2025, A YEAR IN HISTORY.
In a few days, we consign one year to history and welcome a new one.
The year 2025 was a dynamic and achievement-filled year for Homenetmen.
A brief look is enough to confirm how much Homenetmen accomplished over the course of 365 days to connect Armenian youth worldwide, bring chapters closer together, and guide them with Pan-Armenian goals.
This overview does not encompass the rich and varied activities of each of Homenetmen’s 42 chapters, including Navasartian games, camps, seminars, scouting gatherings, jubilee celebrations, charitable initiatives, or social events. Rather, it focuses exclusively on regional and Pan-Homenetmen initiatives and major collective achievements.
JANUARY
January 22 – Publication of issue no. 435 of the official newspaper Marzig.
January 28 – Launch of organizational work for the Homenetmen cruise scheduled for summer 2026, including the formation of a special committee and the creation of a dedicated website.
FEBRUARY
February 15 – Online preparatory meeting for the 12th Pan-Homenetmen Games, with members of the Central Executive Committee, the Sports Committees, and regional sports coordinators.
February 22 – Fourth online meeting of the chairpersons of Regional and Solitary Chapters.
February 26 – Social media promotional initiative introducing Homenetmen brass bands, held on the occasion of “Armenian Scout Day.”
MARCH
March 27 – Launch of Homenetmen’s new bilingual website, marzig.org.
March 28-29 – Online meeting of promotional coordinators from Homenetmen chapters in the Americas and Australia.
APRIL
April 4 – Online meeting of promotional coordinators of Homenetmen’s European chapters.
April 7 – Publication of issue no. 436 of Marzig.
April 11 – Online meeting of promotional coordinators of Homenetmen’s Middle Eastern chapters.
April 15 – Publication of the first issue of Homenetmen’s bilingual online newsletter.
April 24 – Worldwide commemorations marking the 110th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide across Homenetmen chapters. Chapters shared news and coverage of their commemorative activities on social media.
April 27 – Second online meeting of senior scoutmasters from Regional and Solitary chapters.
MAY
May 3 – Establishment of a new Homenetmen chapter in Nice, France. The following day, an inter-steering committee meeting was held among Homenetmen’s four chapters in France.
May 17 – Opening of the Vasterås Homenetmen club, attended by representatives from Sweden’s four chapters.
May 18 – Launch of the Ararat rank course organized by the Central Executive Committee, with 88 participants from 16 chapters. The course was conducted online and continued through November.
May 23 – Launch of promotional efforts for the 12th Pan-Homenetmen Games, with the participation of 12 Homenetmen members from chapters in Armenia, Artsakh, the Middle East, Europe, the United States, and South America.
JUNE
June 10 – Launch of the online edition of Marzig via marzig.org.
June 15 – Launch of online Armenian language courses for scouts in Bulgaria, initiated by the Central Executive Committee.
June 27 – Second online meeting of promotional coordinators from Regional and Solitary Chapters.
JULY
July 10 – Publication of issue no. 437 of Marzig.
July 15-19 – First Middle Eastern continental Homenetmen camp, held in Baskinta, Lebanon, with over 1,000 participants.
July 15-20 – First continental Homenetmen camp for the Americas and Australia, held in Tecuya, Western United States, with over 700 participants.
July 22 – Celebration of “Armenian Athlete Day” with the release of a special video.
July 24-August 2 – The 12th Pan-Homenetmen Games, held in Yerevan and Artashat, Armenia, with over 750 participants. In parallel, the Homenetmen “Hrashk” Games were held with 206 participants.
AUGUST
August 11-16 – Practical camp for European scoutmasters for the Vgayal rank, with the participation of 40 ranked scouts, held in Agios Andreas, Greece.
OCTOBER
October 29 – Publication of issue no. 438 of Marzig.
NOVEMBER
November 2 – Fifth online meeting of the chairpersons of Regional and Solitary Chapters.
November 16 – Worldwide celebration of the 107th anniversary of Homenetmen’s founding., marked by the release of a video highlighting Homenetmen clubs and a revised version of the organization’s march anthem.
November 18-21 – Third plenary conference of Homenetmen’s Central Executive Committee held in Paris.
November 22 – Opening of Homenetmen’s first European sports complex in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France.
DECEMBER
December 4-6 – Three-day preparatory meetings in Yerevan, Armenia, for the 13th Pan-Homenetmen Jamboree.
December 13 – Launch of the Spanish-language version of homenetmen.org.
December 14 – Online meeting of coordinators for the first continental games of Homenetmen chapters in the Americas and Australia.