Join us for the third annual Candlelit Labyrinth Peace Walk Coming Together on Common Ground in Peace & Harmony “Walk to the center of the labyrinth at your own pace. At the center, pause for reflection, and then follow the same path out at your own pace with a renewed sense of peace and calm.” Read More…
The Najarian Lecture on Human Rights presents Harry Belafonte at Faneuil Hall. The lecture will be followed by a reception at the Bostonian Hotel. This event is an endowed program of Armenian Heritage Park on the Greenway, free and open to the public. Correction: The title of this post was updated to reflect the correct Read More…
Sunday Afternoon at the Park for Families & Friends! Celebrating Traditions through Music and Dance Armenian Heritage Park on the Greenway, Boston Sunday, September 18, 2016 2-4 pm All welcome!
Kids play in the dodecahedron pool at the Abstract Sculpture, Armenian Heritage Park. Photo by Erik Lund. “Neighborhood Photo” is a regular feature on NorthEndWaterfront.com. Email your best photos to info@northendwaterfront.com. Please include a caption (or more) telling us about your photo. See past neighborhood photo posts.
World Labyrinth Day: Walk as One at 1 was observed on May 7th in Downtown Boston at the labyrinth on Armenian Heritage Park on the Greenway. Together with people in cities and towns in 23 countries worldwide, dozens came out on a drizzly day to walk the labyrinth as “one at 1” pm in support of peace and harmony. The Read More…
The annual commemoration of the Armenian Genocide of 1915 was held Sunday on the Greenway at the Armenian Heritage Park. Members of the Massachusetts Armenian Genocide Commemoration Committee were joined by marchers who had protested earlier in the day at the Turkish Consulate in Boston. https://www.instagram.com/p/BEmJMcFljvA/ The annual commemoration featured speeches, music and plenty of Armenian tricolors. Remembering Read More…
To mark Genocide Prevention Month in April, the Third Annual Walk Against Genocide took place on Sunday, April 10th featuring speakers on the genocides and mass atrocities of the 20th and 21st centuries. The event started with a gathering at the New England Holocaust Memorial followed by a walk to the Armenian Heritage Park on the Greenway for a closing Read More…
The Abstract Sculpture, the split dodecahedron public art at the Armenian Heritage Park on the Greenway, was reconfigured this week for the 2016 season. Made out of steel and aluminum, the Abstract Sculpture changes form each year. A lower height example of the 24 possible configurations, the 2016 sculpture has kissing halves and extends over a wide base. Read More…
In the Thursday mid-morning rain, workers have covered the controversial billboard by a group denying the Armenian Genocide, identified as “Turkic Platform, Istanbul“. In response to community complaints, sign owner Clear Channel Outdoor replaced the “Truth = Peace” sign just one day after it went up. The original billboard referred to the FactCheckArmenia.com website that broadly denies Read More…
Update: The billboard has been taken down. See this updated post. A group identified as the “Turkic Platform, Istanbul” has purchased a large North End billboard along the Greenway as part of a campaign to deny the 1915-1923 genocide of the Armenian people. The controversial exhibition is located just steps away from the Armenian Heritage Park and its Abstract Sculpture honoring Read More…
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan made his first visit to Boston this week with stops in the North End. On Tuesday, there was a prayer service at Old North Church with Rev. Stephen T. Ayres, Vicar of Old North and Armenian clergy, Archbishop Khajag Barsamian and Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan. Enjoyed welcoming #Armenia's President Sargsyan to Massachusetts & discussing our historic relationship. pic.twitter.com/VP0tourrxA Read More…
Walking the candlelit labyrinth was a peaceful way to celebrate the winter solstice for dozens on Sunday night. Participants took a candlelit paper lantern to the center of the labyrinth, pausing for reflection and walking out on the path at the Armenian Heritage Park on the Greenway. Following the candelight walk, many tied ribbons on the Wishing Tree, Read More…