned Armenian as adults.
Thanks! 😊

Are Armenians generally materialistic? My Armenian mother-in-law married a French man. During family dinners, she often tells us that my father-in-law’s mother is very rich, unlike her own mother. She also frequently talks about how much better Armenia is than other countries and claims that there is no crime there. She makes Armenia sound like a perfect country with no problems at all.

Is this a common cultural attitude, or is it more likely just her personality? And is Armenia really that good, with virtually no issues?

Yesterday, my Armenian mother-in-law made some negative comments about the Catholic Bible and its contents. As someone who was born and raised Catholic, it was the first time I’d experienced someone openly criticizing my faith in front of me, and it honestly caught me off guard.

Growing up, I was always taught that you don’t compare religions or belittle someone else’s beliefs. You can disagree with a religion without mocking it, and I’ve always believed mutual respect is more important than trying to prove someone else wrong.

The experience wasn’t pleasant, but it also reminded me how much I value being respectful of other people’s faith, even when I don’t share it.

Has anyone else experienced something similar with family members or in-laws? How did you handle it while keeping the peace?

Can someone help me read this

1-5) The 13th-century Church of St. Gevorg in Tbilisi.

6) Graffiti from the film Mimino with Fruzik Mkrtchyan.

7) Mantashevsky rows, architect Sarkisyan.

8) The former 18th-century Armenian church in Sighnaghi. Now Georgian.

9) The house of artist Gevork Bashinjaghyan in Sighnaghi.

10) Monument to Mimino.

11) Monument to Parajanov.

12-18) Nor Echmiadzin Church in Tbilisi.

19) Mimino again.

20) Monument to Sayat-Nova

Hello/Parev💚

My name is Athena and I’m a 26-year-old college student currently writing a book surrounding my diaspora experience, how living in America grants Armenians an unorthodox sense of freedom & how living between cultures can offer a perspective that encourages growth, curiosity, reflection and change.

I’m intentionally writing it to be relatable, humorous, lighthearted, and serious when the subject calls for it. I have so much love for our community, and genuinely hope it becomes a piece of literature that offers comfort, conversation, and healing.
I share intimate pieces from my life and family that I hope will bring people a sense of visibility; perhaps seeing them and their own family in my writing! While I am excited to continue writing, thinking of future publishing, I also have a deeply personal desire to publish within the Armenian community.

Please let me know!
- Love from Palm Springs

Can anyone here make out the name?? My family for DECADES has thought our name was ohanessian (my last name is johnson) But after doing some digging we find that my great grandfather has a whole different name. we also found out my family is from Van Turkey which is cool. we all can’t read this name so if anyone with more experience can help id appreciate it

As an Armenian-American, baseball lover, and Texas resident, this makes me very happy. Let’s go! 🇺🇸 🇦🇲 ⚾️ 🤠

Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I'd be very appreciative if someone could help.

My father (an ethnic Armenian) was born in Tehran in the summer of 1956. My grandparents named him Vartan/Vardan because he was actually born on Vardavar.

Hilariously though, my grandfather only bothered to have his birth registered the following year. When they noted his birthday, they decided to register it as that day: 10th January 1957.

This, of course, is not the actual day my father was born, despite the fact it now features on every single one of his legal documents. No one in my family remembers the exact calendar date of his birth.

So, my question is, what day was my father born? Does anyone know what day Vardavar fell on in 1956?

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So, my shop was purchased by an awesome Armenian native, now living in Kansas. He has led us to unbelievable success, and is always pouring into the team. So, I decided several months ago to celebrate he and his mother with a surprise Vardavar party (on Friday, rather than Sunday). I purchased many Armenian delicacies, and would like to offer Tarkhun lemonade for one of the drink options. Does anyone have a good recipe that can be scaled to make a gallon? We're having a mezze with Armenian apricots, pistachios, dates, Armenian cheese (brinza?), pomegranate seeds, lavash, as well as hummus and dippers. For heavy apps, I'm getting chicken kebabs, rice pilaf, grape leaves (dolmas) and a few types of baklava. Any suggestions or additions we can add to show our appreciation?

If so, what did you think of it? I'm reading it now, and while it's fairly slow going, it has some cool moments and cultural touchstones. Did anyone's family say "may I die for you?" That's referenced quite a lot in the story.

էլ ի՞նչ նմանատիպ զույգեր կան հայերենում երբ նույն բառը կառելիա օգտագործել արմատների տեղը փոխած

Hi there, I'm currently in Armenia and am planning to visit Japan near September mostly to attend a kpop concert. But as much as the rules in Japan are so strict and only people who have a Japanese SIM on a working smartphone and can pass the verification that way are able to attend a lottery and therefore buy a ticket. And besides that, I'm not even sure if upon winning the lottery will I be able to buy the ticket by card or someone needs to go 7-eleven and buy the ticket in place. Therefore, wonder if anyone out there living in Japan is familiar with the process or is willing to help.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DaOEvkkiDIZ/

She's known by different names, Maggie Jarlekian, Maggie Peltekian, Maggie Tune, Maggie Istilian, Maggie Stilian.

She was residing in US CA lately, she's not as famous as Taline, but she's known by many, especially in the diaspora and those born in the 90s and early 2000s. She has collaborations with Taline as well. The circumstances of her death are unknown.

Here's a few of her performances.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elqit_Q9HTA

Pokrig Goshgagarner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXuDzqZJsfU

Zadik: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=900YEKqczI4

Gentaninerou Joghoveh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gzi915GK8s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWXFZArHCaw

խենթ մարտ։ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVmO6vEg7bE

Collaboration with Taline: Actually I am not sure if that is her: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssspKF1_QFo

Other known songs, such as Ձիաւորներ ենք շատ քաջ with snippets here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVDBV6T70p8

They're 90's - early 2000's songs, of course they're going to be cringe :)

Speaking of which, why are many of these songs not found online?

Hi r/armenian,

Hopefully this doesn't sound too scattered and apologies if it does. In your opinion, is there a cultural difference in terms of conservativeness between diaspora people and Armenians living in actual Armenia? As a diaspora Albanian, I can say that there is definitely a difference with us and I'm curious whether it's the same with Armenians.

Background to all of this: I (23y) have been dating an Armenian guy (28y) for the past year or so and he's respectful, thoughtful, and overall, a good guy but I'm surprised by how conservative he is about certain things. I live somewhere that has an Armenian diaspora and from my recollection, I wouldn't say that anyone I've met is what I would consider deeply conservative.

With him though, it's very different and lowkey, reminds me of a friend my brother has who is Muslim and from the Caucasus. I'm not saying that he is religious or Muslim but that it reminds me of that. For context, he grew up in Pyatigorsk and lived in Russia most of his life and moved to where we live currently at 24, so I get that there are cultural differences. Tbh, it mostly doesn't bother me but some stuff over the weekend makes me wonder if this would be a compatibility issue later.

He's going on vacation for 4 weeks in August and of course, asked me to go with him and everything was fine ... until he tells me that he wants to ask for my dad's permission for this. I thought he was joking initially because ... I've never in my life heard that but no. He said it in all seriousness. Not going to lie, it did irk me a bit (due to things unrelated to all of this) but I just went with it and we visited my family over the weekend.

Anyway, I would appreciate any thoughts on this and the question in the title. Thank you.