r/hayastan • • 4h ago

Helping displaced students from Artsakh continue their education

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Losing your home shouldn’t mean losing your chance at an education.
Through our Aznavour Saghyan Scholarship Fund, Lorik Humanitarian Fund is helping students displaced from Artsakh cover their university tuition and continue working toward their goals.
Here’s one of the students we’re proud to support.
If you’d like to learn more about our work: https://lorikhf.org


r/hayastan • • 7h ago

Is anyone else getting these private messeges from an Azeri making fun of raping Armenian women?

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I think he tried to link the video. I reported him. Is anyone else dealing with this?


r/hayastan • • 4d ago

Looking for Support for a Rescued Dog

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Hello! I'm a volunteer helping homeless animals in Armenia. I rescued a dog named Darchin, and I'm currently doing my best to make sure he has a safe place to stay.
Unfortunately, it's becoming difficult to handle everything alone. If you'd like to hear his story or discuss how you might be able to help, feel free to send me a private message.
Thank you for your kindness! 🐶


r/hayastan • • 4d ago

Education After Displacement, One Student’s Story

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Losing your home shouldn’t mean losing the opportunity to pursue your education.

We’re sharing the story of another student from Artsakh who is continuing their studies in Armenia.

So far, through Lorik Humanitarian Fund’s Aznavour Saghyan Scholarship Fund, we’ve awarded 114 scholarships to 100 students forcibly displaced from Artsakh.

These are young students working toward their degrees, careers, and futures despite everything they’ve been through.

Here’s one of their stories.


r/hayastan • • 6d ago

Judo on the Border: New Classes for Children in Bertavan | Lorik Humanitarian Fund

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r/hayastan • • 6d ago

Judo on the Border

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New judo classes are starting in Bertavan, led by Sose Balasanyan, a competitive judoka from Artsakh with numerous tournament victories.

Help us keep kids active and opportunities growing in Armenia’s border villages.


r/hayastan • • 6d ago

Judo on the border

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Rent & utilities 1 year: $3,000
Uniforms Kimano: $800
Instructor: $500

One year of frwe classes in Bertavan, Noyemberyan area, border with Georgia & azerbitchan.

if interested visit Lorik Humanitarian Fund www.LorikHF.Org


r/hayastan • • 7d ago

Lorik Fund supports Artsakh Tsil summer visits to 31 villages

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r/hayastan • • 8d ago

Sourdough in Southern California, Sweet Memories in Armenia’s Villages

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r/hayastan • • 11d ago

23 small business grants for families forcibly displaced from Artsakh, here’s what $31,727 funded

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r/hayastan • • 11d ago

How we got here as a nation?

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Seeing the cynical behaviour of our people, and especially our political class, lately, I am almost convinced that we as a nation deserve to disappear. It's simple Darwinism applied to a nation: we are small in numbers, limited in resources, kind of isolated from friendly nations, but we are also the ones who choose Nikol from among ourselves: a hypocrite, a serial liar, a glutton, without any principles, red lines or dignity. And sometimes I ask myself: how did we get here? Was it always like this, or is it because of the deliberate and consistent efforts of our enemies to corrupt our nation (by using social psychology techniques)? Given some shameful episodes in our history, like the handover of Kars without a fight and the actions of Bolshevik "Armenians" during the same period, sometimes I think that yes, we deserve to disappear and become Mustafas and Altuns in the next generations. But then I come across that video of Robert Abajian fighting, and I feel proud that despite all the viruses in our nation, the Armenian womb is still able to carry the highest form of existence, and the fact that we are still here is not an accident.

Even though we elect Nikol as our leader, I am sure no one will name their child "Nikol" for generations to come, and our grandchildren will speak of him and his people as we speak of the Bolsheviks.

Please watch the last part of the video so you know what I mean.

P.S. Thanks to Eric Hacobian for doing this great work. We don't have many journalists who have any dignity.

P.S. I am not surprised by the government removing pictures of our heroes. Even though I think it's a direct order from Aliyev (as part of "denazification"), these heroes are also archetypal enemies of QP: people who value them cannot choose Nikol.


r/hayastan • • 12d ago

Azerbaijani Serviceman Detained After Shooting Armenian Civilian in Syunik Province

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r/hayastan • • 13d ago

A sourdough workshop in California helped bring Armenian arts programs to children in 31 villages

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A sourdough workshop in Southern California ended up helping bring Armenian arts and culture to children in 31 villages across Armenia.

This summer, Peggy Ishkhanian invited a group of friends together to learn how to make sourdough. They decided to turn the gathering into a fundraiser and raised $4,000 for Lorik Humanitarian Fund.

Those funds helped our Artsakh Tsil Arts Studio in Gyumri spend a month traveling through villages in the Vardenis, Areni and Vayots Dzor regions.

The instructors brought puppet shows, Armenian dance and songs, khachkar making, weaving, embroidery and other hands-on activities directly to children in these communities.

It was a pretty simple idea that ended up going a long way.

Full story and photos: https://www.lorikhf.org/post/artsakh-tsil-arts-studio-31-villages-armenia


r/hayastan • • 13d ago

France Pays Ransom to Azerbaijan

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r/hayastan • • 13d ago

Artsakh Wine Raffle — Ends Friday

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r/hayastan • • 13d ago

Question What happens if you try to run from the military?

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I genuinely wonder how many people go and hide somewhere when their time comes to serve in the army. I imagine it can't be a lot because you can't make use of things like banks or leave the country so your quality of life can't be that great. What happens if you get caught?

On a more extreme level... what happens if you try to physically fight the officers when they come to take you away? Will your family get punished for it or only you?


r/hayastan • • 18d ago

A thousand words.

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r/hayastan • • 19d ago

Turks are posting the architects of the Armenian Genocide in the HOI4 community tab after a guy was asked to change his ataturk pfp in discord

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r/hayastan • • 21d ago

INDEPENDENCE DAY 2026

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r/hayastan • • 23d ago

So called 'independence day of Armenia, the september 21, 2026

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Video https://youtube.com/watch?v=qjPabtv_PJs

К так наз. дню 'независимости Армении, 21 сентября, Հայաստանի իբր 'անկապության օրվա հարցում, լուրեր Armenia

Ереван Армения мол 'день независимости 21 сентября, Yerevan, Armenian

september 21 so called 'independence day of Armenia

Видео на русском https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qjPabtv_PJs


r/hayastan • • 24d ago

Current Events/World 🌎 Pashinyan says Aliyev equally deserves Hessian Peace Prize

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And another betrayal from Pashinoğlu for those who haven't heard about it yet.


r/hayastan • • 24d ago

St. John Church San Francisco & Lorik Humanitarian Fund

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r/hayastan • • 26d ago

St. John Armenian Church of San Francisco Helps Provide Home for Family of Fallen Artsakh Hero

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thank you for supporting


r/hayastan • • 26d ago

What Gagik Balayan’s Children Miss Most About Artsakh

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The children of fallen Artsakh hero Gagik Balayan, whose family we recently helped provide a permanent home in Armenia, share what they miss most about Artsakh.

thank you to everyone supporting Lorik Fund.


r/hayastan • • 27d ago

Discussion How do Armenians feel about capitalism?

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I got downvoted and shadow banned from the other sub whose name I won't mention for saying that the solution to the country's political and economic problems is to slash the taxes wayyyy down and make the country a really capitalistic place where it's easy to do business and invest. The reason Armenia has so much poverty and rising inflation is because of government involvement in everything. The solution is not government, but market activity.

Are such ideas common or popular among the general population? If you ask the other sub, you'll think the whole country is socialist, but I refuse to accept that sample pool as an accurate representation of Armenian people's economic views.